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Equinix to Co-Host Third Annual Global Peering Forum
2008-03-27
Leading Network Exchange Point Providers Join Forces for Third Year in
Industry-Wide Event Offering Educational Sessions on Peering and an Opportunity
to Establish and Expand Peering Relations
Foster City, CA — March 27, 2008 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the
leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services,
today announced that it will co-host the Global Peering Forum 3.0, a biannual
event attended by 190 global peering coordinators from around the world. The
invitation only event, co-hosted by Equinix, Terremark, Switch and Data, AMS-IX,
DE-CIX, and LINX, is designed to educate peering coordinators on the latest
technical advances and to provide an opportunity to establish and expand peering
relationships. It will be held March 31st through April 3rd in Hollywood, FL.
The Global Peering Forums are designed to bring together peering coordinators
from North America, South America, Europe and Asia in a neutral environment to
discuss the interconnection of their autonomous networks. Included in the 2008
event are in-depth presentations from industry experts on peering rollouts,
policies, trends and general technical topics of interest to the peering
coordinator community.
More than 190 peering experts are expected to attend the Forum, including:
Eric Troyer – Director of Global Peering Services for Equinix
Josh Snowhorn – Vice President of Terremark Worldwide
Roger Kim – Vice President, PAIX Services for Switch and Data
Job Witteman – CEO of AMS-IX
The Forum will give participants an opportunity to talk about different peering
policies and peering economic models as well as to meet the faces behind the
corporate names. Participants will include peering coordinators from Akamai,
AT&T, British Telecom, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Google,
Limelight Networks, Microsoft, Sprint, Telecom Italia, and Yahoo! among others.
Peering is defined the exchange of data between IP networks on primarily a
settlement free basis. Network providers such as AT&T, Sprint and others own
high-speed connections that make up the Internet. These providers transfer data
between each other at locations called “peering” points or Internet Exchanges.
At these sites the networks ‘meet’ through interconnection of their backbone
routers and exchange traffic with one another over so called layer-2
infrastructure. These systems are globally tied together by connecting
high-capacity fiber optic lines owned by network service providers.
“As new demands are placed on the Internet by the increasing amount of video and
other rich media, peering has become an essential element of most network
strategies to improve their customer experience while keeping costs in check,”
said Eric Troyer, director of global peering services for Equinix. “This Forum
follows the successful formula of providing presentations on the latest trends
in peering, as well as a platform for participants to discuss direct peering
relationships with each other.”
Attendance at the forum, which will be held from March 31 through April 3, is by
invitation only and limited to peering coordinators. Further information can be
found at www.peeringforum.com.
About Equinix
Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data center and
interconnection services, offering premium colocation, traffic exchange and
outsourced IT infrastructure solutions. Global enterprises, content companies,
systems integrators and network service providers look to Equinix Internet
Business Exchange (IBX®) centers for world-class reliability and network
diversity. Equinix IBX centers serve as critical, core hubs for IP networks and
Internet operations worldwide. With 39 IBX centers located in 18 strategic
markets across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Equinix enables customers
to reliably operate their mission-critical infrastructure on a global basis.
Press Contacts
Equinix Contact:
David Fonkalsrud
K/F Communications, Inc.
(415) 255-6506
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