CASE STUDY
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nterxion provides colocation data centre
services in 11 countries across Europe. It
offers carrier-neutral colocation services,
including the provision of space, power and
creation of a secure environment in which
to house customers’ computing, network,
storage and IT infrastructure.
Interxion also offers a Cloud Connect
service, which provides its customers with
a gateway into public cloud services via
private connectivity instead of the Internet,
creating a secure platform for the exchange
of services and software between the major
cloud service providers. Cloud Connect is
operated through a software portal that
gives Interxion’s customers full control over
their service. Larger enterprises also use
Cloud Connect, often acting as a Managed
Service Provider (MSP) to supply cross-
departmental services and billing for the
cloud services that their users consume.
“Our company strategy is all about enabling
enterprise digital transformation through
what we like to call Colocated Hybrid Clouds,”
explained Mitesh Chauhan, Senior Product
Manager for Cloud Services at Interxion. “We
recognised that not everything can be in the
cloud, there has to be a reliable and secure
physical infrastructure to underpin cloud
services and that’s what Interxion provides.”
Challenge
CHALLENGE
Interxion had already successfully launched
its Cloud Connect service, providing
customers in eight regions with connectivity
into public cloud offerings such as AWS and
Azure. Interxion was ready to expand, but
the switches the Cloud Connect service ran
over had reached end-of-life.
Interxion’s Cloud Connect platform was
fully-automated, integrating every function,
from provisioning to billing and included
a customer self-service portal. Its legacy
switches had been designed into this
automated system. Interxion’s challenge
was to replace legacy switches in its eight
regions without affecting its customers,
expand its footprint to 13 regions and most
importantly, retain the functionality of its
automated systems.
Every region also required a high-
availability platform with resilient routers
in its data centres, to ensure business
continuity for its customers.
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Solution
SOLUTION
After an evaluation of new technologies,
Interxion decided to replace its legacy
switches with a Juniper Networks solution.
“Juniper offered us an unprecedented
pedigree and reliability in the routing
space, backed up by a strong roadmap that
would enable us to develop future services,”
explained Chauhan. “More importantly,
Junos Space Connectivity Services Director
gave us a robust and open management
platform that could seamlessly integrate
with our systems to enable full automation
for our customers.”
Interxion upgraded its network to Juniper
Networks MX480 3D Universal Edge
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