The largest carrier-neutral data center and cloud marketplace operating in Hawaii, DRFortress launches the cloud direct connection from Hawaii into Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric on Platform Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company. With the launch, Hawaii businesses will be able to extend their global reach with streamlined access to the world’s largest cloud providers. The DRFortress Cloud Connect is a high-speed, secure, direct connection from the DRFortress data center in Hawaii to the ECX Fabric location in Los Angeles.
First cloud direct connection from Hawaii

DRFortress also states that the company also plans to add additional direct cloud connections for customers in Hawaii to reach any of the 45+ ECX Fabric locations across the globe. With this direct connect solution, Hawaii businesses can expect to see significant network connectivity cost savings by utilizing one single Layer 2 network circuit for both high-speed connectivity from 1G to 10G service and a simple cross-connection. Fred Rodi, President and Founder of DRFortress said,
“DRFortress is proud to be the first provider in Hawaii to offer this cutting-edge cloud solution. Our Cloud Connect solution extends Hawaii businesses to the edge with a secure private line to public clouds. This direct connect access is ideal for customers in Hawaii contemplating a hybrid cloud infrastructure or a slow on-ramp into public cloud services without compromising IT infrastructure security, reliability, or latency for their critical applications.”
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