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DE-CIX Madrid exceeds all expectations

DE-CIX Madrid is exceeding the company’s initial expectations for growth, leading to the opening of a second enabled site. “We anticipated a strong demand from international content networks, Internet service providers in Spain and Portugal, as well as from West African ISPs reaching Madrid via Lisbon, but the...

date 2016/07/13

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Policy & Law

eco on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: An Important Step for...

eco welcomes the treaty on transatlantic data transfer Privacy Shield finally restores companies' legal certainty New data protection treaty has significantly higher level of data protection It was long-awaited good news for business: On 12 July 2016, the so-called Privacy Shield came into effect, after the Member...

date 2016/07/13

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The Countdown Has Started: Blanket Data Retention is Turning...

eco calls for lawmakers to change course The requirements are causing financial ruin for small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs need financial compensation for the implementation and ongoing costs Legislator must define practical rules compliant with EU law At the latest a year from now, on 1 July 2017,...

date 2016/07/12

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Encryption: “It’s worth the effort”

Encryption is more important today than ever before. We spoke to Klaus Schmeh – cryptography expert, author, and consultant at cryptovision – to find out why it is not being used more widely. Klaus Schmeh deals with the topic encryption almost daily in his German-language blog, the Klausis Krypto Kolumne. Mr Schmeh,...

date 2016/07/11

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DDos Mitigation

DDoS attacks hitting networks are growing larger and larger every year. Each and every network operator feels this pain in it's daily business. As much as attack vary in quantity and quality there is no easy way to mitigate them. On June 30th almost 40 network operators met in DE-CIX Meetingcenter in Frankfurt to discuss...

date 2016/07/08

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date 2016/07/04

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Console and DE-CIX: Strategic Partnership

Console, the enterprise software and interconnection company that is changing the way businesses directly connect to their customers, vendors and partners, and DE-CIX have announced a strategic partnership. The partnership enables over 800 networks from more than 60 countries that peer on the DE-CIX exchanges...

date 2016/07/04

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DE-CIX Madrid expands to Interoute's data centre

DE-CIX chose Interoute’s data centre in Madrid as an additional site for its Madrid Internet Exchange Point. Interoute’s data centre is the second enabled site of DE-CIX Madrid, increasing its attractiveness by bringing more networks to the exchange. At DE-CIX Madrid, 34 networks are already connected or in the...

date 2016/07/01

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BREXIT – Challenges for the Domain Industry

27 July 2016, 12.00-13.00 UTC – remote meeting BREXIT is posing multiple challenges on the domain industry. Many registries have local presence requirements only allowing for individuals and companies residing in the European Union to register domain names. Will UK registrants now loose their domain names? How will...

date 2016/06/29

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DE-CIX Istanbul Internet exchange expands to TurkNet data...

DE-CIX Istanbul will extend its setup to the TurkNet data center in Gayrettepe. With the additional TurkNet site, DE-CIX Istanbul will be available at five enabled sites in Istanbul and at more than 20 access points in Ankara, Bursa and Izmir. TurkNet is the leading telecom operator in Turkey and will also connect its network...

date 2016/06/28

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