New year's start: Enhancing interconnection in India
We started the new year with the announcement of three new Internet Exchanges in India that will open in the first quarter of 2019. In addition, we have a lot to report on: a new milestone of 200+ connected networks in New York, more than 200G traffic in Madrid, and many more topics. In addition, we will provide an outlook on what's happening at DE-CIX in 2019.
We wish you all a happy new year – and enjoy our newsletter!
What 2019 will bring at DE-CIX: New locations, more sites, new security features, and a revamped portal
2018 was a very successful year for DE-CIX, and in 2019, we will continue to add new locations, more sites, additional security features like RPKI-based filtering, and more. Read more about what 2019 will bring.
DE-CIX opens new Internet Exchanges in Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai
DE-CIX will expand its business activities India and open new Internet Exchanges in Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai in the first quarter of 2019. DE-CIX Interwire Internet Services Private Limited now owns a nationwide license for India. Read more.
DE-CIX New York reaches milestone of 200 connected networks
DE-CIX has exceeded the key milestone of 200 unique networks peering at DE-CIX New York. The exchange now takes the number one position as the largest carrier and data center-neutral Internet Exchange in New York. Almost fifty percent of the networks are exclusively available via DE-CIX in New York. Read more.
New all-time traffic peak at DE-CIX Madrid: 200+G
On 8 January, DE-CIX Madrid reached a new all-time peak of more than 200G! A big eyeball network went live, and almost instantly peering traffic rose to more than 200G. This was followed by several peaks, the latest from 27 January of more than 230G. This was a great start into the year. DE-CIX Madrid traffic statistics
Renumbering in New York completed successfully
Between 28 and 30 January, the change from the old /24 network to the new /22 network at DE-CIX New York took place. All services with old IPv4 addresses including the old IPv4 route servers have been moved to the new address space. Read more.
New white paper: Subsea cables and interconnection hubs
In the new DE-CIX white paper, Telegeography assesses the correlations between the growing subsea cable market and the global market for network interconnection by delving into several topics: determining the core drivers of subsea supply and demand, exploring the route priorities of the new cable builders, and many more. Download the white paper.
And the Oscar goes to… DE-CIX’s partners and resellers!
It is that time of the year again when we want to thank our partners and resellers. We cannot name everyone, but we want to say thank you to all of you! A special thank you goes to our top 3 resellers in 2018: IX Reach, RETN, and Core-Backbone – well done! Read more.
Deutsche Telekom DSL available via DirectCLOUD with MK Netzdienste
The latest addition to the DE-CIX DirectCLOUD partner program is MK Netzdienste, who offer the opportunity to reach the DSL service of Deutsche Telekom via their network. The service focuses on providers who want to connect business customers in Germany. Read more.
Number of certified DirectCLOUD partners growing constantly
Certified DirectCLOUD ISPs and certified DirectCLOUD data centers are able to offer their customers the best possible cloud connection to a variety of cloud service providers and services via DE-CIX DirectCLOUD. The partner program is steadily gaining popularity, and the latest partners include Enter, envia Tel, feenet.de, htp, LEW TelNet, Luxnetwork, oja.at and many more. Certified DirectCLOUD partners.
Register now for the first DE-CIX round tables in 2019
The successful DE-CIX round table series continues! Register now:
”We make interconnection easy” – An interview with DE-CIX’s Andreas Sturm
The smaller regional exchanges in Germany have grown exponentially in 2018 in numbers of peering networks, mostly due to DE-CIX’s GlobePEER Remote service. DE-CIX’s Andreas Sturm answers some questions about the service and how it influences the traditional view of Internet Exchanges as interconnection islands. Read the interview.
Handball World Cup creates new traffic record at DE-CIX Hamburg
During the finals of the Handball World Cup last weekend, DE-CIX Hamburg reached a new traffic record with a peak of 57+ G on Saturday night. Traffic peaks were also seen on Sunday during the game for the bronze medal, where Germany lost to France, and during the finals when Denmark claimed the world cup title by defeating Norway. Read more.
We start the new year with a colourful picture from India! We look forward to improving network quality for networks on the Indian sub-continent. More information about our IXs in India.
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