ECIX Deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress for Data Center Interconnect
January 25 2017 - 8:00AM
Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced
that ECIX, a leading provider of Internet Exchange (IX) services in
Europe, deployed the Infinera Cloud Xpress to interconnect data
centers in Frankfurt, Germany. The Cloud Xpress enables ECIX to
optically interconnect data centers with hyperscale density,
operational simplicity and low power consumption to deliver
scalable IX services to its customers.
ECIX, the second largest German Internet Exchange Point,
delivers interconnection services in five markets. In August 2016,
ECIX was acquired by Megaport (Europe) Limited, the European
subsidiary of Megaport Limited (ASX:MP1) (Megaport), a global
provider of elastic interconnection services across Asia-Pacific,
North America and Europe. Working closely with Infinera partner
TechAccess, a value-added information technology and networking
solution provider, ECIX deployed the Infinera Cloud Xpress to
expand capacity between multiple data centers in Frankfurt and
support its customers’ growing bandwidth demands.
With Cloud Xpress, ECIX benefits from Infinera’s unique photonic
integrated circuit (PIC) technology, which delivers a 500 gigabit
per second (Gb/s) wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)
super-channel over 150 kilometers without additional multiplexers
or amplifiers. The Cloud Xpress incorporates Infinera’s Instant
Bandwidth technology to allow customers to software-activate
line-side WDM bandwidth in 100 Gb/s increments as and when needed,
closely matching their end-customer demands. In addition, the Cloud
Xpress is designed for plug-and-play installation with simplified
provisioning and support for data center automation using open
software-defined networking (SDN) application programming
interfaces (APIs).
“ECIX is experiencing strong growth in Frankfurt and other
markets, and we needed a solution that provided compact, simple
scalability with support for 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) over WDM,”
said Kay Rechthien, CTO at ECIX. “The Infinera Cloud Xpress is a
great fit for our Internet Exchange environment with its high
density, Instant Bandwidth scalability and extreme operational
simplicity.”
“We are pleased to deliver the Cloud Xpress to ECIX, one of
Europe’s leading Internet Exchange providers,” said Nick Walden,
Senior Vice President, EMEA at Infinera. “The compact design, ease
of use and scalability of Cloud Xpress enables IX providers like
ECIX to increase capacity and grow their business rapidly and
cost-effectively. Working with ECIX and TechAccess, we are
demonstrating how the Cloud Xpress can deliver the capacity needed
to interconnect rapidly growing metro IX ecosystems.”
The Infinera Cloud Xpress Family is designed to deliver
cloud-optimized WDM solutions to service providers, internet
content providers, IX service providers, enterprises and other
large-scale data center operators. The Cloud Xpress Family offers
customers the choice of 10 GbE, 40 GbE and 100 GbE client
interfaces to meet their specific requirements. Infinera recently
introduced the Cloud Xpress 2 based on the Infinite Capacity Engine
and offering 1.2 terabits per second of line-side WDM bandwidth in
one rack unit, scheduled to be available in the first quarter of
2017.
Contacts:
Infinera Media: Anna VueTel. +1 (916) 595-8157avue@infinera.com
ECIX Media:Pauline HartsuikerTel: +31 (6) 2196
8035pauline.hartsuiker@megaport.com |
Infinera Investors:Jeff HustisTel: + 1 (408)
213-7150jhustis@infinera.com |
About ECIXECIX provides carrier neutral traffic
exchange and value-added peering services. Over 150 different
parties are connected to ECIX and peak traffic comes close to 1
Tbps, making ECIX the second largest German Internet Exchange Point
(IXP) as well as one of Europe's largest IXPs. ECIX is available at
30 data centers across five cities: Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf,
Frankfurt and Hamburg, with remote peering available to various
other IXPs.
In August 2016, ECIX was acquired by Megaport (Europe) Limited,
the European subsidiary of Megaport Limited (ASX:MP1) (Megaport),
the global leader and pioneer in elastic interconnection, enabling
ECIX to grow its reach significantly and broadening its service
offering. To learn more about ECIX visit www.ecix.net and follow us
on Twitter @ecixNET.
About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com,
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www.infinera.com/blog.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the features and functionality of
Infinera’s Cloud Xpress Family of products; including hyperscale
density, operational simplicity and low power consumption. These
statements are not guarantees of results and should not be
considered as an indication of future activity or future
performance. Actual results may vary materially from these
expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties.
Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks
and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is contained in
the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 24, 2016 as
filed with the SEC on November 1, 2016, as well subsequent reports
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