Key points

• Gained access to China’s premium CN2 information superhighway due to Zenlayer’s regional partnerships and economy of scale.
• Created an accelerated interconnection between operations in Shanghai and Singapore using a combination of CN2 and Zenlayer’s software-defined network backbone
• Successfully expanded into China with future-proof, compliant, and easily scalable infrastructure

About the customer

Industry: Automotive manufacturing
Needs: Cross-border interconnection, latency reduction, infrastructure expansion
Zenlayer services used: IP Transit, Edge Colocation

The customer is a Fortune 200 global automotive manufacturer with operations in 60+ countries. They initially approached Equinix, a longstanding Zenlayer strategic partner, to facilitate their infrastructure expansion into China.

While Equinix can build data centers in the country, the provider is not licensed to provide network services there. Recognizing the need for a dependable connectivity solution, Equinix referred the customer to Zenlayer due to our expertise and demonstrated success in providing seamless connectivity in China and the surrounding APAC markets.

The challenge: establishing a robust network infrastructure for accelerated data transmission

Zenlayer, with our strong partnership with Equinix and combined regional expertise, proved to be the ideal solution for the customer’s issues. We implemented local loops to seamlessly interconnect the hotel group’s colocated resources in Equinix data centers across Shanghai and their office in Singapore to their corresponding data center within the same country.

Additionally, we provided secure connections using IPSEC over the public internet to enable accelerated, more efficient management of their internal resources within AWS Ningxia and Alibaba Cloud China from San Jose and Singapore.

Simplifying infrastructure deployment by working with a single vendor

As a one-stop shop, we helped streamline the onboarding process that would otherwise involve 5-10 different vendors and 6+ months, simplifying the customer’s infrastructure deployment and management, saving them significant time and resources

Leveraging Zenlayer for the physical infrastructure of their hybrid cloud, the hotel group now has a redesigned, highly efficient network with maximum reassurance and redundancy.

Looking ahead

Zenlayer will continue to partner with Equinix to ensure optimal network performance and support for the hotel group as they focus on growing their footprint worldwide.

Expand your global footprint with Zenlayer

Zenlayer’s premium IP transit, cloud networking services, and local expertise helped the customer rapidly modernize their outdated infrastructure for improved operational and cost efficiency.

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