Equinix announced that IRESS, a leading financial services technology provider headquartered in Australia, has leveraged Platform Equinix to extend availability of its market data, access, trading and wealth solutions services throughout and beyond the Asia Pacific region.
The deployments in Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in Asia and Europe represent an important milestone in the company’s global business expansion and enable IRESS to capitalize on growth opportunities for financial services in some of the world’s most dynamic economies.
IRESS is a principal supplier of financial markets and wealth management systems in Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom, employing more than 650 staff in 14 offices worldwide. To support its global business expansion, IRESS has entered into a global agreement with Equinix to expand into IBX data centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and London, which will complement the existing IRESS deployments in Toronto and Sydney.
IRESS will benefit from global data center network connectivity, offering localized and reliable services to its customers across Asia.