Software-powered Data Center Architecture with Point-and-Click Provisioning Dramatically Reduces Deployment Time and Capital Investment
MIAMI and LONDON: Recently, Cyxtera Technologies launched its Cyxtera Extensible Data Center (CXD) Platform, a software-powered data center architecture that brings on-demand provisioning to a broad range of colocation and connectivity services. The company also announced its initial CXD-powered solutions, including CXD Compute Nodes, an on-demand hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solution; and CXD IP Connect, high-speed, redundant Internet connectivity. Customers can leverage these services to quickly extend existing colocation environments within or across data centers. This ability speeds time-to-market and enables completely ‘headless’ data center operations while allowing customers to retain colocation-levels of control and customization.
"We’re used to point-and-click provisioning for everything from virtual machines in the cloud to SaaS solutions, yet the data center industry still works with a screwdriver in one hand and a cable crimper in the other," said Randy Rowland, President and General Manager of Data Center Services for Cyxtera. "It can take months to deploy a single application, from provisioning circuits to building out infrastructure in a colocation cage. CXD brings ‘speed of cloud’ power and provisioning to an entire range of data center services with an extensible software-powered architecture that will rapidly integrate Cyxtera-powered services and those of our network and service provider ecosystem."