Nasdaq Migrates Disaster Recovery to Equinix's Chicago Data Center
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Utilizes Best-in-Class Technology to Offer a Cost-Effective and Secure Facility
NEW YORK, June 24, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Global
Access Services, the exchange group's market solutions provider for the
financial services community, and Equinix, the global interconnection and data
center company, today announced that Nasdaq is moving its Disaster Recovery (DR)
site for the US equities and options markets in a phased approach from Ashburn,
Virginia to Chicago, Illinois beginning in August 2015. The new DR will be
located in the Nasdaq Point of Presence (Nasdaq POP) within the Equinix Chicago
data center (CH4) located in 350 E. Cermak on the 8(th) floor. The recently
launched Nasdaq POP in Chicago, along with the Nasdaq POP in Equinix's Secaucus,
New Jersey campus, allows customers to connect directly to any of the Nasdaq
market systems from remote financial data centers.
"Migrating our disaster recovery facility to Chicago will be convenient, cost
effective and more efficient for our market participants," said Tom Wittman,
Head of Global Equities and Executive Vice President of Global Trading and
Market Services at Nasdaq. "Chicago is home to many primary and disaster
recovery engines. We will continue making the DR facility available to
additional Nasdaq markets throughout 2015 and beyond."
Equinix provides a neutral meeting place for the world's leading financial
market participants, including trading venues, buy- and sell-side firms, market
data providers, technology providers and financial networks. More than 850
financial services customers locate servers and infrastructure within Equinix
data centers to support mission-critical financial services applications with
highly reliable, low-latency connectivity. The expansion by Nasdaq further
enhances Equinix's global electronic trading ecosystem, providing the
interconnection options that companies need to meet business demands.
"As one of the largest carrier hotels in the country, 350 Cermak is the focal
point for Chicago's financial markets and is ideally located to provide
connectivity to more than half a dozen exchanges plus hundreds of broker
dealers, crossing and other network providers, market data distributors,
liquidity providers, and application providers all located in the same building
or nearby in downtown Chicago," said Stewart Orrell, Senior Director, Global
Market Development. "Equinix and Nasdaq have a long-standing relationship and we
are excited Nasdaq continues to leverage our global data center platform to meet
their changing business needs."
The eSpeed platform was Nasdaq's first market to launch its DR facilities in
Chicago in the fourth quarter of 2014. The Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX) will go
live with Chicago as its primary DR site when the platform launches later this
year.
Nasdaq's DR facility in Chicago provides regional diversity for business
continuity planning, with further distance from the exchange group's primary
U.S. data center and less chance of impact from natural disasters that affect
the East Coast region. The location will be convenient for clients who already
maintain trading systems in Chicago. Clients utilizing the DR facility will
achieve cost-efficiency with a simple cross-connect from their existing
connectivity or presence in Chicago.
Nasdaq's Global Access Services group provides trading opportunities and market
solutions for the financial services community to facilitate our clients'
growth. As a connector, Nasdaq brings global trading opportunities closer to
clients. Nasdaq protects clients through Global Access Services' comprehensive
risk, compliance and reporting platforms. Global Access Services is also an
enabler, with outsourcing and warehouse solutions which allow clients to easily
handle operations and concentrate on growing their business.
About Equinix:
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their
customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers.
In 33 markets across five continents, Equinix is where companies come together
to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud
strategies.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed
in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences
include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix
services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of
companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive
significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data
centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time
to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate
sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding
indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other
risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are
available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to
update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
About Nasdaq:
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, clearing, exchange
technology, listing, information and public company services across six
continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers
to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using
proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's
global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock
market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1
in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to more than 3,500
listed companies with a market value of approximately $9.5 trillion and more
than 10,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit: nasdaq.com/ambition or
business.nasdaq.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the
Nasdaq POP and disaster recovery facility in Chicago, the Nasdaq Data Center,
the eSpeed platform and Nasdaq's other products and offerings. We caution that
these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may
differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties
or other factors beyond Nasdaq's control. These factors include, but are not
limited to, factors detailed in Nasdaq's annual report on Form 10-K, and
periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We
undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking
statements.
NDAQG
CONTACT: Equinix Media Contact:
Liam Rose
+1 650 598 6590 (office)
lrose(at)equinix.com
Nasdaq Media Contact:
Alexa Sugrue
+1 (212) 231-5552 (office)
+1 (646) 577-3157 (mobile)
Alexa.Sugrue(at)nasdaq.com
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