Ebooks, guides, and white papers

At one point or another in your network’s growth cycle, you will ask the question: When should I peer and when should I use transit? In this white paper we present the results of measurement-based performance comparison, quantifying the performance differences between transit and peering.

From reduced cost to improved user experience, peering has many benefits for all sorts of businesses. Download our white paper to find out why you should peer.

Learn how to protect your network against DDoS attacks with DE-CIX's Blackholing Advanced service offering 100 percent effective filtering possibilities.

Learn how to maximize the benefits of peering by optimizing your routing data base entry, using the route servers, and by verifying your prefix amounts. More useful tips in our guide.

Learn how to start peering at DE-CIX: How to get your port up and running, how to configure your route server peering, and verifying settings. Find out more by downloading our guide.

Learn more about our peering services GlobePEER and GlobePEER Remote and how to get the most out of them. The guide includes examples of router configurations for traffic optimization.

Learn more about inbound and outbound routing, how a router decides which path is best, localpref, MED and AS-PATH rules, and best practices.

Learn about the benefits of interconnection and how to optimize and future-proof your business network infrastructure.

Cloud adoption is highly beneficial for enterprises across all sectors but it does raise the risk of cloud concentration. Our checklist outlines the capabilities you must tick off in order to mitigate the risks.

Having an ASN is the key to multi-homing and "real redundancy". It also allows you to peer at an Internet Exchange, and take advantage of interconnection services such as Microsoft Azure Peering service. Read our white paper to find out more.

Get our white paper to find out how enterprises can benefit from direct access to Microsoft's services such as Microsoft 365 with Microsoft Azure Peering Service.

Learn how Internet Exchanges and the interconnection services they offer can help to future-proof businesses to deal with ever increasing amounts of data and new applications.

Find out how interconnection benefits the finance industry and how to optimize and future-proof your business network infrastructure.

Cloud computing has become an essential element in transformation strategies for financial institutions. But while cloud adoption is highly beneficial, it does raise the risk of cloud concentration. This checklist outlines four capabilities you must be able to tick off in order to mitigate the risks.

Download this white paper to learn more about how this works, and the benefits of connecting via a connectivity partner to an Internet Exchange.

DE-CIX's Blackholing white paper shows results of the first ever IXP Blackholing study and explains why you should use Blackholing to mitigate DDoS attacks.

To be prepared for a DDoS attack, you need to set up your infrastructure against them well before anything happens. Download our white paper to learn how.

DE-CIX API, based on the IX-API, supports fully end-to-end automated processes. Download the guide to learn more about the DE-CIX API and how you can use it to provision services. 

Download the IDC executive brief for a comprehensive view of the current state of enterprise networks in Germany.

Find out what Internet Exchanges are and how they can help to transform digital infrastructure and support your business long into the future.

This workbook will help you to establish the current state of your network so you can start to move forward with network optimization.

There are multiple options for how you can connect to the DE-CIX interconnection platforms. If you are unsure how to get connected, download our handy guide with all the details of all the different options. 

This playbook for developing a digital society explores what is an international Internet hub and the key ingredients in establishing one, using the UAE-IX in Dubai as a case study.

Get DE-CIX's complimentary template from Gartner to start developing an enterprise networking strategy for your business.