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Equinix Granted Patents for High-Performance Security System at the Company's IBX Centers

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 09:00 CST

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company two patents for processes it has developed to ensure the industry's highest performance security operations at the company's Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) data centers. The patents granted are U.S. Patent 6,976,269, entitled "Internet co-location facility security system," and U.S. Patent 6,971,029, entitled "Multi-ringed internet co-location facility security system and method." Both patents cover Equinix's security tracking database at the company's IBX centers that gives Equinix detailed security data and premises access data on authorized Equinix customers.

U.S. Patent 6,976,269 was filed on August 29, 2000 and was awarded on December 13, 2005. U.S. Patent 6,971,029 was filed on June 29, 2001 and was awarded on November 29, 2005.

The new patents add to U.S. Patent 6,515,224, "Cascading cable tray system with pre-fabricated support structure," which was granted to Equinix in 2003. That patent covers Equinix's unique fully visible, multi-layer aerial tray system for cabling throughout the company's centers. This technique contrasts with traditional raised-floor data centers where cabling is not visible at all times and can only be viewed when opening floor tiles.

"With physical security at the forefront of managers charged with ensuring the uptime of essential network infrastructure, Equinix has designed and built Internet data centers with the industry's most robust physical infrastructure and the highest levels of security," said Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix. "This foresight and the investment in developing proprietary systems has given Equinix a clear differentiator in the marketplace and enabled Equinix to become the recognized leader in providing colocation and network exchange services."

About Equinix

Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through the company's Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) centers in 11 markets in the U.S. and Asia, customers can directly interconnect with every major global network and ISP for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs.

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 and operating IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently-acquired data centers; a failure to complete our contemplated financing arrangements; 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 and registration statement on Form S-3 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.

Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.

Source: Business Wire

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