-- Open IX Certification on Track; Inter-IPX Services to Be Offered in New York
HONOLULU, Jan. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), the global data center and colocation company, provided an update today regarding its connectivity initiatives in conjunction with its participation in this week's Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference (PTC '14) in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 19 – 22, 2014.
Digital Realty Vice President of Connectivity John Sarkis commented, "Since our initial launch of the Digital Open Internet Exchange in August 2013, we have made significant progress in creating a truly open internet exchange environment. The announcement of AMS-IX's (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) Open Internet Exchange within our 111 8th Avenue facility in New York paves the way for a successful initiative across the Open-IX forum. Digital Realty will continue to promote the availability of neutral, secure, reliable, and cost-effective internet exchange environments throughout our properties."
Link to video of John Sarkis discussing the Digital Realty open internet exchange environment.
"In setting up the first U.S.-based internet exchange according to AMS-IX's business model in Amsterdam, Digital Realty has been an important partner for us. They understand the value of the neutral and distributed internet exchange model for the U.S. internet market and the importance of high quality infrastructure to its efficient running," said Job Witteman, Chief Executive Officer of AMS-IX. "AMS-IX is also the world's first exchange to offer an Inter-IPX service to its customers and is planning to deploy this service at AMS-IX New York. The AMS-IX Inter-IPX service provides an open interconnecting solution that allows IPX networks to securely and efficiently exchange IP traffic with other mobile networks, thereby covering more territory, and handling more content and volume." The Inter-IPX service complies with the high quality SLAs required by GSMA. Currently, 15 organizations use the Inter-IPX service at AMS-IX in Amsterdam, including TATA Communications, Comfone AG, and iBasis.
John Sarkis added, "The enablement of the Inter-IPX application across AMS-IX's Open-IX platform is a further example of the evolution of the Open-IX environment, which we plan to continue to support across our portfolio."
Open-IX Certification Process Initiated
The Open-IX consortium and the internet community offer data center operators the opportunity to become Open-IX certified. Open-IX certification provides third-party verification that the data center has adopted professional standards regarding open access. Digital Realty is in the process of applying for Open-IX certification for its data centers in several key markets, including New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Open-IX framework ensures future continuity of the neutral governance model and the technical compliance of any participating internet exchange. The ultimate objective of Open-IX is to reduce interconnection complexity and the associated costs in North America, which have been higher than in Europe, where the neutral and distributed internet exchange model is very common.
Digital Realty is First AMS-IX Site Deployed in the U.S.
AMS-IX New York is a neutral and independent internet exchange, offering high-quality IP peering and interconnectivity services in the New York/New Jersey area since November 2013. It spans four locations, including Digital Realty's 111 8th Avenue data center. Currently, nine organizations have signed on to connect to AMS-IX New York from 111 8th Avenue, including Netflix and IX Reach.
AMS-IX New York is built according to AMS-IX's successful business model in Amsterdam. This internet exchange serves a diverse and unique mix of internet companies including international carriers, mobile operators, content providers, hosting and cloud companies and other related internet parties. AMS-IX interconnects more than 600 IP networks and its business traffic reaches peaks of more than 2.6 terabits per second, making it the largest internet exchange in the world.
AMS-IX New York is the first internet exchange of AMS-IX USA Inc. established as part of the Open-IX initiative. This initiative was started by a group of internet network operators, content owners and other market participants, of which a large number are already connected to AMS-IX in Amsterdam.
