CORRECTING and REPLACING Platform Equinix Provides Priceline with Significant Improvements in Response Time and Scaling

Global online travel leader reduces server count and power consumption while expanding infrastructure

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Second sentence in the quote by Chris Sharp should read “With nearly 100 data centers in 31 major business markets…” (sted “With 105 data centers in 38 major business markets…”).

The corrected release reads:

PLATFORM EQUINIX PROVIDES PRICELINE WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPONSE TIME AND SCALING

Global online travel leader reduces server count and power consumption while expanding infrastructure

Equinix, Inc. (NAS: EQIX) , the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that The Priceline Group, a leader in global online hotel reservations, is leveraging Platform Equinix™ to scale its operations rapidly and meet the growing demands of the online travel industry. Through the utilization of a virtualized architecture in Equinix’s DC6 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Ashburn, Virginia, Priceline has reduced its server count by 40 percent and achieved a 50 percent reduction in power consumption since deploying at Equinix. As a result of the deployment, Priceline has also improved its response time significantly.

Highlights / Key Facts

• Prior to turning to Equinix, one of Priceline’s two U.S. infrastructure deployments was housed in a Tier 1+ colocation facility that had a number of limitations including a lack of key redundancy features, required power density and a peering fabric.
• Priceline needed to expand its infrastructure to continue to scale its business and wanted a modern data center facility that offered geographic separation from its existing site. The company was looking for a provider with a Tier 3 or better rating, carrier neutrality with access to …read more
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