Talk about impressive! In just under eight months, TELEHOUSE America’s public peering  interconnection point, New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX), has exceeded the 200Gbps (gigabits per second) max traffic volume threshold. Earlier this year (in April), news from TELEHOUSE
emerged, noting that NYIIX achieved the 100 gigabit milestone. At that point, this meant traffic had doubled in less than 18 short months. Now it has doubled again in less than a year. Currently, NYIIX is the biggest public Internet exchange in the New York Metro Market. It is also in the top 10 of the world’s largest peering points.

Established in 1996, NYIIX has quickly become the most popular neutral exchange point in New York, consisting of 146 active peering members from all over the world. It is one of the largest neutral Internet exchange points on the United States’ east coast and is owned and operated by TELEHOUSE America. This increase in traffic demonstrates TELEHOUSE’s ability to attract both large ISP’s to the exchange and showcases the huge benefits of peering to smaller companies looking to reduce costs.

NYIIX’s main goal is to provide the Internet community with a neutral, scalable peering infrastructure and to assure reliable and robust Internet connectivity. With plans to invest in redundant infrastructure and expand access in other local carrier hotels, NYIIX provides 1G and 10G connections in the following:

• 111 8^th Avenue
• TELEHOUSE New York Broadway,
• TELEHOUSE New York Teleport on Staten Island
•  TELEHOUSE New York Chelsea located on 85 10^th Avenue
• 60 Hudson St

NYIIX offers public peering as well as private peering over VLAN. This enables independent networks to exchange internet traffic to complement and supplement public or paid bandwidth networks.  By peering with TELEHOUSE, customers interconnect over a layer-2 switch to many ISPs, content and application
providers, at numerous locations, providing a more cost effective and improved network performance solution.

“NYIIX is one of the most exciting services offered by TELEHOUSE. We are delighted to announce such a huge success,” says Akio Sugeno, Vice President of Internet Engineering, Operations, and Business Development. “Achieving 200 gigabits per second is no small accomplishment, and it further proves that NYIIX is one of the most significant IXP’s in the United States. As we move into 2012, we will continue to expand NYIIX’s presence in the New York Metro Market and make further investment in the infrastructure to support the needs of our members.”

The NYIIX platform is regularly updated in order to accommodate new trends and technology requirements. TELEHOUSE is looking forward to announcing new updates in Q1 of 2012. (And we can’t wait to blog about them!)

To learn more about TELEHOUSE’s peering exchanges or any of their other premier IT services please contact sales@telehouse.com or call 718-355-2500. You can also visit http://www.telehouse.com/peering.php.

Like any other industry, the telecom industry is keen on giving awards to those participants  who are doing something different or unique, something “innovative.” The problem is that in the tech/telecom industries in particular we’re quick to throw “innovative” around when it doesn’t always apply. I came to this realization after I jokingly referred to my 2 ½  year old son falling down a flight of stairs as an “innovative” way of getting down – sorta’ funny to me – mostly appalling to my wife and all others present.  It was like five stairs – give me a break! Needless to say, it got me to thinking about what being “innovative” really means. Without further ado, here it is:

According to Wikipedia (I know, grumble grumble grumble), “Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society.” Do tell. “Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a new idea or method.” So, different or unique ideas are only innovative if they are accepted and used? Now THAT makes sense.

For those keeping track, my son falling down the stairs was funny (even he laughed people!), but not “innovative” as this is NOT a generally accepted or practiced means of getting down the stairs.

So, as you can imagine, when I read that Neutral Tandem / Tinet had won Capacity Magazines’ 2011 award for Best Market Innovation, naturally I thought, “I’ll be the judge of that!” My first “innovation snob” test – how exciting. And guess what? A dead ringer!

The award recognizes innovations in wholesale telecom, how these have been implemented, and how these services have been received by the market. The judging panel consisted of the senior editorial team of Capacity magazine and a panel of telecoms analysts and industry experts. The pre-qualifications for the award met the definition and with nearly 200 customers (and climbing) singing its praises, Neutral Tandem / Tinet’s innovative (and I mean that) EtherCloud^SM solution knocked it right down the stairs. I’ll keep this in until someone edits it out.

Innovation Exemplified:

Neutral Tandem / Tinet is recognized for its innovative EtherCloud solution. Developed earlier this year, in response to the heavy market demand, Neutral Tandem and Tinet collaborated to develop this solution that delivers end-to-end global Ethernet solutions, interconnecting diverse networks. EtherCloud simplifies the delivery of Ethernet and VPLS services on a global scale, while removing all hurdles that are required to interconnect networks across a global footprint. Standard Ethernet Exchange platforms provide access to Points of Presence that are managed in isolation of all other access points.  Connectivity between each PoP has to be stitched together by various providers, which requires negotiating additional commercial terms and interoperability testing with each provider.  With EtherCloud, 120 PoPs across the world are interconnected, providing customers located in one location the ability to access network solutions offered by every other provider connected to any point on the EtherCloud platform.

“We designed the service to deliver a compelling value proposition: to simplify and streamline customers’ off-net interconnections, to extend their network reach and to market their local Ethernet services to customers worldwide,” said Paolo Gambini, Chief Marketing Officer of Tinet. “The offering is further strengthened by end-to-end SLAs to meet the demands of enterprise customers. We are honored to be recognized by Capacity Media for this achievement.”

To learn more about EtherCloud, visit http://www.tinet.net/products/ethercloud.html.

To learn more about Neutral Tandem’s products and services designed to help competitive carriers interconnect their networks, contact info@NeutralTandem.com or visit www.neutraltandem.com.

Zayo announces it is expanding its fiber network into San Diego, CA. With this expansion, Zayo’s network will exceed 400 route miles throughout the San Diego metropolitan area. The new network will extend from the heart of downtown San Diego, north to Oceanside, and east to Escondido. Zayo will provide dark fiber and bandwidth infrastructure services on its San Diego network. The expansion in San Diego adds more capacity at a lower price point with the opportunity to upgrade when necessary.

In addition to the San Diego dark fiber network investment, Zayo has recently expanded its existing fiber network in downtown Los Angeles. These markets will also be interconnected to Zayo’s national fiber network following the anticipated completion of the previously announced acquisition of 360networks.

For more information on Zayo, please visit www.zayo.com.

Hunter Newby, Allied Fiber CEO is speaking at the New England Fiber Optic Council (NEFC) meeting taking place December 8th in Waltham, Massachusetts. Hunter will speak on the topic of “The Need and Rationale for a New, National, Carrier-Neutral Dark Fiber and Colocation System” on Thursday, December 8th at 6:00pm.  The presentation will focus on the justification for  an entirely new, interstate neutral fiber and colocation infrastructure system in the United States. The session will also discuss  how the dark fiber system will function, who can benefit from it and why the US requires this type of build now.

The NEFC is an organization of individual members and corporations professionally involved in the fiber optics industry. The NEFC’s goal is to promote  the regional fiber optic industry and  disseminate information about fiber optics to the general public. To register for the NEFC meeting, click here. For more information on Allied Fiber, visit www.alliedfiber.com.

XKL, LLC. Founder and CEO, Len Bosack will present the Visionary Keynote address at the 4^th Dark Fibre International Convention taking place November 29-30 in London. The Dark Fibre Convention is designed to deliver insight into growth occurring in the dark fiber sector with presentations, case studies and a wide range of national and international networking opportunities. In addition to presenting the Visionary Keynote, XKL is also a key sponsor of the event.

The international conference will assess a wide range of issues including the increased fiber deployment occurring at metro, rural and national levels and the funding mechanisms supporting those types of builds. Attendees of the Dark Fibre Convention will examine customer segments and geographic areas offering new growth opportunities in emerging markets, including Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and Africa. XKL looks forward to participating at the event again this year as the convention sets the stage for the latest discussions in the dark fiber industry.

To schedule a meeting with XKL while at the event, email pr@jaymiescotto.com. For more information on XKL, visit www.xkl.com.

This article was originally posted on DSLServiceProviders.org

Bandwidth caps have quickly become the norm among internet service providers, and despite their assurances that such usage restrictions would only affect a few heavy users, it’s no secret that bandwidth can evaporate pretty quickly even with average use.  Video streaming, gaming, and families of users can go through quite a few gig in a relatively short period – short enough to warrant a warning, if not a surcharge, from their ISP.  So it would be useful to know some tips on how to make the most of your allowance. Here are ten ways that you can take smaller bites out of your allotted bytes:

1. Do a Background Check – No, we don’t mean hiring a PI to dig up dirt on the CEO of your ISP. We’re talking about programs or applications that run on your device whenever it’s online. You can monitor for unnecessary drains on your resources by downloading TCP Eye.
2. Pass on the Auto Updates – Many programs will install with user-selectable update options. Use these opportunities to save bandwidth by de-selecting automatic updates. You can get the updates manually later on.
3. Block Ads – Apart from just being annoying, those pop-up ads take up bandwidth. Download ad blocking software so you can make better use of it.
4. Savings in a Flash – Some websites make use of Flash to stream videos automatically when visiting certain pages. Make sure you don’t have Flash set to run automatically. There are also flash ad blocking add-ons available for multiple browsers and platforms.
5. Cache Savings – You can set your browser to cache images, and even select the amount of memory to set aside for the task. This will allow you to retrieve stored web pages from your device’s memory rather than the web, and thereby saving you more bandwidth.
6. External Drive – You definitely need multiple back-ups of your important files in case of a crash, damage to, or theft of, your device. We recommend making use of an external drive source in favor of online storage when bandwidth is a concern.
7. Choose Wisely – Regarding those files that you do choose to backup online, you may want to be more selective about what needs safeguarding and what can simply do with a disk copy.
8. Change Your Resolution  –  Video far and away represents the largest slice of the average internet user’s bandwidth pie. If you can’t do with less video, maybe you can get by with a little less quality in your videos via a lower resolutions setting.
9. Apply Compression – As a First Aid measure for saving bandwidth, this treatment can be a life-saver. Download image optimizing software that allows you to send photos in a compressed format.
10. You’ve Got Mail Issues – Specifically: forwards, attachments, image loading – all of which can add up. Screen your inbox and only open those forwards that you really need to, and only those attachments that aren’t likely to be lolcatz; set your mail client to not load images automatically. You’ll thank us later.

TELEHOUSE America’s sister company, DMX Technologies recently launched a new product to help advertisers get the most out of their television advertising campaigns. Vision TA is the revolutionary new platform that detects who is actually watching the television and customizes which ads will be shown based on their viewing history, profile and demographics. Based on your profile, Vision TA will also recommend programming most suited to you and show similar commercials.

Advertisers can gain significant data and feedback on their advertising campaigns, which will greatly help in designing campaigns moving forward. Two cable providers in China have already signed up to provide Vision TA to their customers. To learn more about Vision TA visit http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzIyMzY0MDEy.html.

With the growing number of Fortune 500 customers within Sentinel Data Centers’ New Jersey facility (NJ-1), timing could not be more perfect for Sidera Networks, the premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, to expand its network into NJ-1.  As a result of this expansion, Fortune 500 and other Sentinel customers now have access to Sidera’s Xtreme Ultra-low Latency Network.

Sidera’s high capacity, high availability Xtreme Ultra-low Latency Network offers the lowest latency paths between the New York metropolitan area financial exchanges and other key locations to deliver diverse and resilient connectivity. Unlike other commercial networks, Xtreme is able to keep traffic exclusively in New Jersey or extend into New York, based on customers’ specific routing requirements.

“Sidera Networks is excited to be able to serve the growing roster of Fortune 500 customers within the Sentinel NJ-1 facility,” remarks Mike Sicoli, CEO of Sidera Networks.  “We appreciate that Sentinel’s customers are highly quality-sensitive with respect to their data center environment and feel that the robust, scalable and ultra low latency nature of our Xtreme network is a perfect fit in connecting these users to key exchanges and interconnection points throughout the NY/NJ metro area.”

Earlier this year, Sentinel completed the first phase of the construction and commissioning of its 330,000 square foot, multi-tenant NJ-1 facility. The facility is designed to meet the most stringent enterprise standards, and is LEED Gold pre-certified with best-in-region energy efficiency.

“It’s a powerful combination – giving customers the ability to deploy a mission critical data center inside NJ-1 with direct connectivity to Sidera’s high quality network,”  comments Nelson Frye, Director of Business Development for Sentinel Data Centers. “We are thrilled Sidera has chosen to build into NJ-1 and look forward to connecting our enterprise user base with Sidera’s flexible and highly resilient network platform.”

Visit www.sidera.net and www.sentineldatacenters.com to learn more about the companies.

Follow Sidera on Twitter @sideranetworks.

If I told you I could quickly run an analysis of the total square feet of your house and subsequently show you a finished basement you never knew existed, would you let me? What if I then told you that I could rent that finished basement (remember, a second ago you didn’t know it existed), and you could buy a new car, new boat or (snore) put it in your kid’s college fund. How would that sound? Sounds good, right? Of course it does – unless the new space would ultimately serve as quarters for the mother-in-law – but let’s not conjure thoughts of new space in the dog house.

It’s called Optimization, and although there aren’t any optimization tools that can uncover unrealized excess square footage in your house (at least not that I’m aware of), this scenario exists in the telecom universe.

Global Capacity has integrated its industry-leading network optimization analysis tools into its One Marketplace Access Exchange platform. The customized algorithms offer Global Capacity the ability to optimize networks, identifying excess capacity that can be offered through the One Marketplace Access Exchange, meeting market demand exceeding 150,000 quotes a month.

By utilizing the automated optimization algorithms powered by the One Marketplace Access Exchange, Global Capacity is able to help companies identify more efficient network solutions for off-net access services.  Specifically, Global Capacity can execute network optimization analyses that identify opportunities to reduce costs through network novation opportunities, as well as by identifying excess capacity that can be sold back into the market via the One Marketplace Access Exchange. By novating non-strategic off-net network assets to Global Capacity, customers can reduce costs while simplifying operations, enabling them to re-focus efforts on maximizing on-net services and other core competencies to better serve their customers. By identifying excess capacity within existing network inventories and loading it into One Marketplace Access Exchange, customers are able to monetize assets they have already paid for. This excess capacity, which is typically stranded and represents a sunk cost to the customer, can be sold into the market based on customer demand currently running through the One Marketplace Access Exchange, increasing revenue while effectively reducing the cost of that capacity.

“One Marketplace Access Exchange was designed and built to improve efficiency, while streamlining and optimizing the pricing, procurement and provisioning of access network services,” states Patrick Shutt, Global Capacity CEO. “By incorporating our network optimization capabilities into the One Marketplace Access Exchange platform our customers now have the ability to pull back the covers and realize untapped capacity, and convert that capacity back to the market, priced more competitively. This revenue is directly attributable to EBITDA,”

Global Capacity provides network operators the unique ability to strategically interconnect to the One Marketplace Access Exchange in order to take advantage of automated marketplace rates for access networks.  This unique dynamic enables customers to grow revenue by identifying unused capacity, while dramatically improving EBITDA performance through lower operating expenses and leveraging the value of unrealized network capacity.

Click here to learn more about Global Capacity’s Optimization solution: http://www.globalcapacity.com/news/13

This Friday, TELEHOUSE and HK Colo will join together in Hong Kong to sponsor the Data Centre Strategics Event. The event focuses on the latest best practice processes, trends and developments in data centers and IT. The November 18^th conference is the final event in Data Centre Strategics 2011 series, which included previous trade shows in Singapore and Shanghai also sponsored by TELEHOUSE. Key topics include:

• Recent Trends in Building A Modernized Data Centre
• Econometrics for Achieving an Optimized Power and Cooling Scenario
• Data Centre Maturity Model
• Optimizing Your IT Infrastructure
• Change Management: Converging New Applications with Legacy Platforms
• IT Solutions for Green Data Centers

In June 2011, Telehouse and HK Colo partnered to build a brand new data center; TELEHOUSE Hong Kong Cloud Computing Complex (CCC). Located in the Tseung Kwan O district, TELEHOUSE Hong Kong CCC offers customers regional access across all Asian territories and India.

‘We are excited to expand our presence with the new premium data center facility in Hong Kong offering international and local customers the strengths and benefits of two, major local corporations; TELEHOUSE and HKCOLO.net,” states Fred Cannone, Sales and Marketing Director for TELEHOUSE America. “Our presence at Data Centre Strategics will continue to promote this partnership and our strength across Asia.”

Opening in December 2011, TELEHOUSE Hong Kong CCC, is also a neighbor to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Data Center, and will be offering high connectivity capacity from local cable landing stations.

To meet with the TELEHOUSE team at Data Center Strategics, please email Fred Cannone, Sales and Marketing Director of TELEHOUSE America at cannone@telehouse.com.

To learn more about TELEHOUSE’s 42 carrier neutral data centers, peering exchanges, and world-class offerings, please contact sales@TELEHOUSE.com or call 718-355-2500.

To learn more about Data Centre Strategics Hong Kong 2011, please visit the website.