Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and leading colocation provider, today announced that it is the first Internet backbone to connect to over 2,000 IPv6 networks, doubling in less than three years. According to University of California research presented at the International Measurement Conference (IMC) in November of 2012, Hurricane Electric is the most dominant Autonomous System (AS) in the global IPv6transit topology. Data from the research indicate that between 2011 and 2012 no other AS was added to IPv6 […]
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Hurricane Electric’s IPv6 Networks Featured on Datacentres.com
Datacentres wrote up a notice of Hurricane Electric’s recent expansion. From the article: Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and leading colocation provider, has announced that it is the first Internet backbone to connect to over 2,000 IPv6 networks, doubling in less than three years. According to University of California research presented at the International Measurement Conference in November of 2012, Hurricane Electric is the most dominant Autonomous System in the global IPv6 […]
Telecom Ramblings Says “Number of IPv6 networks Connected to Hurricane Doubles in Less Than Three Years”
Hurricane Electric was recently featured in an article by Telecom Ramblings for its IPv6 networks. From the article: Fremont, California – March 7, 2013 – Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and leading colocation provider, today announced that it is the first Internet backbone to connect to over 2,000 IPv6 networks, doubling in less than three years. According to University of California research presented at the International Measurement Conference (IMC) in November of 2012, Hurricane Electric is the […]
Converge Article Announces “Hurricane Electric Now Connecting 2,000 IPv6 Backbones”
Converge Network Digest recently featured an article on Hurricane Electric’s IPv6 networks. From the article: Having first deployed IPv6 in 2001, Hurricane Electric offers IPv6 as a core service; every customer is provided IPv6 connectivity as well as classic IPv4 connectivity. Hurricane Electric also provides tunnel broker and DNS services, plus a free IPv6 certification program. “Our early investment in IPv6 is paying off not only for Hurricane Electric, but also for our customers around […]
The WHIR discusses Hurricane Electric’s Extensive IPv6 Networks
Hurricane Electric recently connected to over 2,000 IPv6 networks, an event featured in The WHIR. From the article: Colocation hosting and Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric announced on Thursday that it is the first Internet backbone to connect to over 2,000 IPv6 networks. This announcement comes a few months after Hurricane Electric added new POPs in Milano, Italy, and Vienna, Austria. Hurricane Electric says that research presented at the International Measurement Conference last year by the University of […]
Future Facilities’ Sherman Ikemeto Writes about Lost Data Center Capacity for Data Center Knowledge
Future Facilities Sherman Ikemoto recently wrote an article for Data Center Knowledge entitled “A Forgotten Data Center Cost: Lost Capacity”. In the article, Sherman explains that “most data centers never achieve the capacity for which they were designed”. Often 30 percent or more of data center capacity is lost in operation. On a global scale, out of 15.5 GW of available data center capacity, a minimum of 4.65 GW is unusable. At industry averages, this […]
Datacenter Dynamics Features Hurricane Electric Customer Move
Datacenter Dynamics Focus recently featured Hurricane Electric in an article highlighting NanoTech’s move to HE’s Freemont 2 Data Center. From the Article: “Colocation and Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric announced that NanoTech Entertainment has chosen its Fremont 2 data center for the expansion of its online infrastructure. To prepare for the release of several upcoming cloud-based IPTV and mobile phone applications, NanoTech has signed a multi-year contract with Hurricane Electric.” Click here to read more.
Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong Pens a Piece for Data Center Knowledge on Carrier Grade NAT
Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong recently wrote an article for Data Center knowledge entitled “Carrier Grade NAT – A Look at the Tradeoffs”. In it, he writes that “The IETF defines Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) as large-scale Network Address Translation (NAT) implemented by a service provider. In most cases, CGN is implemented as a layer of IPv4-to-IPv4 NAT on top of the “traditional” NAT implemented at the subscriber side of the connection. There are significant challenges introduced […]
Bluestone Energy Services retrofit of zColo’s data centers featured in Mission Critical Magazine
Bluestone Energy’s retrofit of multiple zColo data centers in the U.S. was recently featured in an article in Mission Critcal Magazine. From the article: zColo, a Zayo Group Company, recently hired Bluestone Energy Services, LLC, a division of OpTerra Energy, to implement a comprehensive energy program at its Newark colocation facility at 165 Halsey St. At the 45,000-sq-ft data center, Bluestone Energy managed a comprehensive and holistic data center energy program that will reduce annual […]
Hurricane Electric article in Silicon Valley Business journal about funding for data-center expansion
Hurricane Electric was recently featured in article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal about their new expansion. From the article: A Fremont-based data-center company is beefing up its footprint thanks to $13 million in new financing. Hurricane Electric will use the funding, provided by Bank of the West, to expand one of its two Fremont data centers by 24,000 square feet. The build-out will provide new space for additional tenants as demand for data-center services continues […]
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