Case Study: Accelera Solutions achieves secure, high-performance hybrid cloud connectivity with Microsoft Azure

Virtualization Provider Offers Hybrid Cloud Solutions with Private, High-Speed Link

Accelera Solutions, a Fairfax, VA–based virtualization provider, helps enterprises and government agencies deploy hosted desktops, applications, and servers but faced a common barrier: customers wanted hybrid cloud options without having to abandon on-premises hardware or endure unreliable public Internet links. Accelera needed a secure, high-performance way to connect customer datacenters to Microsoft Azure so customers could combine on-premises systems with Azure-hosted resources and avoid overpaying for rarely used capacity.

Accelera partnered with Equinix and uses Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute to provide private, high-speed connections through Equinix datacenters, enabling fast, low-latency, and secure hybrid deployments that can scale automatically. The solution gives customers flexible hybrid architectures, faster provisioning, and significant cost savings—Accelera estimates over $300,000 lower initial capital outlay for virtual desktop deployments and 20–30% reduced ongoing costs over five years—while delivering the performance and security of a private connection to Azure.

Accelera Solutions

Terrill Andrews

Executive Vice President