peering
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Peering is the exchange of traffic between two different networks, without the need to pay a third party to carry it. Direct interconnection has benefits when it comes to cost, latency and performance. -
Gigabit Communications, LLC has joined the DE-CIX transport partner program by establishing a Layer 2 Network to Network Interface (NNI) connection with DE-CIX Dallas.
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HGC Global Communications Limited and the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) are working together to enhance services for customers in Chicago and the Bay Area.
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BICS has announced its support for Microsoft’s Azure Peering Service, which will provide businesses with direct access to Microsoft services.
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The data centre industry is at a crossroads. Or rather, the applications and data upon which every business relies are at a busy junction - with more roads than IT teams could traditionally navigate. This whitepaper explains how colocation has accelerated beyond interconnectivity and why businesses are selecting multi-tenant data centres (MTDCs), which are becoming the cornerstone of fibre infra.
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Nine of the largest global IPX carriers have joined a global initiative to improve the handling of critical IoT traffic, coordinated by the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF).
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AIMS Data Centre @ Bangkok, a subsidiary of the AIMS Data Centre Group, has partnered with Bangkok Neutral Internet eXchange (BKNIX) to enhance its regional network, as well as Thailand’s “internet connectivity efficiency”.
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Colt Technology Services has launched an IP access service with cloud priority, underpinned by new peerings with Microsoft in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Sparkle has enhanced its point of presence (PoP) at Namex, in Rome, giving its customers remote peering capabilities through its Virtual NAP service.
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Capacity speaks to Andreas Polyrakis, business development manager at Lamda Hellix and Kurtis Lindqvist, CEO at LINX, about the growing opportunities in internet exchanges across the Middle East.
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DE-CIX has expanded its global interconnection model to its most eastern point to date by launching operations in Malaysia.
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Global internet exchange operator DE-CIX has extended its GlobePEER remote service to DE-CIX Palermo, increasing its multiple-interconnection reach.
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France-IX has announced today that managed cybersecurity services specialist Pragma Security has joined its marketplace as a seller in Paris, boosting the services on offer to IXP members.
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Retelit has expanded its international network reach by launching new routes to the US and upgrading existing routes between Europe-Asia and intra-Asia.
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Epsilon has today announced that it has partnered with SEAX Singapore to establish its first point of presence (PoP) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Flexential has completed a major expansion to its FlexAnywhere network fabric with new point of presence (PoP) deployments and carrier capabilities.
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The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has announced a new partnership with the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX), as it joins LINX’s IXP Reseller Partner Programme.
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[Pictured L-R: Peter Evans, strategy director, BT Ireland; Nick Hilliard, CTO, INEX; Eileen Gallagher, marketing and membership development, INEX; Mark Fagan, head of data centre services, BT Ireland]
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Hurricane Electric has strengthened its Asia-Pacific presence with its third point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong.
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SoftBank’s internet exchange arm BBIX has launched a new joint venture with True Internet Data Center to provide carrier neutral and low latency internet exchange peering services in Thailand.
