DE-CIX Becomes Global Launch Partner for New Business Class Connectivity to Microsoft Services
DE-CIX Becomes Global Launch Partner for New Business Class Connectivity to Microsoft Services.
- (1888PressRelease) November 08, 2019 - Frankfurt am Main - DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange operator, is announcing today its global collaboration with Microsoft for the new Microsoft Azure Peering Service. Azure Peering Service is a collaboration with service providers to provide highly reliable and optimized internet connectivity to Microsoft services. It also provides Internet latency telemetry and route monitoring, and alerting against hijacks, leaks and any other Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) misconfigurations. DE-CIX offers this service to use its global infrastructure ecosystem to create a business class interconnection service for large enterprises and ISPs having enterprises connected to improve the user experience for its Microsoft SaaS services. Azure Peering Service will provide a dedicated, controlled, secured and direct connections to the Microsoft network with the benefits of high availability, low latency and bandwidth. The Microsoft service is available at all DE-CIX locations with an Apollon infrastructure in North America, Europe and the Middle East where Microsoft is connected.
“DE-CIX is proud to support users of Microsoft SaaS Services such as Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics 365 with Microsoft Azure Peering Service. Ever since its inception DE-CIX has been motivated by the ambition to improve the quality of the Internet and access to information around the globe, and to grow new markets. Customers will benefit from low latency, high bandwidth and also bringing excellent network connection closer to the enterprises and so for the end user,” comments Dr Thomas King, Chief Technology Officer at DE-CIX, the Microsoft collaboration.
More information can be found here.
DE-CIX operates Internet Exchanges in 18 metropolitan regions around the globe. DE-CIX in Frankfurt is the world’s leading Internet Exchange with a peak traffic of more than 7.5 terabits per second (Tbps) and more than 900 connected networks. At the individual locations, Internet service providers, network operators, content delivery networks, and enterprises exchange data traffic on a cost-neutral basis through so-called “peering”, so that the data packets get to the recipient via the fastest and most inexpensive path.
About DE-CIX
DE-CIX is the world’s leading Internet Exchange operator. Having started operations in 1995, DE-CIX in Frankfurt am Main is the Internet Exchange (IX) with the world’s highest data throughput at peak times, at more than 7,5 Terabits per second (Tbps). Its technical infrastructure has a total capacity of 48 Terabits.
In total, DE-CIX serves over 1700 network operators, Internet service providers (ISPs), and content providers from more than 100 countries with peering and interconnection services at its 18 locations in Europe, the Middle East, India, and North America. Further information at www.de-cix.net
Media Contact DE-CIX:
Carsten Titt – Head of Global Public Relations
Telephone: +49 (0)69-1730902-130
Email: carsten.titt ( @ ) de-cix dot net
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