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 Welcome to the November edition of our DE-CIX Gazette for North America! This month, we launched our new website. Click here to learn more about our North America locations. Each month, we bring you the latest in DE-CIX developments in New York and Dallas, partner and ecosystem news, as well as events— all to help you peer with and learn more about public / private and hybrid peering solutions.
This month, we are proud to announce our newest member of the DE-CIX North America customer advisory board: Carl Williams, Network Engineer at Linode. To Learn more about Carl Williams below or simply click here.
- Ed d'Agostino, VP, North America, DE-CIX
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This month, we hosted our NY Summit, which featured a live multi-cast interview with DE-CIX’s Munich and Istanbul summit locations, along with a full house of of some of the peering industry's top leaders and innovators. Thanks to our host, CBRE in Midtown Manhattan and Robert Meyers’ team, we were able to provide a full morning of information and updates from our community. The day was streamed live by ISOC NY’s Joly MacFie and can be viewed online here. Thank you to our sponsors Digital Realty, OPEN-IX and Sabey Data Centers for helping to make it possible. If you missed the summit, you can view all of the presentations here.
Below are some of the highlights:
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Hunter Newby of Netrality presents on the History of Cross Connects. |
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Ed d’Agostino, Vice President of DE-CIX North America provides an update on DE-CIX North America, including its new location in Dallas, TX. |
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A panel discussion titled: Connectivity to Anywhere – Under the Asphalt and Beyond Buildings |
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Additional presentations included:
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Console: The Cloud Interconnection Company by Greg Morelli & Ian Horowitz |
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Rainbow Broadband: Connecting New York City’s Tech Savvy Businesses by Tom Martinson |
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NYNOG Update by Christian Koch |
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Panel: Impacts of the Cloud on Network to Network Connectivity moderated by Ilissa Miller, CEO of iMiller Public Relations and included panelists Tony Rossabi (Managing Director of Colocation and Connectivity Line of Business, Digital Realty) Phil Koblence (NYI); Ivo Ivanov (Executive Board Member, DE-CIX) |
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At NANOG 68, held in Dallas, TX from October 17-19, 2016 DE-CIX North America unveiled and celebrated the launch of its Dallas, TX Internet Exchange. By sponsoring the closing social at NANOG 68 we hosted nearly 200 attendees for food, drinks and fun. Our onsite photo booth was a hit with attendees. View some of the fun images captured below:
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Check out the recent news from our partners in New York:
Check out our partners in Dallas.
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DE-CIX Advisory Board Member and Linode Network Engineer, Carl Williams, Talks Global Interconnectivity and Standardization in the Peering Industry
DE-CIX recently sat down with Carl Williams, its new advisory Board Member, and a Network Engineer at Linode, to discuss his perspective on today’s peering ecosystem and the expansion of DE-CIX into North America. In this brief Q&A, Williams shares his vision of the future of peering as well as what he hopes to accomplish in his role with DE-CIX.
1. Could you please give us a brief overview of your professional background, leading up to your role with your current company, Linode?
My career began with a Master of Science in Network Technology back in the late 1980s when the internet was just beginning to expand. Upon receiving my degree, I joined the Sun Microsystems software development team engineering TCP/IP code. Following my time at Sun Microsystems, my professional life took a turn toward telecommunications when I worked with KDDI in Tokyo and Comcast in Philadelphia...
Click here to read the Q&A in its entirety. |
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Each month, we provide you the necessary information on who to connect with and where to connect to get the most out of your business. See our newest open and selected connecting customers:
DE-CIX NEW YORK
- Automattic, Inc., AS 2635
- CMC Networks, AS 25818
- Symantec Corporation, AS 26282
For more information on our customers in New York, click here.
DE·CIX Dallas
Now live in Cologix, Infomart and zColo in Dallas. Join the fastest growing network-neutral Internet exchange serving the greater Dallas metro market today.
- Google Inc, AS 15169
- Net Access Corporations, AS 8001
- Southwest Arkansas Telephone Coop, AS 46632
- TMN, Inc., AS 13823
For more information on our customers in Dallas, click here.
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Want to meet with us?
Here is where to find us in 2016:
Streaming Media West, November 1-2, Huntington Beach
MEF16, November 7-10, Baltimore
WHIR Networking Event, November 10, Dallas
DE-CIX NY Holiday Party, December 6, NYC (Save the Date!)
Set up a meeting with DE-CIX during any of our upcoming shows. We’d love to meet you! Email us at sales@de-cix.net. |
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