last December we preannounced that we want to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of BCIX in the beginning of March 2012. Due to organizational reasons we had to postpone this event to the end of August.

However we will not go by March without inviting you once again to a completely informal get-together without any other program. We’re looking forward to meet you in a restaurant that in consideration of its name seems not to fit to technical talks.

Leave your business attire at home and join us on the 14th of March at 6 p.m. at

“Mädchen ohne Abitur”     (= girls without school leaving examination)

Körtestraße 5, 10967 Berlin, Germany

City map

Please register here, soon.

Sincerely yours,

Helga Krüger

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The year 2011, which was probably very dynamic and eventful for all of us, is gradually coming to an end. In November, we would like to give you another opportunity for a mutual exchange of thoughts and for nice and interesting conversations with friends and business partners of the sector.

We are therefore pleased to inform you about the date of the next ‘BCIX round table’, also on behalf of our sponsors.

This particular event will take place on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. at the following location, which is a must for everybody who is interested in technology:

Das Meilenwerk Berlin
Classic Remise
Wiebestraße 36
10553 Berlin

If you would like to get a first impression of this location, you may visit www.meilenwerk.de.

We will give you interesting information about the classic car stories during the tours. Therefore, we would ask you to be at the venue on time.

Please feel free to dress casually, all you have to bring with you is appetite, a good spirit and fun at getting new impressions.

A nice atmosphere and interesting conversations with friendly colleagues are awaiting you.

You can download the presentations of the round table here:

An Optics Life – Thomas Weible

100 GB/s Ethernet for IXPs – Dacoso GmbH

BCIX News – Steffen David

*um is specialized in running high performance and high available internet applications within their ISO27001 certified datacenter and providing consultancy services regarding IT architectures, performance and security. Due to focusing on the challenges of the digital economy and the longtime experience in integrated work in software projects, solutions with an optimal price-performance-ratio can be designed and implemented.

The next BCIX Round Table is taking place on August 2nd, 2011.

We look forward to a barbecue with you at ‘Raumstation c-base‘, hopefully in fine weather. We would like to thank the c-base team in advance for allowing us to use their very special location for our get-together. Leave your business attire at home – bring a healthy appetite, a good mood and an open mind for new impressions.

We hope to see you on 2 August 2011
from 6 PM at c-base, Rungestrasse 20, 10179 Berlin (backyard)

Please register here: (Closed now)

BCIX is meeting the high demands of its members and customers by making additional peering points (the integration of IP networks for data exchange) and larger port capacities available in Berlin’s data centers.

“Overall, data traffic at BCIX grew roughly 400 percent in 2010 alone”, says BCIX chairman Peter Lampe. “We see the increased data volumes as an engine for Berlin-Brandenburg’s 30,000 companies in the creative industries. Indeed, Berlin has accomplished much in recent years in precisely this field, the operation of large data volumes.” Companies profit from internet exchange points, which provide favourable networking conditions while allowing them to save on costly data lines.

Along with the new Level 3 location at Gradestrasse 60, BCIX operates in the data centers at Gradestrasse 40 (Versatel), Lützowstrasse 105 (I/P/B/ CarrierColo), Nonnendammallee 15 (e-shelter) and Alboinkontor – Alboinstrasse 36-42 (Lambdanet). With its new exchange point at Level 3, BCIX has made considerable progress towards its goal of becoming Germany’s second largest internet hub.

About BCIX e. V.:

Founded in 2002 by several Berlin internet companies, the BCIX internet hub enables companies (ranging from international carriers to medium-sized internet service providers) to exchange data through public and private peerings.

The association also sees itself as a union of Berlin’s commercial internet interests with regards to finance and politics.

Further information:

http://www.bcix.de/

http://www.bcix.de/bcix/news/

Contact:

Helga Krüger
BCIX Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange e. V.
Stromstrasse 5
10555 Berlin

Phone: +4915116135294
Fax: +493039001669
E-Mail: helga.krueger@bcix.de
Internet: www.bcix.de

As already announced via XING, the next BCIX Round Table is taking place on November 2, 2010.

Once again we found a very special location and we are happy to invite you, also on behalf of our sponsor SHD System-Haus-Dresden GmbH, to a pleasant evening with interesting lectures, followed by a dinner. We hope you will enjoy the unique atmosphere of the Gothic Saloon at Berlin Kreuzberg, which is situated directly beside one of the roots of our business.

Date: 02-11-2010
Time: 5:00 p.m.

Venue:

Gotischer Saal
Schmiedehof 17,
10965 Berlin

http://gotischersaal.de

City map:
http://bit.ly/gotischersaal

Public transportation:
U6 Platz der Luftbrücke, on foot in about 5 minutes

Parking places:
There is no official parking area, but there are enough sites for your cars.

If you don’t sign up through the XING Group, please use the address
anmeldung@bcix.de.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Round Table.

Sincerely,

Helga Krüger, Board Member Communication

link-lab activates its peering link to BCIX for the project HAMcast for designing a provider-friendly architecture for large-scale group communication (Peer-to-Peer and Multicast).

We are happy to invite you, also on behalf of our sponsor ORCO Immobilien GmbH (www.orcogermany.de) und der circular Informationssysteme GmbH (www.circular.de) to a pleasant evening with interesting lectures, followed by a barbecue buffet.

Date: 01-07-2010
Time: 5:00 p.m.

Venue:

GSG-HOF Helmholtzstraße 2-9,
10587 Berlin-Charlottenburg

Entrance: Telematics Factory
City map: http://bit.ly/bcixstammtisch

Parking places:
There is a big parking area in the courtyard. Please pull NO park ticket. In case the barrier is closed, the gate keeper will let you in.

We are looking forward to welcome  you to our Round Table.

Sincerely,

Helga Krüger, Vorstand Kommunikation