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After adding two new enabled sites earlier this year, Equinix will be the fourth DE-CIX-enabled site at DE-CIX Dusseldorf. Customers at the Equinix data center now only need a cross connect to connect to DE-CIX Dusseldorf and therewith can peer at DE-CIX in Dusseldorf (GlobePEER service), peer with...

On 4 July 2018, we successfully moved one of the four cores nodes in Frankfurt from DE-CIX FRA7 (Kleyer 82) to DE-CIX FRA 12 (Kleyer 90). DE-CIX 12 is the replacement of DE-CIX 7, the former core node at DE-CIX’s largest site in the city, the Kleyer campus.  The move was planned by the project team...

Did you see it? Last month’s newsletter listed for our exchanges in Hamburg, Munich, and Dusseldorf more than 10 new customers for each exchange. Meanwhile, more than 70 networks peer in Hamburg, more than 60 networks in Munich, and more than 50 networks in Dusseldorf. This is a tremendous growth ...

In order to secure the DNS system, DE-CIX has 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. This will reduce the load on so-called DNS root servers and makes the DNS system more ...

Together with Microsoft, 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). We want to show you how easy it is to ...

In 2018, IDC conducted a study on the rising interconnection needs of different industries. The main results on the most appropriate approach for implementing multiclouds can be found below. One-third of large enterprises have implemented their own, on-premise multicloud platform. Two-thirds use a ...

We warmly welcome 23media and Voxility as new DirectCLOUD partners! 23media's flexCloud combines flexibility and performance in one single product. By using reliable server components and the latest technology flexCloud guarantees performance at any time. Because of the free scalability of the ...

DE-CIX is proud to announce the availability of the new looking glass service - beta version! With the new looking glass service, it is now possible to easily search for an AS number, a peer or a particular IP prefix. In addition, the new looking glass service provides the reason why a certain ...

At this year’s TechMeeting in Frankfurt on 6 June, we were happy to introduce to our customers Patchy McPatchbot: The first automated patch robot! Patchy was for sure the highlight of our meeting. And the second highlight was: Blockchain. No, just kidding. We talked a lot about the future of ...

In 2018, IDC conducted a study on the rising interconnection needs of different industries. The main results on the capabilites, technical features, and company characteristics rated most important in an interconnection ecosystem can be found below.  More detailed results can be found in two IDC ...