Written by: Jerome Favis | CoreSite Senior Network Engineer

CoreSite would like to thank the following companies for having recently joined the Any2 community or for their recent port upgrade.

SK Broadband

• AS Number: 9318
• POC Name: Seung Ha Jung
• POC Email: NOC@skbroadband.com
• POC Phone: +82 6266-6767
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.167
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:7C

M5 Computer Security

• AS Number: 21581
• POC Name: Joe Renwick
• POC Email: joe@gonetforward.com
• POC Phone: +1 800-719-0504
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.175
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:82

Credit.com, Inc.

• AS Number: 393227
• POC Name: Brian Vowell
• POC Email: brian@credit.com
• POC Phone: +1 415-901-1560
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.176
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:84
• [Any2 Northern California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.51.41.19
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:3:0:0:0:17

Softlayer Technologies, Inc.

• AS Number: 36351
• POC Name: Eric Kujawski
• POC Email: ekujawski@softlayer.com
• POC Phone: +1 214-442-0583
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.131
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:80

WebNX.com

• AS Number: 18450
• POC Name: Daniel Pauntz
• POC Email: noc@webnx.com
• POC Phone: +1 800.840.5996 Ext.3
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.172
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:88

PLDT (US) Ltd.

• AS Number: 9299
• POC Name: Caroline Ignacio
• POC Email: cmignacio@pldtus.com
• POC Phone: +1 213-623-9401
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.177
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:8A

Metrobridge International, Inc.

• AS Number: 25976
• POC Name: Chris Vadneau
• POC Email: vee@hotmail.com
• POC Phone: +1 604-562-1680
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.178
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:8B

Peer 1 Network

Upgraded to 10 Gigabit Ethernet

• AS Number:
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.79
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:83

Fireline Broadband, Inc.

Upgraded to 1 Gigabit Ethernet

• AS Number: 40511
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.93
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:87

Bandwidth Consulting

Upgraded to 10 Gigabit Ethernet

• AS Number: 26769
• [Any2 California]
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.150
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:4F

For a list of peering participants, please visit www.CoreSite.com.

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If you will be heading to Austin, TX for the upcoming NANOG show (Feb 21-24), please email Mark.Jobson@CoreSite.com to schedule a meeting with one of our peering/operations team members.

We would love to meet up at the event and see how things are going.

If you need additional information on the show, click here for the official event page.

Safe travels to all attending!

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CoreSite will be expanding our Boston data center in Q2′2010, adding 12,000SF of new data center space, security upgrades, and re-designed public-use areas.

Additionally, CoreSite’s Any2 Northeast will be extended to Boston by the end of March 2010, providing interconnection opportunities between CoreSite’s Boston, New York, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC data centers. 

The official release is below. 

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CORESITE TO EXPAND ITS BOSTON DATA CENTER

The Boston data center expansion will include 12,000 square feet of raised floor space, access to CoreSite’s Any2 Northeast Internet exchange, and enhanced security features.

Denver, CO – February 4, 2010 – National data center, colocation and peering provider, CoreSite, announced today the expansion of its Boston data center located at 70 Innerbelt Road in Somerville, Massachusetts. The project includes an additional 12,000 square feet of data center space and power to be delivered in the second quarter of 2010.

The additional wholesale data center and cage-to-cabinet colocation space will be capable of cooling high performance computing environments and will feature access to CoreSite’s Any2 Northeast Internet exchange. Any2 Northeast is a distributed exchange point that facilitates interconnection between CoreSite’s Boston, New York, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC data centers.

CoreSite will also further enhance the data center’s security with additional mantraps and biometric scanners, and gated, access-controlled parking with perimeter fencing. CoreSite received a SAS 70 Type II certification at the data center in March 2009.

“The additional wholesale data center and colocation space will meet the growing demands of our existing customer base and prospective New England enterprises,” commented David Dunn, CoreSite’s senior vice president of marketing and business development. “We anticipate having the entire expansion phase completed and ready for occupancy by the end of May 2010.”

About CoreSite
CoreSite partners with customers to provide reliable, secure data centers that improve business continuity and promote the growth of their ICT infrastructure. The company builds and manages data centers across the United States, offering more than two million square feet of wholesale data center space and cage-to-cabinet colocation to more than 500 customers. A Carlyle portfolio company, CoreSite delivers the level of security, service, and network access businesses need to compete in the global marketplace. Visit www.CoreSite.com for additional information.

CoreSite Media Contact:

Mark Jobson, Marketing Director
+1 303.405.1004 | +1 866.777.CORE

Mark.Jobson@CoreSite.com

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CoreSite wishes the Any2 community a very Happy New Year!

We are pleased to announce CoreSite’s Any2 Northeast exchange is live and ready for peering between CoreSite data centers at 12100 Sunrise Valley Drive in Northern Virginia, 1275 K Street in Washington, DC and 32 Avenue of the Americas in New York City (collectively “Any2 Northeast”).  Also, we are proud to announce the planned expansion of Any2 Northeast to CoreSite’s Boston data center (70 Innerbelt) by the end of Q1.

CoreSite is still accepting charter membership requests for Any2 Northeast. We encourage you to reach out to either Jerome Favis (Jerome.Favis@CoreSite.com) or Kevin Knight (Kevin.Knight@CoreSite.com) to discuss how Any2 Northeast could improve your network.

 Happy peering and we wish you an excellent start to 2010!

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The Northeast Exchange is a regional Ethernet exchange supporting both Any2 public peering traffic and point-to-point Ethernet connections.  Here are some descriptions on the Any2 Northeast Exchange network: 

• Any2 is divided into 3 separate networks in the NE, with one of those networks operating as the distributed Any2 NE Exchange
  • 12100 Sunrise Valley (Reston) and 1275 K St (Washington, DC)– 206.51.40.0/24
  • 32 Ave. of the Americas (New York) – 206.51.45.0/24
  • 70 Innerbelt (Boston) – 206.51.42.0/24
• Each location allows a network to peer within only that location (i.e. 70 Innerbelt participants within VLAN 103 only)
• Each location allows a network to peer with all other networks on the NE Exchange, VLAN 101
• We currently have route servers available on the NE Exchange (IP address range 206.51.40.0)
• Any2 VLAN 101 supports FastE, GE, 10GE ports 
• Any2 VLAN 103 and 106 supports FastE, and GE 

This discussion is relative to the Ethernet network which underlies Any2.  The Ethernet network will support the following interconnection types: 

• Point-to-point Ethernet.  This is for companies that want to use our long distance Ethernet as a bridge between their own POPs via a VLAN ID.  We establish a FastE or GE port, and deliver the connection at both ends.
• Customer-to-customer Ethernet.  There is a customer in one data center desiring an Ethernet interconnection with a customer in another data center.  We establish a FastE or GE port, VLAN, and deliver the connection at both ends.
• Customer Virtual Private Network in multiple cities.  If a customer is present in more than two facilities we can create a virtual private network using our Ethernet network to make the customer look as if they have a VPN established among all locations.  We establish a FastE or GE port, VLAN, and deliver the connection at all ends.

 For more information please contact Jerome Favis at (213) 327-1208 or by email at Jerome.Favis@CoreSite.com.

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Everyone from CoreSite, Fujitsu and Intermedia would like to thank those who joined us last Thursday in Palo Alto for the Any2 meeting and Bay Area networking event.  Altogether, there were approximately 130 people who attended.

An email will be sent to all who RSVP’d with the presentations from the event: Fujitsu’s “Network Convergence” presentation, Brocade’s “40GB/100GB Optical” presentation, and Bob Evans’ “Any2Easy” presentation.

There will also be a PDF on CoreSite’s newest data center in Santa Clara, opening at the end of Q1′2010.

If you do not receive an email or simply wish to request this directly from CoreSite, please email Mark Jobson and he will respond as soon as possible.

We encourage you to visit the sponsor websites at your convenience:   www.fujitsu.com   |   www.intermedia.com

Moving into 2010, CoreSite looks forward to putting on more regional events than ever before.  So, be sure to keep an eye out for our emails.  If you have additional colleagues/peers you wish to add to our event invitation list, please have them submit a sign-up request at www.CoreSite.com/Signup.php.  Another excellent way to stay in the loop with all things CoreSite is to join our new Facebook and Twitter pages.  We will be releasing invites and press releases on these sites before public notification or mass e-vites, as well as posting event photos.

Many thanks to Fujitsu and Intermedia for all of their input and support on this event!

As always, if you have any questions or comments regarding Any2, please email Info@CoreSite.com or Any2@CoreSite.com.

Have a fantastic rest of the week.

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Thanks to all that have RSVP’d for Thursday’s Any2 meeting this point! 

The agenda for the Any2 meeting is as follows:

• 3:00pm-3:05pm | Introduction – by David Dunn, CoreSite SVP Sales & Marketing
• 3:05pm-3:15pm | Any2 Updates, Any2 Northeast – by Dominic Tobin, CoreSite VP of Operations and Jerome Favis, CoreSite Senior Network Manager
• 3:15pm-3:45pm | The Converging Carrier Network and Impacts to Your Business – by Jim Orr, Fujitsu Principal Network Architect
• 3:45pm-4:00pm | Networking Break
• 4:00pm-4:15pm | Any2Easy – by Bob Evans, Founder & CTO of the Fiber Internet Center 
• 4:15pm-4:30pm | Guest Speaker – Intermedia 
• 4:30pm-5:00pm | 40/100GB Optical – by Dr. Norival Figueira, Brocade Product Manager 
• 5:00pm-5:15pm | Networking/Break 
• 5:15pm-5:35pm | Peering Speed Dating – give your one minute intro and see if you are a peering match for the person across the table
• 5:35pm-5:50pm | Open Forum Discussion, Q&A – moderated by Dominic Tobin 
• 5:50pm | Closing Remarks 
• 6:00pm | Event Closed

There is still time to RSVP if you haven’t already.  To do so, please visit http://www.CoreSite.com/BayAreaEvent.php and submit the form as soon as is possible.  You are also welcome to attend the Melt networking event immediately following the meeting at Melt Ultralounge in Palo Alto.  Current head count for this event is 150.  Same link to RSVP.

Thanks for your time and we look forward to seeing you on Thursday.

If you have any questions, please email Mark.Jobson@CoreSite.com or Jerome.

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Here is an update on the annual Any2 meeting:

• Date: Thursday, October 8th
• Time: 3-6 PM (Any2 Meeting), 6-9 PM (Executive Networking Event)
• Meeting Venue: Garden Court Hotel (downtown Palo Alto)
• Networking Event Venue: Melt Ultra Lounge (downtown Palo Alto)
• Event Landing Page (RSVPs): www.CoreSite.com/BayAreaEvent.php

Employees from Any2 participant organizations are encouraged to attend, along with those interested in peering on Any2 from new organizations.

The event is complimentary and you are welcome to bring a guest.

The agenda for the meeting portion will be released soon.  Generally speaking, we will introduce the Any2 executive team, go over Any2 updates, have an open forum discussion, several guest speakers, and most importantly, peering-specific networking where members can make new relationships.

The networking event following the Any2 meeting will be open to a wider audience of all Any2 participants as well as executives from our data center customers and prospects.  This will be an excellent forum to speak with organizations who may have space with CoreSite in the Bay Area, but are not currently on Any2.

At the end of the day, it is going to be a relaxed atmosphere, where you can enjoy some good beverages, meet new people, talk shop, and purely have an excellent Thursday evening.

We are working on discounted hotel rooms for anyone wanting to make the trip up from LA or other locations.

Please visit the event landing page at http://www.CoreSite.com/BayAreaEvent.php to RSVP and for additional information.

If you have special requests or prefer to communicate via email, please reach out to Any2@CoreSite.com or to me directly at Mark.Jobson@CoreSite.com.

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Written by: Jerome Favis | CoreSite Senior Network Engineer

Any2 Participant Update – 1 Sept 2009

CoreSite would like to welcome the following networks to the Any2 community.

Any2 California – San Francisco Bay Area:

NASA Ames (55 S. Market)

Any2 California - Los Angeles Area:

Transtelco, Inc. (One Wilshire)

• AS Number: 32098
• POC Name: Manuel Marin
• POC Email: mmg@transtelco.net
• POC Phone: +1 915.217.2232
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.171
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:71

BTI America (One Wilshire)

• AS Number: 6648
• POC Name: Sherwin T. Ang
• POC Email: stang@bayan.com.ph
• POC Phone: +63 2.449.3506
• IPv4 Address: 206.223.143.59
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:0:0:0:0:15

 Any2 Northern California:

 NASA Ames (55 S. Market)

• AS Number: 24
• POC Name: Bobby Cates
• POC Email: bobby.g.cates@nasa.gov
• POC Phone: +1 650.793.8753
• IPv4 Address: 206.51.41.18
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:3:0:0:0:13

 Energy Group Networks, LLC (55 S. Market)

• AS Number: 18779
• POC Name: Scott Brookshire
• POC Email: peering@egihosting.com
• POC Phone: +1 408.228.4448
• IPv4 Address: 206.51.41.20
• IPv6 Address: 2001:504:13:3:0:0:0:14

 For real-time Any2 traffic statistics, please visit our Any2 Performance Chart Page.

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Written by: Keith Kuhlman | CoreSite IT Director

Looking across the network, there has been quite a bit of growth on Any2 since my last involvement.  We now have 2.5 GBs across the 10 GB wavelength from LA to the Bay Area.  The San Jose VLAN, for those wishing to peer locally, has gained traction with several Gigabits of local traffic.  Any2 Northeast looks to be off to a great start as well.  If you are interested in becoming a charter member of Any2 Northeast, please contact us at Any2@CoreSite.com.

Any2 Northeast Exchange Update

We are close to final implementation of our 10 GB connection between our 32 Avenue of the Americas data center in New York to our 1275 K Street data center in Washington, DC, which is then connected to our Reston, VA data center.  It will be very exciting to see the three data centers connected.

Jerome Favis on Vacation: 9/3-9/11

Please note that  Jerome Favis, CoreSite Senior Network Engineer, will be on vacation from September 3-11.  For some reason, Jerome always vacations in exotic destinations where his phone does not work.  Never fear, we have everything covered to ensure your needs will be met during his absence.  Please forward any email you would normally send to Jerome directly to Any2@CoreSite.com and your communication will be routed to the corresponding CoreSite employee.

Happy Labor Day!

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