Leading Network Exchange Point Providers to Host Second Annual Global Peering Forum
March 26 2007 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW), Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX),
Switch and Data (NASDAQ:SDXC), AMS-IX and DE-CIX today announced
the second main event in their bi-annual Global Peering Forum
series, to be held March 25-30, 2007 in Miami, Florida. The Annual
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 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: Josh Snowhorn - Director
of Peering for Terremark Worldwide Eric Troyer � Director of
Peering Services for Equinix Ali Marashi � CIO for Switch and Data
Henk Steenman � CTO for AMS-IX Harald Summa � CEO for DE-CIX 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. About Terremark
Worldwide, Inc. Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading
operator of integrated 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 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 (NASDAQ:SDXC) is a leading provider of Internet exchange and
colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data
operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange
and colocation facilities in North America serving more than 830
customers. Switch and Data�s PAIX is recognized worldwide as the
premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home
to one of the largest commercial exchange points in North America.
For more information, please visit http://www.switchanddata.com/.
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 focused on
acting as the gateway between Central and Eastern Europe and the
rest of the world.
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