London Internet Exchange (LINX)

#LINXat30 Fact 11: #LINXManchester was born in 2012 or as it was originally referenced #IXManchester. A regional interconnection hub for the north of the UK to keep traffic local. The network has grown, as has the member numbers and traffic levels. #FlashbackFriday to the 10th birthday celebrations at #LINX116 in Manchester 🎉 🐝

It's time to discover the full potential of the LINX Member Portal at our live demo on Friday, 8th November 2024. Ideal for network engineers, service managers, and operational teams, this session will demonstrate the LINX portal’s self-service capabilities, from monitoring traffic to managing services and connectivity in real time. Hosted by our Product Development Manager, Mike Hellers, you’ll gain firsthand insights into tools designed to streamline workflows, save time, and enhance network control. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e6rXEU_R #learnwithlinx #LINXwebinar #LINXPortal #SelfService #PeeringandMore #IXP #Connectivity

#LINXat30 Fact 10: LINX onboard new technical partner Juniper Networks in 2011 as they embark on a redesign of the LON1 London interconnection fabric. The redesign allowed new services to be deployed like VLAN tagging and 100G ports, but was also scalable enough to cope with the predicted additional traffic anticipated by the London 2012 Olympic Games taking place the following year. Read the technical news release from the Juniper Networks archives in full https://lnkd.in/eK5C2vHr

Systel Limited, a leading telecommunications and network services provider in Kenya, are the first provider to enable the Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS) at #LINXNairobi 🎉 MAPS is a unique service that LINX offer as an official partner of Microsoft, allowing networks to improve connectivity via a direct route to Microsoft (AS8075) with no minimum traffic levels required.  With the integration of MAPS, Systel will benefit from low-latency performance for their end user usage of services like Microsoft365, Dynamics365, Teams or any other Microsoft service accessible with the public internet.   Mike Hellers, Product Development Manager for LINX commented; “LINX MAPS is becoming a very popular service for us in the UK for networks in the enterprise and public sector industries. We are thrilled to be able to launch this service only this month in Nairobi and already we have Systel adopting this solution in their networking strategy...." "It’s a unique service that the local ISPs here can really take advantage of as it requires no minimum traffic levels and it can be incorporated alongside other LINX services like peering, through one of our multi-service ports.” Read the full story of Systel's LINX journey here https://lnkd.in/eB9AU3DT #PeeringandMore #AzurePeering #Interconnection #NetworkStrategy #IXP #Peering #MultiServicePorts #LINX #LowLatency #DirectPeering

#LINXat30 Fact 9: It's 2009 and LINX was experiencing peak traffic of over 500Gbps and total connected capacity surpassed 2Tbps. Then CEO John Souter was also interviewed by Royal Academy of Engineering publication Ingenia, for an article titled 'How the Internet is Really Wired' - a great overview of how LINX was born, the state of the Internet in 2009 and what the predictions were then for the future of LINX and IXPs... https://lnkd.in/ez-BwBNM #TheInternet #PeeringandMore #Engineering #IXP #Peering

#LINXat30 Fact 8: In 2008 LINX broke out of the Docklands and expanded their London network considerably by adding 3 new locations to the interconnection fabric. As they were referred to then... the new sites were Telecity Powergate in the West of London, Interxion in the City and Equinix in Slough. Thanks to Colo-X for the pic taken from https://lnkd.in/eJssfcda #PeeringandMore #DataCentres #IXP #Networks #Colocation

Take a look at our latest article where LINX Head of Marketing Megan Atkins took a day off her marketing and member engagement duties to shadow the LINX Engineers in the Network Operations Centre (NOC). "It was an eye-opening experience that gave me a better understanding of the hard work behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly for our members..." #JobSwap #ADayinTheLife #NetworkOperations #NOC #Engineering #IXP #TeamLINX #PeeringandMore #247 #Engineers #NetworkEngineering

#LINXat30 Fact7: We brought forward our 10th anniversary celebrations to September 2004 to share the milestone with the RIPE NCC community as #RIPE49 was taking place in Manchester, UK. This week in Prague you can meet with the LINX team as they attend #RIPE89!

#LINXat30 Fact 6: In April 2002 LINX becomes the first European Internet Exchange Point (IXP) to introduce 10Gb ethernet technology, using equipment from Foundry Networks. Thanks to Mark Jackson and the ISPreview.co.uk for this news story from the archives!

#LINXat30 Fact 5: We launched our private interconnection service for members in 2001. One of the first Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) to offer this service. A unique, fast and simple way of establishing a dedicated connection between two LINX members. The service is available only at LINX in London from Digital Realty, London LHR20, Sovereign House and the Telehouse Docklands Campus.