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09 May 2024
What to Know When Planning a Hybrid Cloud
A comprehensive look at all the questions you have to ask—and answer!—as you design an architecture that combines public clouds and dedicated infrastructure.
11 January 2024
Cloud or On Prem? In Genomics, It’s Good to Have Both
A hybrid cloud architecture we recently tested for genomic sequence data analysis can unlock the cloud’s power for life sciences.
11 April 2023
The ABCs of Cloud Network Design
What to consider when designing a cloud network and common mistakes to watch out for
14 March 2023
How Cloud Networking Is (and Isn’t) Different from On-Prem
An introduction for a data center network admin who is about to face the cloud.
09 December 2021
How a Global Retailer Embraced Hybrid Multicloud with Nutanix on Metal
On-demand bare metal and direct connectivity to public clouds are the basis for this flexible, future-proof architecture.
13 May 2021
Putting Equinix Metal to the Test (Part 1)
How to create an Arista Leaf/ Spine Cloud On-Ramp at Equinix–without ever deploying hardware.
25 March 2021
Breaking Bond
Imagine that you’re a mild-mannered, born-in-the-cloud infrastructure engineer. Suddenly, your world turns upside down and you’re deploying powerful, physical, dedicated bare metal. How can you make the most of your new infrastructure reality? It’s time for breaking bond!
31 October 2019
The 5 Ps of Hybrid Cloud
When it comes to cloud, it doesn’t matter if you’re a fast-growing SaaS startup or an established enterprise: be intentional and know what is driving your decisions.
03 February 2015
How Equinix Metal is Bringing Cloud Networking to Bare Metal Servers
Networking models and features for virtualized clouds have evolved dramatically in the last decade -- while bare metal networks are largely the same as they were in 2005. At Metal, we’re changing things up a bit.
Recent authors
Jacob Smith
VP, Digital Services Strategy & Marketing
Zac Smith
Global Head, Edge Infrastructure Services
Adam Rothschild
Director, Network Engineering
David Laube
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Sam Machiz
Director, Equinix Metal Solutions
Steve Smyser
VP, Equinix Metal Finance & Commercial Solutions
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