Akamai will upgrade it’s BCIX connection to 20Gbit/s and will be the first member with a 2*10Gbit/s link aggregated 20Gbit/s connection at BCIX. Akamai has an open peering policy and is also connected to the BCIX route server.
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The next BCIX Round Table is taking place on July 1, 2010. Above the rooftops of Berlin you will enjoy a beautiful view over the City of Westberlin in an open and relaxing atmosphere.
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
ORCO GSG is the biggest commercial space real estate company in Berlin with more than 850,000 square meters commercial and light industrial space (~ 9,150,000 square feet) in 43 business parks hosting more than 1,600 tenant companies throughout Berlin.
In 2008/2009 ORCO GSG has been rolling out their “Hofnetz”, a dedicated fibre optic network infrastructure. ORCO GSG succeeds in offering professional internet access, line connectivity and data center services for the business tenants at 23 connected locations right now. Since late 2009 the Hofnetz has been connected to 4 data centers through Berlin and will connect to BCIX, 5 more owned locations and 2 additional data centers in the near future.
ORCO-GSG aims to supply ist tenants with State-of-the-Art IP Services and relies on partners to deliver services from connected data centers as well. The supply of cheap connectivity between service providers and tenants is another goal of ORCO-GSG.
The ORCO-GSG Infrastructure development approach delivers commercial spaces connected with highly performant and reliable IP infrastructure at very reasonable prices.
Der public part of the annual report 2009/2010 of BCIX e.V. is now available online.
Berlin based hosting provider SysEleven is our latest BCIX member. SysEleven offers Cloud Services and Managed Hosting and will be available for peering, soon.
We’re very proud to announce that Google will be available for peering with IPv4 and IPv6 at BCIX Berlin. Google will connect with a 10Gbit/s port and will also peer with the BCIX route servers.
We’re happy to announce, that Akamai will be available for peering at BCIX Berlin, soon. Akamai will connect with 10Gbit/s to BCIX and will peer with BCIX route servers, as well.

We’re glad to announce, that SHD, well known as BCIX Round Table Sponsor, is now a BCIX e.V. member as well. Since 19 years, SHD System-Haus-Dresden GmbH has developed on their own into a leading company for project planning, implementation and support for complex network – and IT-solutions.
Dear BCIX members and friends,
the next BCIX round table is taking place on November 12, 2009.
After enjoying a night above the rooftops near Potsdamer Platz last time, we would like to invite you this time around, to experience an encounter of orient and occident at the beginning of the grey season.
We are happy to invite you, also on behalf of our sponsors NK Networks & Services GmbH (www.axians.de) and Brocade Communications GmbH (www.brocade.com), to a pleasant evening with interesting lectures.
Enjoy with us a unique lounge with Egyptian ambiance and tasty meals and drinks.
Date: 2009/11/12, 5:00 p.m.
Venue:
Marooush
Restaurant · Lounge · Bar · Club
Knesebeckstr. 48
10719 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Here some pictures from the round table at Marooush:
The unbelievable Machine Company added a second 1Gbit/s port and has now a total of 2Gbit/s Peering capacity at BCIX.
This morning at 5:00 a.m. we activated our new Brocade BigIron RX-8 Switch at e-shelter facility Berlin. Not only, that now have eight 10Gbit/s Ports installed in this location, we also activated our first DWDM system. We’re currently using a 8 channel DWDM system and started with two channels. That means that we now have a 20Gbit/s connection from e-shelter facility to I/P/B/ Carrier-Colo which can easily scaled up to 80Gbit/s without service interruption. Thanks to Steffen David (BCIX) and Mario Apitz (The unbelievable Machine Company) for support.
http.net ( AS12574 ) will upgrade bandwidth at BCIX from 100MBit/s to 1GBit/s. The new port will be installed at BCIX location I/P/B/ (L105).
Venue:
40seconds
Potsdamer Straße 58
Ecke Schöneberger Ufer 47
10785 Berlin
Here some pictures from the roundtable:
We’re glad to announce a new BCIX member: Questico AG, the 7th BCIX e.V. member in 2009. Questico will connect with 1Gbit/s at BCIX location e-shelter (N15).
We’d like to welcome the 6th BCIX e.V. member in 2009: OpenCarrier eG will connect with 1Gbit/s at BCIX location Lützowstrasse 105 (L105).
Versatel (AS8881) will add another Port with 1GBit/s at BCIX location I/P/B/ (L105).
Russian network operator RETN Ltd. upgrades port to 10Gbit/s.

