The telecom company Near IP has upgraded this August its connection speed to the CATNIX from 10 Gbps to 20 Gbps. The connection to CATNIX is made through the bitNAP Point of Presence (PoP), one of three locations that the Catalan IXP has.

The security provider Netskope has connected at the beginning of July to the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange (CATNIX) at 10 Gbps. The connection has been made at Equinix, one of the three locations (PoP) that CATNIX has in Barcelona and the metropolitan area.

The internet service provider everyWAN has changed its connection speed to the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange (CATNIX) from 10 Gbps to 1 Gbps.

The Girona internet provider GRN Serveis Telemátics has connected to the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange (CATNIX) at 1 Gbps at Equinix, one of the three Points of Presence (PoP) that CATNIX has in Barcelona and its metropolitan area. With this new incorporation, the IXP has now 41 connected entities and 51 autonomous systems.

Frank Dupker of the Nationale Beheersorganisatie Internet Providers (NBIP) spoke on June 30 about “NaWas: the intelligent DDoS Scrubbing Center”, in a talk prior to the 48th CATNIX Technical Commission meeting.

The 29^th edition of the Spanish Network Operators Group (ESNOG), took place on the 18th and 19th of May in Madrid, at the Escuela Politécnica Superior of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).

The Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange Point has attended from April 23 to 25 the 38th Euro-IX forum, held this time in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). During the three days of the forum, both technical and regulatory issues were discussed.

The Spanish academic and research network (RedIRIS) has upgraded on March 16th its connection speed to the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange (CATNIX) from 10 Gbps up to 100 Gbps.

RIPE, the body that coordinates IP networks in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, has opened two calls for funding to attend the 86th RIPE Meeting edition, a biannual meeting that brings together Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties to discuss policies and procedures used by RIPE. This RIPE 86 edition will be held in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) from 22 to 26 May.

Telecom operator Adamo has upgraded its connection to CATNIX from 50 Gbps to 100 Gbps.