On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Brian Thomas, Senior Manager, Segment Marketing at Equinix. We’re talking about hybrid cloud growth, repatriation and so much more.
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company™, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today’s businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and multiply their value.
During our conversation, we chatted about how Equinix enables digital transformation and the establishment of a distributed digital core, if the AI companies will sell their products differently than their cloud ancestors and work with
customers to understand use cases before signing them up, and whether doomed we’re to repeat our cloud history when targeting hybrid cloud growth. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
Topics covered in this episode:
● Brian’s background and experience.
● Equinix's services including physical and virtual deployment options, Equinix Metal, and Network Edge.
● The importance of interconnecting with SaaS providers, tech alliances, and co-innovation partners.
● The impact of the pandemic on the shift towards digital cores and edge technology.
● The importance of proximity to other companies for digital core infrastructure and improved user experiences.
● The changing landscape of office locations and the need to blend remote and on-site networks.
● The growing significance of AI in the tech industry and the role of AI in transforming digital infrastructure and driving big data analytics.
● The proliferation of IoT devices and their impact on data generation and analysis.
● The importance of understanding use cases before deploying AI solutions.
● The impact of AI on data center infrastructure.
● The difference in attitudes towards sustainability between the US and Europe.
● AI's constant processing nature and how it differs from traditional applications that are only active when used.
● The importance of looking beyond traditional data center discussions and focusing on interconnection, ecosystem density, and scalability.
● Predictions for the coming months.
Links for this episode:
Listen to the past Episode with Equinix's DR Carlson here: https://bridgepointetechnologies.com/the-bridge-podcast-with-d-r-carlson-from-equinix/
ABOUT BRIAN THOMAS
Top-producing sales and partner executive with over 30 years’ experience in driving revenue growth, sales planning, and channel management. Business development initiatives, for both direct and channel solutions, have generated over 500M in top line revenue. Well-versed in designing global pursuit plans to penetrate new and grow existing accounts. Direct cross-functional teams that collaborate to achieve aggressive business goals. Successful in leveraging internal and external strategic partnerships to win new profitable contracts.
CONTACT BRIAN
Web. https://blog.equinix.com/blog/author/brian-thomas/
LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-thomas-7827995/