October 25, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced today that brokerage firm optionsXpress, Inc. has relocated its data center operations to Equinix’s Chicago and Dallas Internet Business Exchange centers.
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According to Equinix, optionsXpress will benefit from Equinix’s secure and reliable data center environment, operating within the same buildings as an aggregation of network service providers and financial services companies. OptionsXpress operates more than 100,000 accounts, and is dependent upon a solid information technology and network connectivity infrastructure as the backbone of its business.
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To enhance this connectivity, optionsXpress will deploy Equinix Financial eXchange, a bundled service designed for the financial trading industry to optimize network redundancy, as well as a high-performance data center environment and interconnectivity fabric to ensure operational continuity for critical electronic trading operations.
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“In our business, every second matters to our customers, and we have built our reputation around providing the fastest and most reliable online brokerage for the trading of options and other securities,” says Ben Stein, vice president of IT infrastructure at optionsXpress. “Equinix provides us with an infrastructure that enables us reach all of our strategic connectivity partners in a single centralized location to more efficiently interconnect our networks and trade data traffic.”
