BlueJeans Network, provider of cloud-based video communications services, has partnered with Equinix and joined the Equinix Cloud Exchange to quickly expand its global reach and provide high-performance connectivity to its cloud-based video offerings.
In addition to providing access on Equinix Cloud Exchange in select markets, BlueJeans also leverages Equinix’s footprint of 145+ International Business Exchange (IBX®) data centers, presence in 40 global markets and proven operational reliability of Platform Equinix (with global uptime of 99.9999% in 2015) to provide direct virtual connections to its services. Equinix’s vast and vendor-neutral network of 1,150+ networks and carriers gives BlueJeans enhanced flexibility and choice, with increased safety, speed and reliability.
With IDC predicting that by 2017 60 percent of enterprise Unified Communications (UC) as-a-Service deployments will be cloud based*, and Gartner forecasting the value of the UC market at $42.4 billion by 2019**, competition in the cloud-based UC space is strong. As modern meetings increasingly connect global teams and remote workers, ease of use and high quality are paramount, as every minor glitch can erode vendor credibility.
BlueJeans is deploying an Interconnection Oriented Architecture (IOA) with Equinix in three regions to decentralize and distribute its infrastructure, enabling greater agility and scale by bringing data closer to end users. This results in lower latency and superior application performance and gives BlueJeans the ability to offer direct connection to its cloud-based services, as well as gain access to leading network service providers.
BlueJeans recently unveiled its Enterprise Video Cloud, a secure platform and extensible architecture that delivers business video communications on a global scale by uniting single-click video experiences with powerful IT management tools and a rich ecosystem of integration partners. Equinix Cloud Exchange supports BlueJeans’ Enterprise Video Cloud by offering global Tier-1 direct peering in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
BlueJeans partnered with Equinix as it began a push to increase its share of the enterprise market, citing universal interoperability to connect more conference rooms, people and devices as a key selling point. With approximately 1.2 billion mobile workers worldwide, enterprises are focusing on extending the range of productivity services that can be deployed on and accessed by a diverse range of devices, whether for a one-to-one video meeting, or engagement supporting 5,000 attendees with one-click access to live, multipoint, interactive video.
In addition to enterprise mobility, digital transformation is leading to greater integration of network infrastructures and applications as demand for cloud-powered, instant video roll-out and scalability increases. As enterprises equip themselves to provide customers and employees with more seamless “omni-experience” workflow applications, organizations can use the BlueJeans API to integrate cloud-powered video communications.