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Renumbering at DE-CIX Hamburg

DE-CIX sponsors broadband measurement in Germany

Renumbering at DE-CIX Munich

29 July 2021
Renumbering at DE-CIX Hamburg
Due to growth in connected networks, we now need to change to a new IPv4 network also in Hamburg. This means that all existing customers will have to change their router’s IPv4 address – and all IPv4 BGP peering sessions. The network change only affects IPv4 addresses; IPv6 addresses do not need to...
27 July 2021
DE-CIX sponsors broadband measurement in Germany
The broadband measurement tool (Breitbandmessung) of the Bundesnetzagentur, the German Federal Network Agency, is now connected directly to the DE-CIX platform. DE-CIX sponsors the offer with two 100GE access ports and GlobePEER service in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, and Munich thus creating ...
23 July 2021
Renumbering at DE-CIX Munich
Due to growth in customer numbers, we need to change to a new IP network at DE-CIX Munich. This means that all existing customers will have to change their router’s IPv4 address – and all IPv4 BGP peering sessions. The network change only affects IPv4 addresses; IPv6 addresses do not need to be ...
22 July 2021
New DE-CIX portal with self-service features
We have just launched the new DE-CIX portal (beta), which contains new self-service features enabling you to order, configure, and cancel interconnection services, and chat directly with the Customer Service team. We are excited to make this huge step into an automated, self-service interconnection...
20 July 2021
Upgrading backbone infrastructure with Smartoptics
DE-CIX has chosen the Smartoptics open line system to upgrade and future-proof our backbone network with 400G capacity. The new network will simplify network operations and improve customer experience through smoother provisioning. The solution will be based on the DCP-M40-ZR+ open line system, ...
15 July 2021
10 reasons to peer: 8. Peering improves user experience
When it comes to end-user experience, peering has a lot of advantages compared to IP transit-only designs. Better latency, less packet loss, and higher throughput all mean that your services work better and your users will be happy. We have already talked about latency in a previous article in this...
13 July 2021
DE-CIX Mumbai – connecting more than 350 networks
DE-CIX Mumbai is now the largest Internet Exchange in Asia-Pacific (APAC) according to PeeringDB’s ranking by of 153 exchanges in 29 countries. The ranking is based on the number of connected networks at the exchange – there are currently 359 networks peering at Mumbai, making it number one in the ...
6 July 2021
The value of the Southern European interconnection ecosystem
Q&A with Theresa BobisDE-CIX Madrid has become the heart of the largest neutral interconnection ecosystem in Southern Europe in just five years. Madrid was established in 2016 and quickly became the fastest-growing Internet Exchange in the world. Over the last five years, under the leadership o...
5 July 2021
DE-CIX virtual Techmeeting 2021
Thank you for joining us last week for the DE-CIX Techmeeting 2021, held virtually for the second time. We covered a lot of interconnection and peering topics in three hours; from products and solutions to how to do flow monitoring and keep track of your BGP.
2 July 2021
European Peering Forum 2021
Call for presentationsAMS-IX, DE-CIX, LINX, Netnod are happy to host the virtual European Peering Forum (EPF) 2021 from 20 - 22 September 2021. The event will welcome peering managers and coordinators from networks connected to the host Internet Exchanges. Besides an interesting and topical ...
30 June 2021
Unlocking travelling again: The literal digital customer journey at Hilton
Picture this: A full contactless end-to-end digital customer journeyYou are planning a journey and need a hotel room. You search for and book a hotel room via an app. Twenty-four hours before you arrive on property, wherever you are in the world, you complete a digital check in, including the ...
24 June 2021
10 reasons to peer: 7. Peering makes partnerships possible
As we have learned in this reasons to peer series, peering has many advantages, ranging from financial benefits to having a more robust and stable network. It can also offer opportunities for new partnerships. Easy start for premium services
22 June 2021
Blackholing Advanced now available at additional exchanges
Announced last year, our Blackholing Advanced service revolutionizes the defence against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks directly at Internet Exchanges by using individual fine-grained filtering mechanisms. In addition to DE-CIX Frankfurt, the service is now available in a beta version...
8 June 2021
10 Reasons to peer: 6. Peering increases the stability of your network
While buying IP transit is always just a best-effort method, without any guarantee that data is delivered or that the delivery meets any quality of service, peering increases the stability of your network. Read on to learn how this happens in this sixth instalment of our “reasons to peer” series.
1 June 2021
New case study: Why EXXETA uses AWS Direct Connect instead of VPN tunnels
For the support and operation of its solutions, EXXETA – an IT consulting company focusing on the automotive, energy, and financial services industry – has been using virtual machines and cloud services for several years. Despite the many advantages of cloud use, they noticed that access via VPN ...
31 May 2021
Improve the performance of Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is one of the most popular enterprise applications used by companies across the world and industries. It is important to make sure your systems run smoothly and to provide your end users with good performance of Microsoft 365 regardless from where they work. What...
27 May 2021
DE-CIX Madrid: Biography of an international digital hub
DE-CIX Madrid sits at the heart of the largest neutral interconnection ecosystem in Southern Europe. Founded in 2016, it celebrates its fifth anniversary this year and we are celebrating by taking a look back at its history and influence on the Southern European interconnection ecosystem. The...