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New peaks at DE-CIX Internet Exchanges

Testing backbone infrastructure with EXFO

Survey: Enterprises seeking to upgrade their systems for ongoing digitalization

23 September 2021
New peaks at DE-CIX Internet Exchanges
During the past couple of months there have been several traffic peaks at our Internet Exchanges. There can be many reasons for the peaks, and we cannot really pinpoint the jumps to any particular event. But having said that, the peaks tend to coincide with big sporting events, new product or ...
17 September 2021
Testing backbone infrastructure with EXFO
As the demand for more data capacity continues to grow, 400G technology is becoming the new gold standard. At DE-CIX, the annual traffic at our Internet Exchanges continues to grow by about 30%, and we are working on upgrading and future-proofing our backbone network with 400G capacity. But with ...
7 September 2021
Survey: Enterprises seeking to upgrade their systems for ongoing digitalization
Enterprises across different sectors are taking decisive action on the digitalization of their internal processes and are searching for better ways to connect to important software and services. This is the main finding of our survey conducted in the enterprise market in Germany and the US. ...
2 September 2021
Welcome DE-CIX Phoenix
We are happy to announce our fifth, most-western location in North America: Welcome DE-CIX Phoenix! The new Internet Exchange will fortify connectivity across the United States while enhancing gateway access between North America, South America, and Europe. Urban tech center of the western US ...
26 August 2021
DCM Awards: DE-CIX wins in the DPC Connectivity category
Data Center Market, a Spanish industry publication, has held its 2021 awards ceremony recognizing the most interesting projects carried out throughout the past year. DE-CIX was recognized in the DPC Connectivity (data center connectivity) category for our interconnection services at the Global ...
24 August 2021
DE-CIX Hamburg: IPv4 renumbering successfully completed
Last week the changeover from the old /24 network to the new /23 network was implemented at DE-CIX Hamburg. All services with old IPv4 addresses – including the old IPv4 route servers – have now been moved to the new address space. The /24 network only contained 254 IPv4 addresses and, due to the ...
17 August 2021
10 Reasons to peer: 10. Peering is a quality seal
This is the final article in our “reasons to peer” series, and it is dedicated to the non-technical benefit of peering – how it can be used as a quality seal to grow your business. Assurance of a well-operated network If you are a company that sells network services to other companies or individual...
5 August 2021
10 Reasons to peer: 9. Peering connects you to an interconnection ecosystem
Peering at an Internet Exchange means being part of an interconnection ecosystem. While the exchange itself is a small niche topic for those who operate it, the ecosystem around it offers a very broad range of possibilities for doing business – another reason to peer. While the Internet Exchange ...
3 August 2021
IPv4 renumbering successfully completed at DE-CIX Munich
Last week the changeover from the old /24 network to the new /23 network was implemented in Munich. All services with old IPv4 addresses – including the old IPv4 route servers – have now been moved to the new address space. The /24 network only contained 254 IPv4 addresses and, due to the ongoing ...
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...