The activation of a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Ml5, the Italian datacenter, announced by Mix- Milan Internet Exchange
made by Equinix in Settimo Milanese, at the gates of the Lombard capital. The new Mix-in Ml5 node adds to the coverage of the public peering network already present today in the major datacenters of the country.It explains the main interchange point (Ixp) of Italian Internet networks and among the first in Europe in terms of traffic conveyed, with daily traffic peaks of over 1.7 Tbps. In particular, the PoP connects customers at 100Gbps and is served in double way to the Mix-It peering Lan network, to which over 350 networks with a total capacity exceeding 10 Tbps are interconnected. It is therefore possible to connect to Mix in Ml5 with 10Ge, 100Ge and multiple ports through the ability of the Mix switches to balance IP traffic in full wire speed mode.
Like all the primary nodes of Mix, “the architecture is designed to guarantee total reliability on different paths for all customers in ML5 who want to connect to the peering LAN with redundant connections. The service will certainly meet the needs of content owners and content distributors. To enhance the user experience while using its services, Mix also announced that it has launched a new version of the Mix Customer Portal ©, the online platform dedicated to Mix customers. The new release features several new features including greater control in the management of personal data and improved traffic statistics. “Mix continues to increase its presence by investing in the development of Internet interconnection platforms and thus favoring a virtuous path of growth for operators in the sector “said Alessandro Talotta, Chairman & Executive President Mix. Mix is located on the Caldera campus in Milan and is” one of the few IX Europeans with its own datacenter where it offers interconnection services to over 350 Italian and foreign companies with their own independent network (As), guaranteeing a high quality service, scalability and robustness “.
Mix remembers being “the first Italian Ixp a pass the strict controls required by the Iso27001: 2013 certification, a standard that covers all the safety aspects of systems and IT processes “ and that it “also obtained the Oix-1 certification of Open-Ix (issued at 14 Ixp in the world), confirming the level of excellence in terms of safety and reliability of the services of the main Italian Ixp”. Mix is one of the founding members of Open Hub Med, the first neutral hub in Italy for the interconnection of the networks of the Mediterranean basin towards Northern Europe.