Cross-connects help to create a "sticky" business ecosystem to retain and grow customers who are interested in collocating servers near telecom, fiber networks and cloud and managed IT services providers who sell directly to Digital Realty enterprise customers.
The lines in the graphics below represent a ring of connections and help to illustrate how ecosystems develop and can become linked across many markets. Source: Megaport - Sept 2016
The graphs helps to illustrate the value of having a Megaport network node in a multitenant data center. Source: Megaport - Sept 2016
A couple of things caught my attention right off the bat:
Megaport knows an awful lot about who is connecting with whom in a given market, and between markets, and
Megaport's main takeaway, "…as we sell more ports, the number of possible connections grows exponentially."
The rings illustrate the importance of cloud providers because of their magnetic effect and show how "small-world" interconnections can create an industry ecosystem over time.
Enterprises will be able to self-manage cross-connects utilizing an online dashboard, or the API.
A personalised tool to help users track selected stocks. Delivering real-time notifications on price updates, announcements, and performance stats on each to help make informed investment decisions.
(20min delay)