With the tight telecommunication regulation, sovereignty requirements and evolving geopolitical complexities in the Greater China region, extending cross-border connections to access one’s enterprise applications, cloud services and data on demand has been challenging.

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Cross-border data flows in Greater China are among the world’s highest. As enterprises increasingly move their applications to the cloud, their networks are under greater demands to ensure speed, scalability, accessibility and security. It is time enterprises rethink the way their network infrastructures are architected to leverage the latest technologies and ecosystems for greater collaboration with one’s customers, partners, supply chains and more.

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In this special Solution Brief, we explore the technologies of cross-border cloud connectivity, and discuss how enterprises can engage and connect digital infrastructures across Greater China.

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• Real-time interactions with the right partners

• Cloud connectivity with Equinix Fabric

• Interconnection at the digital edge

• Rich ecosystems of service providers

• Use case sharing

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1. Use Case 1: Access public clouds in China or IT infrastructure from outside

2. Use Case 2: Last-mile virtual connections to on-premises IT infrastructure in Hong Kong

3. Use Case 3: Expand business or cloud workloads with a specific CSP in a new metro