Amsterdam,/Frankfurt– March 19th, 2007 – AMS-IX, DE-CIX , two major European Internet exchanges and the largest US based exchanges Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), Switch and Data and Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW), today announced the second main event in their biannual Global Peering Forum series, to be held March 25-30, 2007, in Miami.
The Annual Global Peering Forums are designed to bring together peering coordinators from Europe, North and South America and Asia in a neutral environment to discuss the interconnection of their autonomous networks. Included in the upcoming event in March 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 160 peering experts are expected to attend the Forum, including:
- Henk Steenman – CTO for AMS-IX
- Harald Summa – CEO for DE-CIX
- Josh Snowhorn - Peering Director for Terremark Worldwide
- Eric Troyer – Switch Product Portfolio Director for Equinix
- Ali Marashi – CIO for Switch & Data
The Forum will give delegates an opportunity to talk about different peering policies and peering economic models as well as to meet the faces behind the corporate names. Participants at the March forum include peering coordinators from Sprint, AT&T, China Telecom, Brasil Telecom, France Telecom, Yahoo!, Google, Limelight Networks, Microsoft, Telecom Italia, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and Akamai, among others.
Peering is defined as a way to exchange 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.
Attendance at the forum is by invitation only and limited to peering coordinators. Further information can be found at
www.peeringforum.com.
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About Equinix
Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through the company’s Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) centers in 10 markets in the U.S. and Asia, customers can directly interconnect with every major global network and ISP for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs.
About Switch and Data
Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates the largest footprint of neutral Internet exchange and colocation facilities in North America with 34 data centers in 23 markets serving more than 800 customers. Switch and Data’s PAIX is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to the largest commercial exchange point in North America. For more information, please visit
http://www.switchanddata.com/.
About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark’s flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, collocation, managed services and a suite of hosting services. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, (305) 856-3200. More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at
www.terremark.com.
Statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terremark’s actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, as discussed in Terremark’s filings with the SEC. These factors include, without limitation, Terremark’s ability to obtain funding for its business plans, uncertainty in the demand for Terremark’s services or products and Terremark’s ability to manage its growth. Terremark does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
About AMS-IX
AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a neutral and independent not-for-profit Internet exchange providing services since the early 1990's. AMS-IX is one of the largest Internet hubs worldwide, where over 260 Internet related parties come together to exchange Internet traffic amongst them. The AMS-IX platform provides high quality, non-blocking professional peering services for all types of IP traffic whether traditional data, video or VoIP. AMS-IX hosts the first mobile peering points worldwide, the Global GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) and the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX), as well as solutions for broadcasting traffic with the multicast peering service.
About DE-CIX
DE-CIX is the carrier neutral and independent Internet Exchange in Frankfurt/Germany. Founded in 1995, DE-CIX established an environment for the bilateral settlement-free exchange of Internet traffic. Today DE-CIX has over 200 customers from 25+ nations using peering to lower costs and to increase IP performance. DE-CIX is focussed on acting as the gateway between Central and Eastern Europe and the rest of the world.
For more information about AMS-IX, please contact Cara Mascini at AMS-IX.:
Tel: +31 (0)20 305 89 95 Fax: +31 (0)20 305 89 90
E-mail:
cara.mascini@ams-ix.net http://www.ams-ix.net