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Anniversary SponsorsJuniper NetworksThroughout the four year partnershipbetween LINX and Juniper Networks,both organisations have displayed anincredible level of thirst for innovation.LINX were the first Juniper customerto go live with the Juniper NetworksPTX Series Packet Transport Routersand one of the first to deploy 100G andnew enhanced switching fabrics on theMX Series Universal Edge Routers. Theongoing commitment to this partnershipwill ensure that both companies remainat the forefront of such innovation asInternet traffic continues to expandexponentially.“We will continue to workwith LINX on new levels ofscalability and feature richresilience as our relationshipgrows stronger than ever.Juniper works with companies suchas LINX to review future networkingrequirements and direction so we are veryproud to be a technology partner for them”Phil Moran, Juniper NetworksLINX is one of the world’s biggest and longesand is celebrating its 20th anniversary year. Froexchange has grown into an Internet powerhosites by over 500 member networks from 61ethos remains clear and strong: we are dedicapeering services and in our efforts in the pubthe boundaries on behalf our members for maExtreme NetworksThe LINX Extreme LAN is one of largestnetworks in Europe in its own right,comfortably ranked in the top 10 interms of connected ASNs. It forms partof LINX’s dual LAN strategy as it offersresilience, noting the unlikelihood of bothLINX LANs being down at the sametime due to simultaneous vendor issues.The Extreme LAN uses Summit X670vswitches at the edge and BlackDiamondBD-X8 series in the core of the network.Switching gear from Extreme also formsthe bulk of the equipment at the LINXlocal exchanges in the UK.“A 20th anniversary isalways going to be a timeto reflect. Looking back onhow far LINX have come insuch a relatively short spaceof time, and their role withinthe UK Internet as we know it today, isremarkable. Extreme Networks is proud tobe working in partnership and supportingLINX as they expand the network”Craig Denton, Extreme NetworksIn May LINX published a special souvenir editexchange since its foundation in 1994. Below‘LINX Firsts’ achieved over the 20 years featuto now be able add yet another thanks to theexchange point in Wales.First IXPto deploy 100M,1G and 10GEthernetFirst IXPto introduceaccredited trainingfor InternetengineersFirst IXPto utiliseJuniper PTXswitching gear12 HotLINX Issue <strong>39</strong> | 20th Birthday Sponsors
Partner support helps create LINX 20 year success storyThe support and commitment LINX has received from its vendors and data centre partners overthe last 20 years cannot be overestimated and has helped shape the exchange we see today. In 2014Juniper Networks and Extreme Networks supply the hardware for the exchange and Telehouse Europeand Interxion are just two, among a growing number of data centre operators, who provide the facilitiesto help LINX run its infrastructure. The organisations named on these pages are all sponsoring LINX’s20th anniversary year and we are delighted that they have taken the opportunity to tell us why.t established Internet exchange pointsm small beginnings in East London theuse with traffic being passed over multipleterritories in multiple countries. The LINXted to serving our members, both with ourlic affairs arena. LINX will continue to pushny years to come.Telehouse EuropeTelehouse’s place in LINX’s history isassured as it was the location of LINX’svery first switch, a Cisco Catalyst 1200switch with eight 10-megabit ports, back in1994. Rack space was then leased by thefledgling exchange at what is now knownas Telehouse North. It was also here thatthe ‘k’ root server was installed some threeyears later in 1997. In time Telehouse builtfurther sites with Telehouse East openingin 2004 and Telehouse West in 2010.Today Telehouse hosts two core sites oneach of LINX’s London Peering LANs anda significant number of edge routers ineach of the three Telehouse buildings.“The LINX birthdaycelebrations are a specialtime for Telehouse and forme personally. It remindsme that just as LINX hasgrown over the years, so toohas Telehouse. Together we were at theforefront of the Internet evolution andit’s our combined energy and pioneeringoutlook which has made LINX andTelehouse the leaders they are today”Michelle Reid, Telehouse Europeion of HotLINX which told the story of thewe have the graphical representations of thered in that particular issue. Today, we happylaunch of IXCardiff, the very first InternetInterxionInterxion first became a LINX datacentre partner in the summer of 2008.Their Brick Lane facility in centralLondon connected to the network aspart of a large scale LINX expansionproject covering the whole Londonmetropolitan region. It’s importanceto LINX’s network architecture wascemented earlier this year whenInterxion became a core PoP on theJuniper LAN and also a location forLINX’s own internal systems.“For Interxion, the benefitsof partnering with LINX arethat we’ve become muchmore central to the Internet.We have improved our sitesbecause customers can peerwith each other, and we provide moreInternet connections as well. Now thatwe also have the LINX core pop here, itmakes us one of central London’s mostconnected data centres and builds on ourheritage of providing the best connectivitysolutions to our customers.”Mike Hollands, InterxionFirst IXPfrom Europe tolaunch a regionalexchange in theUSAFirst IXPto be awardedOpen-IXcertificationFirst IXPto open anInternet exchangein WalesHotLINX Issue <strong>39</strong> | 20th Birthday Sponsors 13
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