Equinix Customer Success Story: trivago
Founded in 2005, trivago has grown from a start-up German business to a global online brand. The company has undergone…
Founded in 2005, trivago has grown from a start-up German business to a global online brand. The company has undergone dramatic growth as consumers change the way they search and shop for hotels. In addition, the increasing use of mobile devices is forcing business to re-architect their IT for a digital edge.
Equinix has been alongside trivago every step of the way, ensuring the best connectivity, scalability and technology roadmap to support this international expansion. By leveraging an Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ deployed on Platform Equinix™, the company’s applications and services reside closer to the users, optimizing multi-cloud connectivity, enhancing security and reliability, and boosting performance.
Business challenge
trivago is focused on reshaping the way travelers search for and compare hotels. The company’s mission is to be: The traveler’s first and independent source of information
for finding the ideal hotel at the lowest rate.
“Our goal is to deliver the best possible experience for users,” said Florian Schürfeld, head of data center operations, trivago. “Our sites need to be as fast as possible. Part of that involves getting as near as possible to the customer.”
Discover how Equinix helped trivago succeed in this case study.