(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center, Internet exchanges and managed IT services provider Telehouse America (www.telehouse.com) has announced that its New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) public peering platform is not only the longest running public Internet exchange point in the New York metropolitan market, but also the largest.
According to its Wednesday announcement, the NYIIX peering platform has more than 120 members and handles over 80 Gbps of traffic as of October 2009, making it the largest public Internet exchange in the New York area. the NYIIX, headquartered at 25 Broadway, has been a vital public IP interconnection point for global carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprise businesses within New York. It provides redundant and diverse direct interconnectivity to and from the 60 Hudson Street and 111 Eighth Avenue carrier hotel facilities.
Since its inception in 1996, the NYIIX platform has continued to evolve to meet the growing technology requirements of the industry. It currently operates Brocade RX series switches, and supports IPv4 and IPv6 peering connections, as well as standard bilateral peering exchange and multilateral peering arrangements. In addition, NYIIX offers private peering over VLAN, enabling secure private peering or direct bandwidth over NYIIX.
Along with NYIIX, Telehouse America also operates the Los Angeles International Internet Exchange (LAIIX), which is a key IP peering gateway to the Asia-Pacific region. Launched in 2000, LAIIX is one of the oldest private peering points in the Los Angeles market.
With the introduction of its Global Interlink services in 2008, Telehouse America interconnected its NYIIX and LAIIX platforms, making both peering exchanges accessible from any of the 12 Interlink PoPs throughout the world. Global Interlink provides seamless redundant and diverse Ethernet private line connections between multiple carrier hotels throughout the US and Europe.
Adding further value to its offerings, late last month, Telehouse America partnered with data center consulting, integration and support provider Akibia (www.akibia.com) to offer customers 24/7, highly available support for their mission-critical data center needs, including disaster recovery.
