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Two new seats to be filled at France-IX’s board

17 December 2020 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

Two seats were renewed at our last General Meeting, held remotely on 15 December 2020. Congratulations to Sarah Nataf who joined France-IX’s board and Christian Kaufmann, who was re-elected. However, no less than fours seats were made available as Clément Cavadore, Greg Villain and Jérôme Fleury saw their mandate expire on this date. We are thus organising a second General Meeting, this time without the presence of members. This Extraordinary session will be dedicated to the election of the 2 remaining seats…

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France-IX et Rezopole ne font plus qu’un

15 December 2020 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

C’est désormais officiel : France-IX et Rezopole ont fusionné ! Tout d’abord, nous souhaitons tous vous remercier pour votre participation active au vote : votre engagement a réellement rendu possible cette nouvelle étape importante. La fusion a en effet été largement approuvée par 95 % des membres France-IX et 94 % des membres Rezopole. Nous sommes impatients d’emmener France-IX ensemble vers la prochaine étape de sa croissance ! Félicitations à Sarah Nataf qui intègre le conseil d’Administration et Christian Kaufmann,…

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France-IX and Rezopole become one

15 December 2020 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

It is now official: France-IX and Rezopole have merged! First we would like to thank you all for your active participation in the voting process: your involvement has truly made possible this great step forward. The merger was largely approved by 95% of France-IX members and 94% of Rezopole members. We look forward to taking France-IX to the next level of growth all together! Congratulations to Sarah Nataf who joins France-IX’s board and Christian Kaufmann, who is re-elected in these exciting times, and…

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New France-IX board members: why not you?

5 November 2020 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

Dear France-IX Members, The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge for companies from all backgrounds. More particularly, in our Internet industry, resilience – both for people and networks – was the keyword to steer through the uncertainty and keep the businesses running, while maintaining the customer at the centre of all concerns. Our 2020 General Meeting, held virtually for the first time this year on 15 December, comes in this particular time along with the vote to renew France-IX’s Board….

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Conseil d’Administration France-IX : pourquoi pas vous ?

5 November 2020 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

Chers Membres France-IX, L’épidémie de COVID-19 constitue un défi sans précédent pour les entreprises de tous les horizons. Plus particulièrement, dans notre secteur Internet, la résilience – aussi bien des personnes que des réseaux – a été le maître mot pour traverser cette période d’incertitude et poursuivre leurs activités, tout en conservant le client au centre de toutes les préoccupations. Notre Assemblée Générale 2020, qui se tiendra virtuellement pour la première fois cette année le 15 décembre prochain, intervient en…

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Q2 and Q3 2020 Technical Update

2 November 2020 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

You will find below a summary of the technical activities that have taken place at France-IX during the second and third quarters of 2020: General news High capacity optical infrastructure for the launch of Wave Circuit service An invitation to tender was sent to four optical systems vendors, asking for a new OTN platform with enhanced density and the ability to aggregate 10Gbps ports. We selected Nokia’s optical proposition : To gain more 100Gbps OTN density, the 1830 PSI-M will…

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Rapport technique Q2 et Q3 2020

2 November 2020 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

Voici un résumé de l’activité de l’équipe technique de France-IX au cours des deuxième et troisième trimestres 2020 : Actualités générales Une infrastructure de transmission optique capacitaire pour le lancement d’un service de Circuits Wave Deux nouveaux besoins se sont manifestés sur l’infrastructure optique ces derniers trimestres : disposer de châssis plus denses, et être capable d’agréger des circuits 10GE. Afin de les adresser, quatre constructeurs de matériel optique ont été consultés. Nous avons in fine sélectionné la solution de…

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Q1 2020 TECHNICAL UPDATE

2 June 2020 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

The France-IX technical team did not spare any effort despite the challenging circumstances these past few months. Check this full report for details of actions conducted during the first quarter: General news: More OTN muxponders Following the trend of traffic growth of our Scaleway DC3 PoP, we’ve decided to upgrade its backbone technology from passive DWDM multiplexing to OTN muxponders (Infinera Groove G30). This change had already been done on many France-IX links. Four OTN muxponders were installed, providing…

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RAPPORT TECHNIQUE Q1 2020

2 June 2020 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

L’équipe technique France-IX n’a pas épargné ses efforts malgré le contexte difficile ces derniers mois. Voici le rapport complet des actions menées sur le premier trimestre 2020 : Actualités générales : Déploiement de muxponders OTN : Afin de répondre à la croissance de trafic sur notre PoP DC3 de Scaleway, nous avons décidé de procéder à un upgrade de la technologie du backbone, en passant des multiplexeurs DWDM passifs à des muxponders OTN (Infinera Groove G30). Ce changement avait déjà…

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COVID-19 situation status

23 March 2020 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

France-IX is committed to keep up with its mission to providing an interconnection platform and to be a facilitatorAs a major player of the Internet in France, France-IX has undertaken all necessary measures to ensure protection and security of his employees, prevent unsanitary living conditions, keep services up and running and help customers boost their capacities to cope with anticipated traffic increase potentially due to remote work. Impact on France-IX services: Current France-IX traffic has reached an unprecedented level on…

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