Hurricane Electric to Leverage Cologix’s Standard Connections Product for Easy and Rapid Access to New Demand Denver, CO (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 Cologix™, a network neutral interconnection and colocation company, announced today that Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, has established a point-of-presence (PoP) at Cologix’s Dallas INFOMART data center. The new PoP, leveraging Cologix’s Standard Connections product, will enable Hurricane Electric to expand its global network reach to access demand from a new set of […]
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Data Center Knowledge announces “Network News: Hurricane Picks Zayo for 100G Backbone”
Data Center Knowledge recently noted Hurricane Electric’s work with Zayo Group in an piece discussing news within the network industry. From the article: Zayo selected by Hurricane Electric for 100G backbone. Zayo Group announced that Hurricane Electric Internet Services has purchased 100G wavelength services on Zayo’s newly installed 100G routes. The upgraded routes include New York to Washington, D.C. and Chicago to Memphis. Hurricane Electric is connected to 60 major exchange points and exchanges traffic directly with […]
Hurricane Electric to Use Zayo Routes, Announced in Light Reading Article
Light Reading recently wrote on Hurricane Electric’s collaboration with Zayo Group. From the article: BOULDER, Colo. — Zayo Group today announced that Hurricane Electric Internet Services, the world’s largest IPv6-native internet backbone, has purchased 100G Wavelength services on Zayo’s newly installed 100G routes. Zayo’s recently deployed 100G Wavelength upgraded routes include New York to Washington, D.C. and Chicago to Memphis. Hurricane Electric is connected to 60 major exchange points and exchanges traffic directly with more […]
Hurricane Electric March 2013 Carrier Networking Event
Milldam recently organized and held the first of Hurricane Electric’s Carrier Networking Events for 2013 on March 27, co-sponsored by Silicon Valley Web Builder. From 6 to 8 PM, over 150 guests were in attendance and were able to meet carriers that have networks in Hurricane’s Fremont facilities including XO Communications and Level 3. In addition, server equipment manufacturers Lopoco and SuperMicro had tables to show their latest hardware offerings. Complimentary […]
Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong interviewed by GCN on IPv4 becoming obselete sooner than expected
The U.S. government is leading the transition to IPv6 in the Western Hemisphere, and use of the new generation of Internet Protocols has increased sharply in the last year. And although the volume of IPv6 traffic remains small, one observer predicts that the current IPv4 protocols will become obsolete earlier than expected. “We are probably four or five years away from IPv6 being relatively ubiquitous,” said Owen DeLong, director of professional services at Hurricane Electric, […]
Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong is quoted by GCN about IPv6
GCN’s recent article quotes Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong as it explores the question, “Will IPv6 ever have a killer app?” From the article: Owen DeLong, IPv6 evangelist for Hurricane Electric, obviously is a fan of the new protocols. He thinks doing away with NAT will be a good thing. So what does he think the killer app for IPv6 will be? “None,” he says. People don’t feel they are missing anything with IPv4 now, […]
Hurricane Electric featured in TMCnet article about 2000 IPv6 Networks milestone
Hurricane Electric was recently featured in a TMCnet article about their recent milestone of connecting to over 2000 IPv6 networks. From the article: 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 IPv6 transit topology. Data from the research indicate that between 2011 and 2012 no other AS was added to IPv6 routing paths as […]
Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong interviewed by GCN on IPv6 having a killer app
Hurricane Electric’s Owen Delong was recently interviewed by GCN on if IPv6 will ever have a killer app. From the article: The volume of IPv6 traffic, though still small, has grown steadily over the last year. Although most federal <a href=”http://gcn.com/articles/2012/09/20/agencies-to-miss-ipv6-deadline-ipv4-depletion.aspx”>agencies missed</a> the Sept. 30, 2012 deadline for enabling the new protocols on public facing Web sites, they are slowly adopting IPv6. Hurricane Electric, which bills itself as the world’s largest native IPv6 backbone, has announced […]
Hurricane Electric featured in Data Center Journal about 2,000 IPv6 Networks milestone
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 […]
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 […]