Only days after implementing RPKI at our Internet Exchanges to make the Internet a safer place, we are taking the next step of our technological progress: DE-CIX is now the first IX worldwide to offer 400-Gigabit Ethernet access technology!400-GE Nokia line cards are now available in DE-CIX Frankfurt, and the technology will be made available at further DE-CIX locations.
In addition, we report on our new partnership with Seaborn, connecting Seabras-1 customers in South America with DE-CIX New York, our new service DirectROUTES, and many more topics. Enjoy!
DE-CIX first IX worldwide to offer 400-Gigabit Ethernet access technology
In response to the growing customer demand for more data capacity, DE-CIX is now the first Internet Exchange worldwide to offer 400-GE access technology. The 400-GE Nokia line cards are now available in DE-CIX Frankfurt, and the technology will be made available at further DE-CIX locations. Read more.
Interconnecting North and South America: Seaborn connects Seabras-1 to DE-CIX New York
Seaborn has established an interconnection to DE-CIX New York, enabling turn-key direct access from Seabras-1, a 72 Tbps submarine cable system between Brazil and the U.S, offering the lowest latency path between São Paulo and the NY metro area. Read more.
Moscow: Ready for service and first customer live
Based on our agreement with MSK-IX, we have now connected MSK-IX in Moscow and DE-CIX in Frankfurt. The first customer is now live! With their access at DE-CIX Frankfurt, they peer with the networks in Moscow, using our our GlobePEER Remote service. Happy peering! Read more.
RPKI-based origin validation successfully deployed at DE-CIX
Since March, RPKI-based origin validation is deployed at all DE-CIX route servers. Through implementing this technical solution, we have increased the Internet routing security by reducing the danger of route hijacks. After enabling RPKI-based origin validation, we closely monitored route servers and had a look at how many routes were accepted and how many were filtered out. Read more.
New service: DE-CIX DirectROUTES – Reach networks with a restrictive peering policy
With the new DE-CIX DirectROUTES service, you can get direct access to high-quality networks with a restrictive peering policy. Even with small bandwidth requirements, we can offer you direct access to those networks, just via an additional VLAN. Read more.
First available via DirectROUTES: Comcast, America’s largest Cable TV and Internet service provider
The first network available via DE-CIX DirectROUTES is Comcast, which serves more residential broadband subscribers than any other US provider. DirectROUTES gives you the opportunity to get direct access to Comcast's AS7922 eyeball network. Read more.
It's all about peering! Register for the DE-CIX TechMeeting, 6 June 2019
Join the DE-CIX community of peering managers and network engineers at the next DE-CIX TechMeeting! We will continue last year's very inspiring discussions and talk about BGP, worldwide traffic developments, 5G use cases, standards of secure Internet routing, and many more topics. Register now or have a look at the agenda.
Save the date for the next DE-CIX round tables in autumn
The first round table series in 2019 is just over, and you can already save the date for the next set of round tables:
15 August 2019, Hamburg
22 August 2019, Frankfurt
29 August 2019, Dusseldorf
19 September 2019, Munich
Invitations will follow! Till then, you can have a look at the pictures of the last round tables here.
We are hiring - Join us!
DE-CIX is growing! If you are a passionate network engineer, systems engineer, NetOps engineer, customer support engineer, web developer, software developer, or product manager, join us in Frankfurt. Have a look at the job postings.
In March, the peering community met at our first round tables for this year in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Dusseldorf. Focus: networking with your peers while working on your 3D blacklight minigolf capabilities. Have a look at our picture gallery to see how much fun was involved!
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