DE-CIX International Update
UAE-IX 2.0 Coming soon
Ivo Ivanov – Chief Strategy Officer, DE-CIX Group
Executive Board Member, DE-CIX International Inc.
DE-CIX International Update
Hamburg
Dusseldorf
Frankfurt
New York
Dallas
Munich
Marseille
Madrid
Istanbul
Palermo
Dubai
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DE-CIX International update
Hamburg
Dusseldorf
Frankfurt
New York
Dallas
Munich
Marseille
Madrid
Istanbul
Palermo
Dubai
7 international DE-CIX operations, outside of Germany
based on DE-CIX Apollon, the world's largest and most advanced Ethernetbased interconnection platform
450+ networks connected
400+ Gbit/s traffic exchange
In each region, DE-CIX has created a distributed carrier & data center neutral
setup
Support for a digital hub implementation for Africa in Angola
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Game Changing Approach for New York and NA
Approach & Concept
165+ Gbps peak
Disruptive: Data center neutral approach to make NYC
metro a better place for interconnections
Introduce premium IXP services in all key facilities in
NYC metro area
Customers will only have to order cross connects to the
demarcation we provide for each access site.
nyc.de-cix.net
Achievements
160+ networks connected, operational since 04/14, fastest growing IXP in North America (#5) today
13 key data centers (120+ access points) enabled, across Manhattan, New Jersey and Long Island
Reduced costs on IP transit, full control over IP traffic flow, increased Internet performance quality on
IP networks) on 100 GE and multiple 10 GE links
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Ensuring Resilience in the Mediterranean
Approach & Concept
Reliable interconnection platform to reduce costs,
enhance end-user experience and improve network
quality
Supporting critical gateways along the Mediterranean Sea
for all African and Middle East traffic to Europe
Creating a shorter path for international content to the
edge
30+ Gbps peak (combined)
de-cix.net
Achievements
Madrid: 2 enabled data centers, 60+ customers, operational since 05/16, improved interconnections
for North & West African, South American traffic
Marseille: 1 enabled data center, 35+ customers, operational since 08/15
Palermo: 1 enabled data center, 10 customers, operational since 09/15, offering access to lowest
latency paths to 12+ sub sea cables and 100+ unique carriers towards Africa, Middle East and Asia
Istanbul: 5 enabled data centers, 20 customers, operational since 12/15
interconnections for ISPs from Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus region and the Middle East
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IXP support for Angola
Approach & Concept
4,5+ Gbps peak
Creating a digital hub with regional IP gravity for SADC,
supporting governmental interests to implement a RIXP
Enhancing strategic gateway of major sea cable
systems, reaching eyeballs in SADC and South Americas,
connected via WACS and to upcoming SACS
DE-CIX supports with consulting & managed services
angonix.net
Achievements
1 enabled data center, 17 customers connected, operational since 03/15, including international
CDNs, 100 % uptime, primary hub for the Angolan market currently, fast growing, catching
international recognition
Reduced costs on IP transit, full control over IP traffic flow, increased Internet performance quality on
IP networks) based on 10 GE and 1 GE links, 100 ms Luanda to Lisbon
3rd largest IXP country establishment in Sub-saharan Africa (after South Africa and Nigeria)
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UAE-IX - Enabling the Gulf region out of Dubai
Approach & Concept
65+ Gbps peak
Build a digital hub for the Gulf region and neighbouring
countries
Enhance content reachability, improve customer
experience and cost savings in the Middle East
Better resilience and security for the network
infrastructure in the GCC region, reduced risk of outages
uae-ix.net
Achievements
50+ networks connected, operational since 10/12, fully redundant switching platform to enable data
centers;
Located at a world-class data center in the International Media Production Zone (IMPZ) in Dubai
(Datamena, Equinix), reaching out to more than 90 % of all GCC eyeballs;
Up to 70 % cost savings for GCC network operators, interconnecting global networks, network
operators and content providers in the GCC region.
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DE-CIX International Update Summary
DE-CIX International AG
Offers a helping hand to the Internet community across the globe
Creates healthy eco systems for interconnection, allowing digital economies to
grow
Supports the optimal use of available infrastructures and capacities
Improves resilience and robustness of IP networks in regions and provides
reliable interconnection solutions
Enhances the performance of regional eco systems, which will result in an
enhanced end-user experience
Attracts cable, cloud and content providers to invest in a region
Reducing the overall cost of IP infrastructure and services
This is based on precision engineering made in Germany
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UAE-IX 2.0 – Coming soon
» DE-CIX and Datamena/ du plan to upgrade UAE-IX to a
next generation interconnection fabric based on DECIX Apollon standards
» What is DE-CIX Apollon?
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Key facts about DE-CIX Apollon
World’s largest and most advanced Ethernet-based platform.
built on the best possible platform components, delivering high-availability peering
with full 100G Ethernet capabilities.
Introduced at DE-CIX Frankfurt in 2013, replacing a hierarchical (classic) Ethernet
Switch platform
Peering VLAN implementation as VPLS Services, routed services
Supports flat architecture (interconnected Service Edges nodes) to start and
allows smooth growth into a large hierarchical network (Core, Edge and Backhaul
roles)
Redundancy built as n+1 and running Active-Active for a scalable resilient
network
Provisioning of services over Web frontend for whole customer lifecycle, including
further services like Route Server configuration, Port Security etc
Statistics/Reporting available on foundation of standards
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UAE-IX 2.0 – Coming soon
High-availability peering with full 100G Ethernet capabilities.
Advanced Port Reseller Program
Remote Peering
Cloud Connect
Customer stats services (e.g. traffic insights, self-provisioning of upgrades)
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Thank
you!
Thank
you
By joining DE-CIX, you become part of a
universe of networks.
Everywhere.
DE-CIX Management GmbH | Lindleystr. 12 | 60314 Frankfurt | Germany
Phone +49 69 1730 902 0
[email protected] | www.de-cix.net
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