from Data Center Knowledge:
>>360 Technical Center Solutions (360TCS) has opened a new data center in Lombard, Ill. and is focusing on providing high-density data center space to Chicago-area financial firms.
The growth of low latency trading has boosted business for providers like Equinix (EQIX) and Savvis (SVVS) in the New York and Chicago markets. Wolverine provides technology solutions for high-performance trading, including real-time market data feeds that enable algorithmic trading. The availability of these data feeds is a key step in attracting trading operations and building a financial ecosystem within a data center.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
another CDN offering...
"Verizon is now positioned to offer content owners and video distributors a competitive choice in delivering their services to our broadband customers," said Marjorie Hsu, Verizon vice president for network technology. "With our new delivery capability, content owners will be drawn to our networks, and our customers will be the beneficiaries of a broad range of compelling content services."
In response to the burgeoning market for video and multimedia services over broadband, Verizon and Velocix have put commercial and technological arrangements in place to create a new-generation content delivery network (CDN) that benefits the operational models and strategic goals of both parties.
Velocix technology will be deployed in the Verizon backbone network to reinforce Verizon's network design, offering content owners and distributors a new, efficient pathway to Verizon customers. The Velocix platform expands beyond typical CDN features and also includes peer-to-peer (P2P) CDN capabilities to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving P2P-based media-distribution industry.
The new CDN will be used to distribute content that Verizon contracts for directly with content owners like movie studios, TV networks, video rental sites and entertainment services, and also to distribute content from content owners with which Velocix has agreements of its own - all at competitive speeds and costs. As a first step, Verizon has arranged for Velocix to begin delivering Starz Entertainment's Starz Play broadband entertainment service to Verizon broadband customers.
2010 Lexus RX 350 and 450h: Luxury Crossovers Get Mouse-like Haptic Controller: Live From the 2008 L.A. Auto Show
from the IV Mb, by cellodude:
2010 Lexus RX 350 and 450h: Luxury Crossovers Get Mouse-like Haptic Controller: Live From the 2008 L.A. Auto Show
The Lexus RX crossovers are celebrating an anniversary. It's been 10 years since the first generation Lexus crossovers hit the market and brought with them a wave of new carlike utility vehicles.
However, perhaps the biggest development is on the inside. Lexus has finally joined the haptic controller race with a new system called “Remote Touch.” This controller acts similarly to BMW's iDrive and Audi's MMI systems, but instead of a fixed knob that spins to run various vehicle functions, the Lexus system acts more like a more sophisticated computer mouse—moving on multiple planes. It can also be programmed for different levels of feedback. We can't wait to test this new system.
The new RX 350 goes on sale in February with the RX 450h following in the spring. —Ben Stewart]
2010 Lexus RX 350 and 450h: Luxury Crossovers Get Mouse-like Haptic Controller: Live From the 2008 L.A. Auto Show
The Lexus RX crossovers are celebrating an anniversary. It's been 10 years since the first generation Lexus crossovers hit the market and brought with them a wave of new carlike utility vehicles.
However, perhaps the biggest development is on the inside. Lexus has finally joined the haptic controller race with a new system called “Remote Touch.” This controller acts similarly to BMW's iDrive and Audi's MMI systems, but instead of a fixed knob that spins to run various vehicle functions, the Lexus system acts more like a more sophisticated computer mouse—moving on multiple planes. It can also be programmed for different levels of feedback. We can't wait to test this new system.
The new RX 350 goes on sale in February with the RX 450h following in the spring. —Ben Stewart]
Monday, November 17, 2008
Seattle's GridNetworks launches "click-to-watch" Web video on Xbox, PS3
>>After spending two years building infrastructure for quickly delivering video over the Internet, Seattle's GridNetworks today is launching GridCast TV with several Web video sites.
GridCast adds a buttons to Web videos so people browsing at home can click "watch on TV" and have the video streamed across their home networks for playback on an Xbox 360, PlayStation3 or TVs with other systems for connecting to the Internet.
DuPont Fabros Halts Data Center Projects
from Data Center Knowledge:
>>Data center developer DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) said today that it has halted construction at data center projects in New Jersey and Virginia after it failed to arrange additional financing. The company said talks to arrange $150 million in mezzanine debt recently ended after the lender revised its terms.
>>Data center developer DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) said today that it has halted construction at data center projects in New Jersey and Virginia after it failed to arrange additional financing. The company said talks to arrange $150 million in mezzanine debt recently ended after the lender revised its terms.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Internap, AS 22212, is expanding in Europe
from peeringdb.com:
Internap, AS 22212, is expanding in Europe and the U.S. and is actively seeking peers. Please contact us to discuss peering if our locations overlap.
Internap, AS 22212, is expanding in Europe and the U.S. and is actively seeking peers. Please contact us to discuss peering if our locations overlap.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
STAY TUNED...
from CDN Evangelist:
>>I spent about an hour Monday on a conference call in an exclusive, confidential briefing concerning an announcement which I will be posting tomorrow morning. This post, concerning video streaming, is sure to rock the CDN space as we know it. The announcement will be posted at 8am ET so be sure to check back tomorrow!
>>I spent about an hour Monday on a conference call in an exclusive, confidential briefing concerning an announcement which I will be posting tomorrow morning. This post, concerning video streaming, is sure to rock the CDN space as we know it. The announcement will be posted at 8am ET so be sure to check back tomorrow!
Randy Cooper
Founder, CDN Evangelist
Sunday, November 9, 2008
GRX Peering at Equinix (GPE)
GRX Peering at Equinix (GPE) is a resilient, fully-managed, Ethernet-based switching platform designed specifically for exchange of mobile Internet traffic. The service is available for all GRX operators and qualified customers that are colocated within the Equinix IBX that wish to exchange mobile Internet traffic with their peer of choice.
Port Speeds
| Port | Bandwidth | Media |
|---|---|---|
| FastE | 100Mbs | Cat5e |
| GigE | 1000Mbs | Multimode or Singlemode |
Features
- Redundant Infrastructure: Equinix provides GRX operators with fully redundant LAN infrastructure for improved service delivery.
- Private Bilateral Peering: Freedom to negotiate private peering arrangements without any restrictions.
- SLA: GPE service offers GRX Operators stringent SLAs with uptime guarantee of 99.99% for individual ports.
- VLAN Trunking Encapsulation: Trunking encapsulation can consolidate multiple physical links onto fewer VLAN trunk ports, thus increasing network efficiency.
- Dedicated GPE portal: – Full service transparency with access to port-level statistics on a dedicated portal for GPE.
- Measures jitter, packet loss, service availability, and packet delay
- Traffic utilization graphs
- Connections to the GPE fabric can be set up in a Single or Redundant Configurations.
Ashburn, Silicon Valley, Holland (AMS-IX), Singapore
Saturday, November 8, 2008
One Wilshire Building - Equinix
Q: I would like to add a port in Los Angeles, but we are only in One Wilshire. Are you in One Wilshire Building?
A: Yes, Equinix can provision ports to the Equinix-LA fabric from the One Wilshire Building.
A: Yes, Equinix can provision ports to the Equinix-LA fabric from the One Wilshire Building.
Equinix Exchange - Peering in Europe
Equinix Exchange - Peering in Europe
As Equinix expands its global service offering across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, the company is committed to providing high-performance platforms for exchanging Internet traffic.
Equinix provides a convenient platform for network service providers, content companies and enterprises to execute peering relationships across the globe, resulting in enhanced services levels and lower connectivity costs. Additionally, Equinix partners with top-tier internet exchange operators in Europe.
Equinix Exchange
Through the Equinix Exchange service, customers operating within Equinix datacenters can directly connect to each other for traffic exchange via a convenient and flexible central switching fabric managed by Equinix. This streamlined connectivity improves end-to-end network performance, reducing latency and packet loss, as well as lowering overall IP transit costs.Equinix services are available in Paris and Zurich (Europe); Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley and Washington (North America); Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo (Asia Pacific).
Partner Exchanges
Partnerships with top-tier Internet exchanges will enable Equinix customers to scale their peering relationships to reduce costs and increase performance. This includes the DE-CIX in Frankfurt, the LINX in London and the AMS-IX in Amsterdam, as well as co-management of CIXP in Geneva and the ALP-IX in Munich
Services currently available in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Geneva and Zurich (Europe); Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley and Washington (North America); Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo (Asia Pacific).
Equinix Exchange in Zurich
Equinix Exchange in Zurich (formerly the TIX) is the most important public internet exchange in Switzerland.
Offering a neutral peering location, the highest bandwidth available and the most cost-effective place to peer it is the most effective place to interconnect with ISP's in Switzerland. Operated across Equinix's primary Zurich datacentres, members access highly specified colocation space combined with interconnection infrastructure that enables them to connect and peer at speeds ranging from 10/100Mbps to multiples of 10Gbps.
The Zurich Exchange has more than 60 ISP members directly exchanging Internet traffic amongst each other, avoiding the need to routed traffic via other geographies - resulting in enhanced speed and reliability of network and content peering and a more robust end-user experience.
Together with CIXP in Geneva, the Zurich Equinix Exchange platform handles nearly 80% of the inner-Swiss Internet traffic. The service gives ISPs a direct path to almost all other ISPs active in the Swiss market and enables the most cost-effective transport of all multimedia traffic. It is the most important peering point in Switzerland with IPv4 and IPv6 peering mesh and hosting on one of the .CH ccTLD secondary Name Servers.
Features and Benefits
* Low access costs through unique location in the Telco heart of Zurich
* More than 30 carriers and ISP's within a 1 mile radius
* Highest number of carriers (13) with own fibre in house
* Carrier class facilities (diverse transformer feeds, online-UPS, Diesel Generator)
* ISP's are encouraged to make Equinix Exchange their POP in Zurich
* ISP's can offer all services to each other through dedicated lines
* Ideal location for placing of Voice/IP gateways with over 25 voice carriers switches directly connectable
Local support includes sales and technical support.
Equinix Exchange in Paris
Equinix expands popular service to Paris as more companies seek to utilize peering relationships to increase reliability and reduce costs of network traffic exchange.
Equinix launched its Equinix Exchange service in its Paris Saint-Denis datacentre in April 2008. The service enables networks, content companies and content delivery networks to peer through a central switching fabric managed by Equinix.
The site offers a total of 6,000m2 of highly specified datacentre space at this particularly well located site, as well as direct access to the more than 15 networks and 45 enterprises and content companies already operating within the site.
Features and Benefits
* Highest resilient peering fabric in Paris
* Equinix maintains a fully populated hot standby spare chassis
* Large Engineering staff with dedicated NOC and R&D staff
* Proven expertise based with deployed peering fabrics throughout the world
* Features such as a sFlow portal and the MLPE
* PA2 has the largest datacentre capacity in Paris
* PA2 has N+1 infrastructure design
Local support includes sales and technical support.
Partner Exchanges
Equinix interconnection and peering partnerships
Equinix will partner with top-tier Internet exchanges that have a well-served existing critical mass of high-quality Internet service providers and connected parties operating within their system. This will enable Equinix customers to scale their peering relationships to reduce costs and increase performance.
This includes the DE-CIX in Frankfurt, the LINX in London and the AMS-IX in Amsterdam, as well as co-operating the CIXP in Geneva with CERN.
Partner Exchanges - Amsterdam
Equinix and AMS-IX interconnection and peering partnership
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), the world's largest single metro area Internet exchange, will extend its peering fabric into Equinix's Amsterdam-1 (AM1). AMS-IX will establish a point-of-presence in Equinix's AM1 datacentre, which is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2008.
Equinix customers will be able to directly exchange traffic, or .peer,. with AMS-IX's critical mass of diverse Internet service providers and high-quality traffic exchange participants to increase reliability, improve performance, and reduce the costs of network traffic exchange.
Equinix and AMS-IX are leaders in providing network-neutral platforms for the interconnection of enterprise, service provider and content company networks. Located in Amsterdam, AMS-IX is a non-profit, neutral and independent Internet exchange that currently connects over 290 international parties. AMS-IX is the largest European Internet Exchange measured by traffic volume. Equinix is the global interconnection and peering leader, serving the world's leading ISPs, broadband providers, international networks, content delivery networks, enterprises and major content providers.
"Our relationship with Equinix goes back several years, and we are pleased to now have a formal agreement where the aggregation of networks from each of our organizations can interconnect in the most efficient and reliable manner possible,. said Job Witteman, CEO of AMS-IX. .With the increasing need for businesses to exchange data across a wide variety of networks - from partners to customers to vendors -- this agreement between AMS-IX and Equinix will ensure additional options for rich interconnection across both of our respective network-neutral platforms."
Why connect to AMS-IX
* A cost effective means of exchanging traffic
* A large amount of parties to peer with
* The quality of service offered
* The neutrality and independence (i.e. being an Association)
* The geographical location
* The type of connected parties
* The range of ports and services offered
*
What do we offer?
AMS-IX is dedicated to offering professional non-blocking peering services over Ethernet infrastructure. There are no restrictions on utilization of the port. The platform is designed for continuous optimum performance using innovative technologies. AMS-IX is the first IX worldwide to use photonic switching in the core of the switching platform. Moreover it is the first exchange to offer 10GE peering services. AMS-IX has a very extensive IX service portfolio with ports from 10 Mbps to 10Gbps allowing both IPv4 and IPv6 including:
* Unicast peering VLAN - for regular IP peering all types of traffic - data & VoIP
* Multicast peering VLAN - especially useful for broadcasting streams
* Private Interconnects - between 2 members
* Closed User Groups - between 3 or more members
* GRX - the first global GPRS roaming exchange peering service (restricted)
* MDX - the first Mobile Data exchange peering service
Partner Exchanges - Frankfurt
Equinix and DE-CIX interconnection and peering partnership
In Germany Equinix has partnered with DE-CIX, the main exchange point for Internet services between international Internet service providers in Germany, central and eastern Europe.
Equinix customers will be able to directly exchange traffic, or “peer,“ with DE-CIX critical mass of diverse Internet service providers and high-quality traffic exchange participants to increase reliability, improve performance, and reduce the costs of network traffic exchange.
DE-CIX, the second largest European Internet Exchange according to traffic volume, currently connects over 200 international Internet Service Providers. Equinix and DE-CIX are proud to announce that they reached an agreement where Equinix' Frankfurt-2 facility will become a DE-CIX enabled site during the first half of 2008.
The site will provide datacentre services to telecommunications operators, Internet network providers and Internet service providers. The facility covers high available datacentre space with secured and lasting power supplies, air-conditioning, security and fire protection for power-intensive high-density installations.
“Equinix works with Internet providers and carriers around the world and we would like to welcome them to Frankfurt. This is a valuable addition to the telecommunications marketplace in Germany's Internet capital. A competitive datacenter market certainly helps to drive our business and we are glad to announce that Equinix's Frankfurt 2 facility will become a DE-CIX enabled site soon,“ says Harald Summa, Managing Director of DE-CIX.
Features and Benefits
* Centrally located right in the heart of Europe
* Second largest Internet exchange in the world
* Leading Internet exchange for Central and Eastern Europe
* State of the art Force10 switching platform
* 230+ participants
* 1.3 Tbps of connected capacity (Public Peering)
* 200+ Private Interconnects in service
* 200+ Gigabit-Ethernet ports
* 160+ 10Gigabit-Ethernet ports
* 100% uptime in 2007
* One Stop shopping
* Public peering service
* Private interconnects
* Router/Switch Colocation
Partner Exchanges - Geneva
CIXP co-operated by Equinix and CERN
CIXP (CERN Internet Exchange Point) is the largest Internet Exchange in French speaking Switzerland and the neighbouring region of France (Rhone-Alpes).
It is a carrier-neutral exchange, open to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Co-operated by CERN and Equinix, CIXP offers its services at two locations, at CERN (the world's largest particle physics laboratory and the birthplace of the Web) and at the Equinix datacenter in downtown Geneva (Centre de la Confederation). Its location - on the border between Switzerland and France and on crossroads between research and commercial traffic - make it highly attractive to both ISPs with a global and ISPs with a more regional focus.
Equinix has established Ethernet connectivity between the two CIXP locations, and between CIXP and the Equinix Exchange in Zurich. ISPs are able to interconnect and exchange IP traffic (.peer.) with members of both exchange points. Combined, CIXP and the Equinix Zurich Exchange handle nearly 80% of the inner-Swiss Internet traffic.
CIXP is a historical European Internet landmark through which the first pan-European Internet backbone and the first T1 connection to NSFnet were established in 1989 and 1990. It is also a founding member of Euro-IX, the association of European Internet Exchange Points.
As Equinix expands its global service offering across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, the company is committed to providing high-performance platforms for exchanging Internet traffic.
Equinix provides a convenient platform for network service providers, content companies and enterprises to execute peering relationships across the globe, resulting in enhanced services levels and lower connectivity costs. Additionally, Equinix partners with top-tier internet exchange operators in Europe.
Equinix Exchange
Through the Equinix Exchange service, customers operating within Equinix datacenters can directly connect to each other for traffic exchange via a convenient and flexible central switching fabric managed by Equinix. This streamlined connectivity improves end-to-end network performance, reducing latency and packet loss, as well as lowering overall IP transit costs.Equinix services are available in Paris and Zurich (Europe); Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley and Washington (North America); Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo (Asia Pacific).
Partner Exchanges
Partnerships with top-tier Internet exchanges will enable Equinix customers to scale their peering relationships to reduce costs and increase performance. This includes the DE-CIX in Frankfurt, the LINX in London and the AMS-IX in Amsterdam, as well as co-management of CIXP in Geneva and the ALP-IX in Munich
Services currently available in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Geneva and Zurich (Europe); Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley and Washington (North America); Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo (Asia Pacific).
Equinix Exchange in Zurich
Equinix Exchange in Zurich (formerly the TIX) is the most important public internet exchange in Switzerland.
Offering a neutral peering location, the highest bandwidth available and the most cost-effective place to peer it is the most effective place to interconnect with ISP's in Switzerland. Operated across Equinix's primary Zurich datacentres, members access highly specified colocation space combined with interconnection infrastructure that enables them to connect and peer at speeds ranging from 10/100Mbps to multiples of 10Gbps.
The Zurich Exchange has more than 60 ISP members directly exchanging Internet traffic amongst each other, avoiding the need to routed traffic via other geographies - resulting in enhanced speed and reliability of network and content peering and a more robust end-user experience.
Together with CIXP in Geneva, the Zurich Equinix Exchange platform handles nearly 80% of the inner-Swiss Internet traffic. The service gives ISPs a direct path to almost all other ISPs active in the Swiss market and enables the most cost-effective transport of all multimedia traffic. It is the most important peering point in Switzerland with IPv4 and IPv6 peering mesh and hosting on one of the .CH ccTLD secondary Name Servers.
Features and Benefits
* Low access costs through unique location in the Telco heart of Zurich
* More than 30 carriers and ISP's within a 1 mile radius
* Highest number of carriers (13) with own fibre in house
* Carrier class facilities (diverse transformer feeds, online-UPS, Diesel Generator)
* ISP's are encouraged to make Equinix Exchange their POP in Zurich
* ISP's can offer all services to each other through dedicated lines
* Ideal location for placing of Voice/IP gateways with over 25 voice carriers switches directly connectable
Local support includes sales and technical support.
Equinix Exchange in Paris
Equinix expands popular service to Paris as more companies seek to utilize peering relationships to increase reliability and reduce costs of network traffic exchange.
Equinix launched its Equinix Exchange service in its Paris Saint-Denis datacentre in April 2008. The service enables networks, content companies and content delivery networks to peer through a central switching fabric managed by Equinix.
The site offers a total of 6,000m2 of highly specified datacentre space at this particularly well located site, as well as direct access to the more than 15 networks and 45 enterprises and content companies already operating within the site.
Features and Benefits
* Highest resilient peering fabric in Paris
* Equinix maintains a fully populated hot standby spare chassis
* Large Engineering staff with dedicated NOC and R&D staff
* Proven expertise based with deployed peering fabrics throughout the world
* Features such as a sFlow portal and the MLPE
* PA2 has the largest datacentre capacity in Paris
* PA2 has N+1 infrastructure design
Local support includes sales and technical support.
Partner Exchanges
Equinix interconnection and peering partnerships
Equinix will partner with top-tier Internet exchanges that have a well-served existing critical mass of high-quality Internet service providers and connected parties operating within their system. This will enable Equinix customers to scale their peering relationships to reduce costs and increase performance.
This includes the DE-CIX in Frankfurt, the LINX in London and the AMS-IX in Amsterdam, as well as co-operating the CIXP in Geneva with CERN.
Partner Exchanges - Amsterdam
Equinix and AMS-IX interconnection and peering partnership
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), the world's largest single metro area Internet exchange, will extend its peering fabric into Equinix's Amsterdam-1 (AM1). AMS-IX will establish a point-of-presence in Equinix's AM1 datacentre, which is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2008.
Equinix customers will be able to directly exchange traffic, or .peer,. with AMS-IX's critical mass of diverse Internet service providers and high-quality traffic exchange participants to increase reliability, improve performance, and reduce the costs of network traffic exchange.
Equinix and AMS-IX are leaders in providing network-neutral platforms for the interconnection of enterprise, service provider and content company networks. Located in Amsterdam, AMS-IX is a non-profit, neutral and independent Internet exchange that currently connects over 290 international parties. AMS-IX is the largest European Internet Exchange measured by traffic volume. Equinix is the global interconnection and peering leader, serving the world's leading ISPs, broadband providers, international networks, content delivery networks, enterprises and major content providers.
"Our relationship with Equinix goes back several years, and we are pleased to now have a formal agreement where the aggregation of networks from each of our organizations can interconnect in the most efficient and reliable manner possible,. said Job Witteman, CEO of AMS-IX. .With the increasing need for businesses to exchange data across a wide variety of networks - from partners to customers to vendors -- this agreement between AMS-IX and Equinix will ensure additional options for rich interconnection across both of our respective network-neutral platforms."
Why connect to AMS-IX
* A cost effective means of exchanging traffic
* A large amount of parties to peer with
* The quality of service offered
* The neutrality and independence (i.e. being an Association)
* The geographical location
* The type of connected parties
* The range of ports and services offered
*
What do we offer?
AMS-IX is dedicated to offering professional non-blocking peering services over Ethernet infrastructure. There are no restrictions on utilization of the port. The platform is designed for continuous optimum performance using innovative technologies. AMS-IX is the first IX worldwide to use photonic switching in the core of the switching platform. Moreover it is the first exchange to offer 10GE peering services. AMS-IX has a very extensive IX service portfolio with ports from 10 Mbps to 10Gbps allowing both IPv4 and IPv6 including:
* Unicast peering VLAN - for regular IP peering all types of traffic - data & VoIP
* Multicast peering VLAN - especially useful for broadcasting streams
* Private Interconnects - between 2 members
* Closed User Groups - between 3 or more members
* GRX - the first global GPRS roaming exchange peering service (restricted)
* MDX - the first Mobile Data exchange peering service
Partner Exchanges - Frankfurt
Equinix and DE-CIX interconnection and peering partnership
In Germany Equinix has partnered with DE-CIX, the main exchange point for Internet services between international Internet service providers in Germany, central and eastern Europe.
Equinix customers will be able to directly exchange traffic, or “peer,“ with DE-CIX critical mass of diverse Internet service providers and high-quality traffic exchange participants to increase reliability, improve performance, and reduce the costs of network traffic exchange.
DE-CIX, the second largest European Internet Exchange according to traffic volume, currently connects over 200 international Internet Service Providers. Equinix and DE-CIX are proud to announce that they reached an agreement where Equinix' Frankfurt-2 facility will become a DE-CIX enabled site during the first half of 2008.
The site will provide datacentre services to telecommunications operators, Internet network providers and Internet service providers. The facility covers high available datacentre space with secured and lasting power supplies, air-conditioning, security and fire protection for power-intensive high-density installations.
“Equinix works with Internet providers and carriers around the world and we would like to welcome them to Frankfurt. This is a valuable addition to the telecommunications marketplace in Germany's Internet capital. A competitive datacenter market certainly helps to drive our business and we are glad to announce that Equinix's Frankfurt 2 facility will become a DE-CIX enabled site soon,“ says Harald Summa, Managing Director of DE-CIX.
Features and Benefits
* Centrally located right in the heart of Europe
* Second largest Internet exchange in the world
* Leading Internet exchange for Central and Eastern Europe
* State of the art Force10 switching platform
* 230+ participants
* 1.3 Tbps of connected capacity (Public Peering)
* 200+ Private Interconnects in service
* 200+ Gigabit-Ethernet ports
* 160+ 10Gigabit-Ethernet ports
* 100% uptime in 2007
* One Stop shopping
* Public peering service
* Private interconnects
* Router/Switch Colocation
Partner Exchanges - Geneva
CIXP co-operated by Equinix and CERN
CIXP (CERN Internet Exchange Point) is the largest Internet Exchange in French speaking Switzerland and the neighbouring region of France (Rhone-Alpes).
It is a carrier-neutral exchange, open to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Co-operated by CERN and Equinix, CIXP offers its services at two locations, at CERN (the world's largest particle physics laboratory and the birthplace of the Web) and at the Equinix datacenter in downtown Geneva (Centre de la Confederation). Its location - on the border between Switzerland and France and on crossroads between research and commercial traffic - make it highly attractive to both ISPs with a global and ISPs with a more regional focus.
Equinix has established Ethernet connectivity between the two CIXP locations, and between CIXP and the Equinix Exchange in Zurich. ISPs are able to interconnect and exchange IP traffic (.peer.) with members of both exchange points. Combined, CIXP and the Equinix Zurich Exchange handle nearly 80% of the inner-Swiss Internet traffic.
CIXP is a historical European Internet landmark through which the first pan-European Internet backbone and the first T1 connection to NSFnet were established in 1989 and 1990. It is also a founding member of Euro-IX, the association of European Internet Exchange Points.
Friday, November 7, 2008
T1R on Internap
Tier 1 Research:
>>Internap has had a weak start for the first half of 2008. Now that the ill winds of the economy are blowing through the tech sector, the question has been whether Internap will change its strategy or be sold in order to effect a turnaround. For now, the answer is .....
>>Internap has had a weak start for the first half of 2008. Now that the ill winds of the economy are blowing through the tech sector, the question has been whether Internap will change its strategy or be sold in order to effect a turnaround. For now, the answer is .....
IMMR 10Q notes
from the iV MB, by cellodude:
>>Answers to some questions from 10-Q
Did IMMR buyback any shares? Yes.
[During the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company repurchased 1.1 million shares for $7.2 million at an average cost of $6.50 through open market repurchases. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company repurchased 1.8 million shares for $13.4 million at an average cost of $7.31 through open market repurchases.]
Does the Sony Computer license settlement extend to Sony Ericsson? No.
[The license does not cover adult, foundry, medical, automotive, industrial, mobility, or gambling products.]
How's Logitech doing? Well.
[The increase in gaming royalties for the third quarter of 2008 compared to the similar period in 2007 was partly due to the increase in sales of new steering wheel products from Logitech.]
Does the MSFT patent agreement hurt IMMR? Yes.
[Additionally, Microsoft is now making touch-enabled wheels covered by its royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to our worldwide portfolio of patents that could compete with our licensees’ current or future products for which we earn per unit royalties.]
Does increasing sales of VibeTonz phones really matter? Yes.
[Mobile device license and royalty revenue increased due to the shipment of additional VibeTonz enabled phones by our existing licensees. We expect mobility device and royalty revenue to be a significant component of our revenue as our technology is included in mobile phone handsets.]
Is IMMR prepared for Windows 7? No.
[In addition, Microsoft announced that its new product, Windows 7, will feature a new multi-touch input function, allowing users to use multiple fingers simultaneously to interact with touch surfaces. Enabling multi-location touch-feedback will require us to innovate on the hardware and software sides, enable Windows 7 API’s with multi-touch output support, and work with our licensees and third parties to integrate such features. There are feasibility risks both on the hardware and software sides, and may be potential delays in the revenue growth of haptically-enabled multi touch surfaces.]
>>Answers to some questions from 10-Q
Did IMMR buyback any shares? Yes.
[During the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company repurchased 1.1 million shares for $7.2 million at an average cost of $6.50 through open market repurchases. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company repurchased 1.8 million shares for $13.4 million at an average cost of $7.31 through open market repurchases.]
Does the Sony Computer license settlement extend to Sony Ericsson? No.
[The license does not cover adult, foundry, medical, automotive, industrial, mobility, or gambling products.]
How's Logitech doing? Well.
[The increase in gaming royalties for the third quarter of 2008 compared to the similar period in 2007 was partly due to the increase in sales of new steering wheel products from Logitech.]
Does the MSFT patent agreement hurt IMMR? Yes.
[Additionally, Microsoft is now making touch-enabled wheels covered by its royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to our worldwide portfolio of patents that could compete with our licensees’ current or future products for which we earn per unit royalties.]
Does increasing sales of VibeTonz phones really matter? Yes.
[Mobile device license and royalty revenue increased due to the shipment of additional VibeTonz enabled phones by our existing licensees. We expect mobility device and royalty revenue to be a significant component of our revenue as our technology is included in mobile phone handsets.]
Is IMMR prepared for Windows 7? No.
[In addition, Microsoft announced that its new product, Windows 7, will feature a new multi-touch input function, allowing users to use multiple fingers simultaneously to interact with touch surfaces. Enabling multi-location touch-feedback will require us to innovate on the hardware and software sides, enable Windows 7 API’s with multi-touch output support, and work with our licensees and third parties to integrate such features. There are feasibility risks both on the hardware and software sides, and may be potential delays in the revenue growth of haptically-enabled multi touch surfaces.]
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| Company Name | Equinix Corp Network |
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| Company Website | http://www.equinix.com |
| Primary ASN | 14609 |
| IRR Record | |
| Network Type | Enterprise |
| Approx Prefixes | |
| Traffic Levels | 20-100Mbps |
| Traffic Ratios | Balanced |
| Geographic Scope | North America |
| Looking Glass URL | |
| Route Server URL | |
| Notes | When you peer with the Equinix Corporate network (AS14609) it includes the IBX Kiosk wireless network. When peering is established with AS14609 you will eliminate transit hops and latency between the IBX Kiosk wireless and your equipment in the IBX. |
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Digital Realty Trust c.c.
Some highlights from DLR conference call (see Seeking Alpha transcripts):
>>Despite the challenging market conditions, overall we continue to see very attractive pricing and strong demand throughout our top markets, particularly for our Turn-Key Datacenter product. Demand for Datacenter space continues to be very healthy in our primary markets.
We continue to see significant lack of supply necessary to meet this demand and DLR remains one of the full Datacenter providers with the financial capacity and expertise to proactively build turnkey facilities.
In addition, we were able to capture previously unutilized space of 120,000 square feet from Qwest in our 350 East Cermak facility in Chicago in exchange for a substantial payment to DLR. We are redeploying this space as Turn-Key Datacenter to meet the demands from our tenants, including securities and commodity trading customers at the property. No other space is available at the building.
(Equinix has two data centers in the building)
>>Despite the challenging market conditions, overall we continue to see very attractive pricing and strong demand throughout our top markets, particularly for our Turn-Key Datacenter product. Demand for Datacenter space continues to be very healthy in our primary markets.
We continue to see significant lack of supply necessary to meet this demand and DLR remains one of the full Datacenter providers with the financial capacity and expertise to proactively build turnkey facilities.
In addition, we were able to capture previously unutilized space of 120,000 square feet from Qwest in our 350 East Cermak facility in Chicago in exchange for a substantial payment to DLR. We are redeploying this space as Turn-Key Datacenter to meet the demands from our tenants, including securities and commodity trading customers at the property. No other space is available at the building.
(Equinix has two data centers in the building)
Michael Foust
So this is related to Qwest, as I mentioned in my remarks, and at 350 Cermak in Chicago, it's maybe our most highest demand building, highest demand market, and we're out of space there.
William Marks - JMP Securities
On sectors of the economy, are there any areas where you're seeing a real slowdown in demand?
Michael Foust
Not really. It's interesting. Financial services continues to be a strong demand area - and that's very broadly, everything from commodities, security trading platforms to major Wall Street firms. We're seeing continued demand from the Internet sector, companies that are operating, companies like the Yahoo!s and Amazons and Facebooks of the world still need space.
And the system integrators and IT outsourcing companies are seeing a lot of demand, and I think, if you look at a lot of the analysis that's coming out of kind of the co-location, hosting, managed services sectors who are a lot of our customers, their businesses are doing quite well and they continue to see expansion for 2009.
David Aubuchon - Robert W. Baird & Co.
And then just one last question relative to an earlier question about just demand and whether or not it's falling off, are you seeing anything differentiating the international side of your business right now?
Michael Foust
I'd say no. Now, with that said, we've been very focused on London, Paris, Amsterdam, and we're seeing good demand in all those markets. I would say in London there was probably a little bit of a slowdown in interest from financial services, but growing interest from kind of corporate, major corporates and system integrators easily taking place. And now we've got financial services coming back and showing interest again.
A lot of interest from network providers, content delivery, corporates, system integrators, folks like IBM. We recently did a lease with them in Paris for their corporate customers. It seems more broadly based in terms of different industry verticals than maybe it was even a year ago.
DuPont Fabros Technology - in need of additional funding...
from Data Center Knowledge
>>DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) is seeking additional funding to complete construction on major data center projects in New Jersey and northern Virginia. The company said today that it is negotiating a $150 million loan with a large pension fund, and hopes to complete the funding by the end of 2008. In the meantime, DuPont Fabros has suspended its fourth quarter dividend to preserve capital.
>>DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) is seeking additional funding to complete construction on major data center projects in New Jersey and northern Virginia. The company said today that it is negotiating a $150 million loan with a large pension fund, and hopes to complete the funding by the end of 2008. In the meantime, DuPont Fabros has suspended its fourth quarter dividend to preserve capital.
Rackspace - looking for “opportunistic investments”
from Data Center Knowledge: (a similar opportunity was mentioned as a possibility by Equinix in their conference call)
>>Rackspace Hosting (RAX) is reducing its planned capital spending on data centers because it believes it will be able to buy or lease a facility for less than it would cost to build one of its own. CEO Lanham Napier said the company, which has $260 million in cash, is focused on “opportunistic investments.”
>>Rackspace Hosting (RAX) is reducing its planned capital spending on data centers because it believes it will be able to buy or lease a facility for less than it would cost to build one of its own. CEO Lanham Napier said the company, which has $260 million in cash, is focused on “opportunistic investments.”
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