While we saw spikes in the traffic statistics of our exchanges when people were watching games of the soccer world championships, a lot was going on in parallel at DE-CIX. We extended our reach by adding new DE-CIX access sites all over Europe with euNetworks, successfully moved a core node in Frankfurt, and made the AS112 service availabel in Marseille. You can check out here at which sites in more than 450 cities worldwide you can either access DE-CIX directly or get conneted via a DE-CIX reseller. Read below what else is going on – enjoy the newsletter!
Project Reach: DE-CIX partners with euNetworks to expand access to DE-CIX
We are expanding the locations where customers can connect to DE-CIX. DE-CIX partners with carriers, leveraging their transport networks and points of presence (PoPs) for additional access. In addition to existing DE-CIX enabled sites, where DE-CIX maintains own hardware, these new access sites are added with partners such as euNetworks who maintain and manage the hardware. Learn more.
New enabled site in Munich: EMC HostCo
We are expanding our presence in the Bavarian capital of Munich. DE-CIX services such as DirectCLOUD, GlobePEER, GlobePEER Remote, and MetroVLAN are now also available in the data center of EMC HostCo GmbH. Learn more.
Sensational growth at our regional IXs in Germany: Number of networks more than doubled
Meanwhile, more than 70 networks peer in Hamburg, more than 60 networks peer in Munich, and more than 50 networks peer in Dusseldorf. This is a tremendous growth of more than 100 percent, for Dusseldorf even a growth of more than 180 percent, compared to the end of December numbers. Learn more.
Important core migration in Frankfurt successfully completed
On 4 July, we successfully moved one of the four cores nodes in Frankfurt from DE-CIX FRA7 (Kleyer 82) to DE-CIX FRA 12 (Kleyer 90). The move was planned by the project team for several weeks and was executed from 2am in the morning till 5pm in the afternoon (15 hours). Read more.
AS112 service now available in Marseille
In order to secure the DNS system DE-CIX deployed AS112 project servers in Marseille. The aim of the AS112 project is to create a web of DNS servers that catch reverse DNS queries for private IPv4 space. Learn more.
Open tickets? Detailed traffic statistics? What do you need? DE-CIX portal survey
Let us know what features in the customer portal are important for you and what has priority. Answer the survey (3 minutes)
Free trial: Connect to Microsoft Express Route via DE-CIX DirectCLOUD
We are offering you the chance to try cloud connectivity without any investment in technology or infrastructure. You will get a free connection with two VLANs to Microsoft Azure via DirectCLOUD for three months (50 Mbps bandwidth). Learn more.
10 reasons why you should peer
Peering gives you an impressive set of advantages; it raises your revenues, lowers the latency, increases the throughput, and much more. You probably know everything about the benefits of peering, but if you want to show someone why networks should peer, give them our new white paper: 10 reasons why you should peer. Download the white paper.
How to connect to Microsoft Cloud Services via DE-CIX DirectCLOUD
This guide provides an overview of the functionalities and benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Services (Azure, Office 365, Dynamics 365). It introduces to the relevant services, translates terminology, technical configurations, setup for redundancy, as well as the business models, ordering workflows and processes involved with connecting customers to Azure Cloud. Download the white paper
dotmagazine article: Journey into an interconnected digital world
Digitalization is reshaping business models and redefining products, not just for digital companies, but also for “traditional” industries such as the automative sector. Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International takes us on a journey into a new interconnected digital world. Read the article.
Still time to register: Join us in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, or Dusseldorf
Thanks for joining us! Only days before France won the soccer world championship, we met with customers for a boat tour around Marseille Harbour together with our partner Interxion. Some of the crew even were diving for sea cables, but challenge wasn’t completed 😉 Thank you for a great networking event!
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