The Open Cloud Exchange: What It Is, What’s New and Why Use It
Data centers have always been a point of interconnection – remember “carrier hotels?” Today, thanks to digital transformation (DX), data centers are crucibles ...
Dark Fiber vs. Lit Fiber Networks Pros and Cons
Prior to the 1970s, communication networks ran over copper wire. By the 1990s, however, with the internet taking off, it became clear that organizations would ...
Interconnection, Data Resiliency New Drivers for Colocation Data Centers in 2023
The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? Not really, especially when it comes to why enterprises of all sizes and across multiple industries ...
What is a Digital Ecosystem?
If you’ve been around the data center world for a while, you’ve probably heard the buzzword “digital ecosystem.” It’s an industry term alluding to the entire ...
What is an Internet Exchange?
The Beatles great Ringo Starr sang, “I get by with a little help from my friends.” Today’s global internet is a massive kumbaya of IT infrastructure friends of ...
What Is the CoreSite Any2Exchange?
Before we jump into a discussion of the CoreSite Any2Exchange®, which is an internet peering exchange, let’s set the stage. Peering refers to an exchange of ...