From the CEO’s Desk
After all the effort the team has put in, we are just bursting to launch our new portal. As with any software project, there is more we want to do, but the critical piece has just been to turn it into a robust system on a platform that is modular, extensible and – yes – […]
ZPE Completes IAA Case Study
Some of you may remember from our newsletter articles and social media posts that we worked with ZPE to upgrade our Out of Band network (OOB), by installing 35 Nodegrid Gate Services Routers and two Net Service Routers. ZPE wrote a case study on our OOB project: Reliable Internet Exchange Infrastructure: Building a Sustainable IXP […]
August’s Advocacy Corner Update
The Public Policy team has continued to be busy this past month. From participating in a panel on Lawful Interception to attending an industry forum on the revised Special Access Undertaking from NBN Co, while also keeping on top of the various consultations that are currently underway. Shortly after the IAA event regarding Open LI, […]
Google Private Network Interconnect
We are in the process of activating a new Google Private Network Interconnect (PNI) in Melbourne. Activating the PNI will allow us to fill our Google caches from Google’s cloud location in Melbourne rather than carrying it all the way from Sydney. Our Google caches in Melbourne ingest as much as 5 Gbps of fill […]
Hardware has Arrived; Feels like Christmas!
With a planned route server refresh to keep up with the growing traffic across our network, we’re happy to report that we’ve just received some of our new hardware. Plans are now underway to run up and deploy them across each IX. Stay tuned for further updates in our newsletter and on our social media […]
NSW-IX 400G Backbone
Due to the growing demand for network capacity, we’re in the process of procuring hardware and planning the implementation of a 400Gbps backbone ring across Sydney. Backed by the Arista 7280DR3 series platform, this expanded backbone will ensure that our network has capacity to meet existing and future demand for our services across NSW-IX. The […]
New Member Portal
Earlier this month, we made the hard call to postpone the launch of the new IAA Member Portal due to a couple of updates that required adequate testing. The new launch date is now Wednesday, 7 September 2022 at 7:00am AWST / 9:00am AEST. We would like to remind all members to look out for […]
Systers 2022
The countdown is on for our second IAASysters program. We’ve changed the workshop’s content slightly this year, so attendees get more career planning and presentation skills training. The sessions will be delivered by prominent industry professionals: Cheryl Alderman from Be Ultimate Coaching will run the Career Planning session. The session Cheryl ran earlier this year […]
Meet the Member – Richard Thompson
This month’s Meet the Member segment features another fantastic board member, Richard Thompson. Richard currently works as Cloudflare’s Engineering Manager, focusing on the edge network and backbone. He first joined IAA in November 2020 when he moved back into the region after living abroad and wanted an opportunity to get to know and work with […]