Peering basics: a closer look at Internet Exchanges
In my previous blog post, I gave an overview of public and private peering, discussing the pros and cons of each. Today we’ll take a closer look at the most cost-effective form: public peering.
Category: IaaS
Read up on all the news and developments in the broader IaaS Industry.
Leaseweb Cloud services expanding into the U.S.
Many of you probably know about our Cloud services in the Netherlands. In fact, since our new platform was launched, we’ve seen thousands of customers using our Express Cloud to host their applications. I’ve talked to quite a few of them and when I ask what they would like us to add, the answer is […]
Using Basic Firewall to protect your Leaseweb Express Cloud instance
A while back we introduced the free Basic Firewall functionality for all Express Cloud Servers ordered after the 19th of March 2012. This is an easy way to add an extra layer of protection to your Cloud instance at no additional cost. Many customers are now using the Basic Firewall to further protect their infrastructure […]
Leaseweb now has a 100GE connection to AMS-IX!
I’m proud to announce that we have established a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) connection to AMS-IX. The new Ethernet standard allows ten times the amount of traffic to be sent over one line compared to the previous standard of 10GE, thereby significantly improving bandwidth utilization. It’s a big technological leap forward: 100GE increases our capacity […]
All aboard the Leaseweb airplane! Destination: The Cloud
Cloud is one of the hottest topics in the industry right now. But how many hosting providers can literally take you into the clouds? This summer, we are creating aeronautical adventures with the Leaseweb Cloud 330 experience!
IPv6 Launch Day: Leaseweb reflects
Organized by the Internet Society, ‘World IPv6 Day’ on 8 June 2011 saw top websites and internet service providers around the world successfully trial the new protocol. This gave participants a chance to investigate known challenges of IPv6 adoption further and for a few new challenges to present themselves. In the year that has followed, […]
Introducing free Basic Firewall functionality for Leaseweb Cloud Express
As part of our continuous work to add exciting new functionality and further improve our products, we just released a new feature for the Leaseweb Express Cloud product. As of today, you can find a new section our Customer Portal: Firewall Management for Cloud!
IPv4 Efficiency
With IPv4 Exhaustion catching up, Leaseweb’s network and innovation experts have been busy for the past few years thinking of new ways to support our customers and become smarter with our IPv4 usage. This is of course done hand in hand with preparing, educating and promoting the use of IPv6 on our network.
Small preview of a new Leaseweb Cloud feature
We keep adding new features to the Leaseweb Cloud, evolving it into one of the strongest Cloud platforms on the market. A new update will be released soon, so be sure to watch this space for news about all the developments! In the meantime, here’s a small preview of a new feature that we will […]
IPv4 & IPv6 interoperability and the Leaseweb network
You may have noticed that there has been a lot of noise about IPv6 recently, with the ‘World IPv6 Launch’ taking place on 6 June 2012. However, you might wonder why progress remains so low. Well, the main factor is that IPv6 and IPv4 are two completely separate protocols. IPv6 is not backwards-compatible with IPv4, […]