IXEurope, a provider of outsourced datacenter services, today announced that it has upgraded TIX Internet Exchange in Zurich.
 
According to the company, the addition of a Foundry Big Iron 8000 switch in the Zurich 2 IXDatacenter will allow IXEurope customers to take resilient connections to the TIX infrastructure. Owned by IXEurope since April 2001, with 60 ISPs, TIX works as a central hub for all Swiss internet traffic. Currently, TIX is running at 3Gigabits per second peak peering rates. The upgrade incorporates a second physical location, TIX2, which provides increased capacity, space for expansion and the ability to create redundant peering to increase resilience.

"Since our acquisition of TIX, we've seen the demand for capacity increase steadily, but significantly, mirroring the steady growth of Internet usage as broadband really takes off. This investment in our Zurich presence represents not only the popularity of our facility, but also signals our ongoing commitment to providing a first-class service to Swiss enterprises," said Guy Willner, IXEurope CEO.