Dojo delivers fast, reliable and secure card payments to businesses with Equinix

Dojo powers fast, reliable card payments with Equinix 

With Equinix Fabric® and Oracle Cloud, the U.K. payment technology provider created a secure, high-performance hybrid multicloud infrastructure, allowing its customers to make payments 80% faster than the industry average.

Better payments demand better cloud connectivity

Dojo creates the tools and technology that empower businesses across the U.K. to thrive, providing products such as integrated card machines that process payments quickly, reliably and securely. To deliver excellence for more than 50,000 customers, Dojo needed a resilient, hybrid multicloud infrastructure to accelerate access to services on Oracle Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud—and securely connect this physical infrastructure to its cloud-based applications.

Dojo wanted to embark on a multicloud strategy for its digital payment processing platform. However, it needed to host physical, on-premises entry points for payment providers such as Visa and Mastercard, as well as point-to-point encryption devices and hardware security modules (HSM) for processing security operations based on digital payment regulations.

As the company’s competitive advantage was processing payment transactions from more than 70,000 card machines—80% faster than the industry average—it required secure, high-speed communication between its cloud providers—Oracle Cloud, AWS and Google Cloud—and its on-premises hardware.

Interconnection to the rescue

As maximum reliability and minimal latency are key for every single digital payment transaction, Dojo partnered with Equinix to build a redundant, hybrid multicloud infrastructure.

The company deployed systems and networks in two U.K.-based Equinix data centers, where it could securely operate its physical devices and speed access to applications in the public cloud. Equinix Fabric software-defined interconnection enabled Dojo to securely connect to private cloud on-ramps with high-speed, single-digit latency to accelerate customer payment processing and authorization without going over the public internet. Dojo’s front-end application could now run on both Google Cloud and AWS for greater resiliency.

Equinix Fabric provided the company with reliable private interconnection between both clouds using Google Cloud Interconnect and AWS Direct Connect. Network Edge services from Equinix expedited the deployment of Cisco CSR 1000V virtual routers in London and Frankfurt data centers to speed and scale connectivity to the public clouds virtually, without additional hardware. According to Nick Fryer, Dojo’s CTO, “The connectivity between Oracle Cloud, AWS and Google Cloud is crazy fast.”

Dojo’s front-end application could now run on both Google Cloud and AWS for greater resiliency. Equinix Fabric provided the company with reliable private interconnection between both clouds using Google Cloud Interconnect and AWS Direct Connect. Network Edge services from Equinix expedited the deployment of Cisco CSR 1000V virtual routers in London and Frankfurt data centers to speed and scale connectivity to the public clouds virtually, without additional hardware. According to Nick Fryer, Dojo’s CTO, “The connectivity between Oracle Cloud, AWS and Google Cloud is crazy fast.”

Reinventing digital payments

“Together, Oracle and Equinix are helping customers like Dojo to accelerate the realization of value from their business-critical applications in the cloud, when using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via OCI FastConnect with Equinix Fabric. From ultrafast transaction speeds with integrated payments, to enabling next-day transfers to customers, Dojo is able to press ahead with reinventing digital payments using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services in partnership with Equinix,” said James Allerton-Austin, Senior Director of Cloud Strategy and OCI Centre of Excellence, Oracle EMEA.

Benefits

Fast, reliable service delivery

Equinix provides high-performance, scalable colocation and digital infrastructure. Dojo can continuously run and easily monitor digital payment services and attract larger businesses, with 80% faster delivery than the industry average.

Private, scalable interconnection to public clouds

Equinix Fabric provides dedicated software-defined interconnection, enabling Dojo to securely access Oracle Cloud, AWS and Google Cloud on-ramps within Equinix data centers and scale its services without going through the public internet.

Ecosystem access at speed

Network Edge virtual network services and Equinix Fabric give Dojo the high-speed, low-latency software-defined networking it requires to access public cloud and financial services ecosystems, accelerating payment processing for its customers.

Resilience and geo-redundancy

By replicating its hybrid multicloud infrastructure within interconnected Equinix data centers, Dojo provides its financial services to a growing customer base without any disruption.

Instant global scale

As Dojo’s business grows internationally, it can instantly expand its digital infrastructure with Equinix’s global portfolio of high-performance data centers.

Future First sustainability

Equinix is committed to reaching 100% clean and renewable energy coverage globally, facilitating a seamless partnership to support Dojo’s key sustainability considerations.