Originally posted on Data Center POST

Gates and Allen, Hewlett and Packard, Jobs and Wozniak. Some partnerships produce astounding results. But whether it’s two idealistic visionaries or a holistic collaboration between innovative companies, a symbiotic relationship can deliver remarkable products and services that transform the marketplace.

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Mark Cooper, AMS-IX Chief Commercial Officer

Earlier this year, a new dynamic duo was established that is enhancing the world of Internet peering and cloud interconnection on a global scale. Playing off of each other’s core strengths, Megaport’s US subsidiary signed an alliance agreement to become the exclusive global elasticcloud interconnection partner for AMS-IX. AMS-IX will in turn provide its Internet Exchange peering service in key Megaport-enabled markets across the globe.

The robust partnership provides customers with a wide range of interconnection use-cases including multi-cloud connectivity, exchange of IP traffic peering, API-based ordering and right-sizing of capacity based on customer requirements. Customers can access the AMS-IX peering service across the Megaport fabrics, while customers of AMS-IX’s Internet Exchanges can take advantage of Megaport’s elastic connectivity solutions to network and leading cloud service providers including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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