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1 2013 Netnod proud host of the European Peering Forum in Iceland page 8–13 Network redundancy – the advantages of the Netnod model page 5–7 Work meets pleasure You are cordially invited to ... – your travel guide to the – the Netnod autumn meeting upcoming industry events PAGE 4 no freaking paper, PAGE 17–18 i want it on my smartphone. Word from the CEO board until the end, and stayed actively pressure in the market, mostly from involved with Netnod and the IX world. very low transit costs. Netnod will, therefore, use old and fully depreciated Since I joined in July 2002, Netnod has equipment to offer low bandwidth and grown significantly, but we have always low cost entry points into peering for stayed true to our original vision of smaller providers. Netnod sees this acting for “the good of the Internet”. as part of our commitment to work for the good of the Internet in Sweden. Our aim in meeting that vision has By also bringing the smallest ISPs been to operate our two core into Netnod’s peering fabric, they can businesses, the Internet Exchange enjoy the benefit of access to content, Points in Sweden and the DNS in- as well as the potential to peer with the frastructure, as world-class services. largest eyeball networks in the region. The dedicated and hardworking team This complements the Netnod Reach at Netnod has worked on evolving reseller product that we launched last these services over the years and we year and provides yet another stepping- Netnod was founded at the will continue to do so. stone for peering in northern Europe. end of 1996 with the mission There’s work underway at Netnod to replace the to run critical Internet “... Netnod has grown existing IX switches. Early this summer, we infrastructure for “the good significantly, but we completed the change of switch platform in of the Internet”. The Internet Stockholm, allowing have always stayed true us to provide more Exchange Point D-GIX, cost-effective 100GE operated at KTH (The Royal to our original vision ...” ports in Stockholm, at a higher port density. Institute of Technology), We will be replacing the For our DNSNODE platform, which switches at the IXs outside of Stock- needed a new home, and thus provides anycast services to TLDs holm, providing us with higher port around the world, we have long density, but allowing us to expand the Netnod was created! operated the most comprehensive Netnod Reach services to other parts statistical analysis tools in the market, of Sweden. Hans Wallberg from SUNET (the and we are working on new feature Swedish University Network), who was sets which will allow DNSNODE users It has been a busy year so far at a key figure in Internet development, even more advanced analysis of DNS Netnod, and something tells me, this played a crucial role in this process. queries and traffic patterns. As with our autumn will be even busier! Sadly, Hans passed away much too previous tools, this will be available via early, this year in June, after a period APIs which our users can build their of illness. Hans will be much missed own tools around. For the IX services, by all of us here at Netnod, in the we are continuing our work with Internet community in Sweden and providing more cost-effective CEO, Kurt Erik Lindqvist abroad. He remained chair of the connectivity options for smaller Netnod ISPs. We are well aware of the price www.netnod.se • issue 1 | 2013 2 Netnod also seems very dedicated to the Internet community and includes IXP member upgrades all its staff in feeling part of the company’s mission, which I appreciate. – TDC, AS3292 I must also add that I am comforted [email protected] by a notice in the kitchen that includes – ComHem, AS39651 an anti-dinosaur emblem, and [email protected] announces that Netnod has been – Elisa, AS3336 a “velociraptor-free” workplace for [email protected] 237407034889 number of days (someone diligently updates this figure – Rostelecom, AS12389 on a regular basis. Thank you). [email protected] – Netflix, AS2906 What are your main objectives and [email protected] challenges at Netnod at the moment? – Amazon, AS16509 Mastering my new role and developing [email protected] a fuller understanding of the company’s – Akamai, AS20940 operations. Welcome [email protected] What is your favourite drink and why? – Hi3G, AS44034 to Netnod, Water. I need it to be able to fully enjoy [email protected] other drinks ... and food! – COMCOR, AS8732 Sarah! [email protected] How do you like to spend your free – MegaFon, AS31133 time? [email protected] Netnod is happy to have I draw, paint, read, and dream up various creative projects for myself. Sarah Pratt onboard as an Administrator, let’s get to know her a bit better. New IXP members TransTeleCom, AS20485 munication company on the Ukrainian TransTeleCom operates the largest market. They offer integrated services Tell us about your background. Where fibreoptic communications network in to corporate clients and communication have you worked and lived before? Russia: it’s over 75,000 km long and operators. I’ve now lived in four countries: I was has a capacity over 1 600 Gbps. The Contact: [email protected] born and raised in Zimbabwe, lived network goes along the railway and has in South Africa during my university more than 1000 access nodes in all regions Justin.tv, AS46489 years, moved to the UK in my early of Russia and connects Europe and Asia. Justin.tv provides a platform where twenties to start my working life, and Contact: [email protected] anyone can share live video. As one of then moved to Stockholm to live with the original and largest live streaming my partner. In London I worked mostly UAB Bitė Lietuva, AS13194 platforms, Justin.tv lets viewers watch for financial firms providing M&A UAB Bitė Lietuva is a telecommunications more than 300 million live streams in research support, so Netnod is a operator in Lithuania, which ensures over 250 countries each month. refreshing change for me. modern, high-quality and customer Contact: [email protected] friendly services. What was your first impression of Contact: [email protected] Netnod? Very positive. I quickly got the impression Golden Telecom, AS3216 Nurani Nimpuno Head of Outreach and Communications that Netnod takes care of its staff. Golden Telecom is the leading telecom- www.netnod.se • issue 1 | 2013 3 Join us in Stockholm The Netnod autumn meeting will take place in Stockholm 3-4 October. To spice up the agenda this time we have invited for the Netnod a few well-known names from the industry: Jason Kleeh from Brocade will present “Orchestrating the Cloud with SDN”, autumn meeting Martin Levy from Hurricane Electric will take to the stage with his “Geo analysis of ASNs and peering data”, and Andreas Sjöman from Voddler will share the latest from the streaming side of the industry. Thanks to our social sponsor Brocade we have the pleasure to bring you to one of our favourite restaurants in Stockholm. “Orangeriet”. We hope to see you all in Stockholm! Are you joining us? Contact Emelie Carlsson at [email protected] grow with the needs of the industry,” video services, and gaming. With New switches says Netnod CEO Kurt Erik Lindqvist. the new equipment, Netnod’s IXP in Netnod’s IXP platforms in Stockholm Stockholm is well positioned to keep its at Netnod have recently seen an increase in leading position as one of the largest content providers using them to reach IXPs in Europe. Netnod has upgraded its layer 2 IXP the northern European markets, and platforms in Stockholm to MLXe-32 the older machines where becoming The recent upgrade went smoothly and machines, which have been in short of slots. Netnod also expects to took place without any problems. operation since the beginning of June. have higher demands on interconnect bandwidth from its members in the future, due to the increasing Håkan Hellström “With the new equipment, Netnod Head of Operations gains higher port density and is able to availability of streaming content, online We had some problems getting the Don’t worry! This is easily solved by Pierre, Kurtis All good and safe. Time to open the boxes and get the switches equipment through the door. and … a crowbar! down to the bunkers. www.netnod.se • issue 1 | 2013 4 Redundancy & the Netnod advantage Operators typically commit to their users that they will maintain high levels of reliability and packet delivery with low latency. Achieving network redundancy is one of the most important strategies for meeting those commitments, and Netnod services are specifically designed with redundancy in mind. The design of Netnod’s connection model in Stockholm, in particular, is a leading example offering many advantages for operators who require highly redundant interconnection services. What is network redundancy? network topology and help networks IXPs in other cities are all by dark Redundancy is the ability of a network route packets around link and router fibre, arranged with one of the local to withstand a failure without failures. However, routing around access providers listed on the Netnod significantly affecting users, usually problems is only possible if an web site. achieved by deploying secondary alternative path exists. This is why resources. Failures may span a the design of Netnod’s Internet From a logical perspective, the spectrum of outcomes from degraded Exchange Point (IXP) services is customer routers function as though service – such as packet loss – to a so important. they are connected on a shared full outage, affecting a subset of users Ethernet segment (configured with both or the entire user base.