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Get right connectivity for your multi-cloud setups

10 years of partnership with Nokia

Multi everything – how to increase the resiliency of enterprise IT infrastructure

6 June 2023
Get right connectivity for your multi-cloud setups
Operating in multiple clouds is a good thing. It can help enterprises to be more agile, efficient, and resilient in the face of changing business needs and technology trends. But it is not a complete solution if it is not supported by right connectivity to the clouds and between the clouds. ...
1 June 2023
10 years of partnership with Nokia
Our newest Internet Exchange in Helsinki is ready for service. In parallel to celebrating the launch, we also celebrated 10 years of partnership with Nokia. DE-CIX’s and Nokia’s long-standing relationship, based on joint research and development efforts and standardization initiatives, allows...
30 May 2023
Multi everything – how to increase the resiliency of enterprise IT infrastructure
Having a resilient IT infrastructure means that an organization can withstand, or recover quickly from, unexpected events or incidents such as natural disasters, cyber attacks, or power outages. It involves designing, implementing, and maintaining robust and redundant systems, disaster recovery ...
23 May 2023
ACIX is ready for service
Together with the NGO Internet pour tous and partner UNITED S.A., an Internet connectivity provider, we are excited to announce the launch of ACIX (Africa Congo Internet Exchange) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ACIX is Africa's first regional interconnection hub and it is hosted ...
16 May 2023
DE-CIX Mexico: Strengthening DE-CIX’s presence in Latin America
We are excited to announce expansion to Mexico. Mexico will be our 45th global location and strengthens our presence in Latin America. The new Internet Exchange will be located in Mexico City and Santiago de Querétaro, providing enhanced interconnection services to both local and international ...
9 May 2023
Building resilient connectivity: The case for redundancy
The rise of cloud and SaaS technologies has made reliable connectivity essential. Outages and slow connections are not just annoying but can also have serious consequences for enterprises. This is why, in the digital age, building redundant infrastructure is the key to protecting a company's IT ...
4 May 2023
DE-CIX Oslo and Kristiansand are now ready for service
Our newest Internet Exchanges – in Oslo and in Kristiansand, Norway – are now ready for service. We celebrated the launch in Oslo with our partner BULK Infrastructure Group AS, Norway's leader in building and operating sustainable digital infrastructure, data centers, colocation, fiber networks, ...
27 April 2023
New Service Insights System: More service stats now available in the DE-CIX portal
We have just introduced a beta version of the redesigned Service Insights System in the DE-CIX portal. The new statistics will run in parallel to the current statistics but will in time substitute the old ones. The new statistics will give you deeper insights into the utilization of your access ...
25 April 2023
AF-CIX powered by DE-CIX is ready for service
AF-CIX in Lagos, Nigeria is ready for service. Lagos is becoming an important interconnection hub and gateway for a new traffic route towards Africa. With already favorable local conditions, AF-CIX is adding international infrastructure to the region to further develop the regional ...
18 April 2023
European Peering Forum 2023: Call for presentations
AMS-IX, DE-CIX, LINX, NETNOD and guest IXP NIX.CZ, are happy to host the European Peering Forum (EPF) 2023 from 10 to 13 September in Prague. The event is aimed at peering managers and coordinators from networks connected to the host and guest Internet Exchanges. The programme committee is looking ...
13 April 2023
Get more out of your enterprise network with a smart strategy
For enterprises, the underlying network infrastructure is the fundamental enabler of digital transformation. The speed of change and the adoption of new technologies, data analytics, cloud computing, and IoT has meant that the networks have often grown organically and without an underlying strategy...
28 March 2023
Case study: Dubai improves Internet speed and emerges as an international Internet hub
The rapid growth in the local Internet infrastructure in Dubai over the last decade, including the establishment of the UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX Internet Exchange, has increased the performance of Dubai’s Internet to the highest international standards. Latency has dropped from 200 milliseconds ...
16 March 2023
DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER – interconnection made easy
We are excited to launch a new service, the DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER. The Cloud ROUTER offers a direct and private high performance data exchange between cloud environments. You can route traffic directly between public and/or private clouds and benefit from improved application performance as well as ...
9 March 2023
New DE-CIX as a Service location in Pakistan
DE-CIX has signed a strategic partnership with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest integrated information communications technology company of Pakistan, to establish an Internet Exchange in Pakistan. The exchange will be housed as a redundant setup in the data centers of ...
2 March 2023
MAPS: trouble free working with Microsoft 365
At the end of January an outage hit users of Microsoft products worldwide, including Teams and Outlook. In Germany alone, there were thousands of incident reports. For most companies, secure and stable use of the Microsoft 365 tools is essential, allowing smooth workflows and the delivery of ...
21 February 2023
New study: The birth of an international Internet hub
Reliable access to digital infrastructure is not simply a convenience for our personal lives or an enabler of business success, but vitally important for the development of cities and regions. Our new study “The birth of an international Internet hub: a playbook for developing a digital society” ...
13 February 2023
Enabling on-demand connectivity with IX-API
In today’s digital economy, organizations are increasingly transforming their business models and expanding into new markets to remain competitive. Securing interconnectivity around the world is critical in achieving business goals. However, for the uninitiated or inexperienced, the process of ...