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We are happy to announce that our new Looking Glass left beta status and is now live. Since the original beta release, we added many features and improved the responsiveness and general usability. With the new DE-CIX Looking Glass, it is possible to easily search for an AS number, a peer, or a ...

In September, we asked you to guess which the four main ASN origin countries in Frankfurt are. Most people guessed the right countries, but not all of them were able to name the correct order.  As we had many correct answers, we decided to assign two winners. The lucky winners of a DE-CIX drone are...

In the DE-CIX Annual Report 2017, DE-CIX's Head of Research & Development, Christoph Dietzel, outlined his thoughts about what the structure of the Internet will be in ten to fifteen years, which standards will shape the Internet, and how this will play out for society, our customers, and in ...

Two Digital Realty data centers in Frankfurt will become DE-CIX-enabled sites. Connecting the two data centers in the Lyoner Strasse (Frankfurt Niederrad) and the Wilhelm-Fay-Strasse (Frankfurt Sossenheim) to DE-CIX will enable Digital Realty customers to expand their digital supply chain by ...

In 2019, we will continue the successful DE-CIX round table series. DE-CIX round tables are informal dinner gatherings, giving our customers the opportunity to meet and network with each other.  In 2018, we started the year with the escape rooms in January and February, and met for a summer BBQ in ...

DDoS attacks are omnipresent, and members of Internet exchanges are effected on a daily basis. Industry white papers report that the number and frequency of DDoS attacks are increasing annually: dizzyingly high volumetric attacks peaked at 1.7 Tbps in 2018. Booters are  DDoS-as-a-service offers and...

In September, the second edition of the DE-CIX Madrid Summit took place. More than 100 attendees, experts and decision makers from the Iberian interconnection community, came together in Madrid to get insights into interconnection trends and needs. The insights and discussions were based on ...

We warmly welcome the latest DirectCLOUD partners, noris network and SpaceNet! noris network AG offers tailor-made ICT solutions in the areas of IT outsourcing, cloud services, and network & security. After joining the DirectCLOUD Partner Program and being a certified DirectCLOUD data center ...

As part of our DirectCLOUD Partner Program, we assist ISPs and data centers in bringing cloud connectivity closer to their enterprise customers. Certified DirectCLOUD ISPs and data centers are able to offer their customers the best possible connection to a variety of cloud service providers via ...

DE-CIX was honored at the Global Carrier Awards 2018 for its innovative power and was awarded the prize for the Best Internet Exchange Innovation 2018 for the world’s first-ever patch robot at an IX! Our new patch robot colleague Patchy McPatchbot has been in operation at DE-CIX since ...