Wrapping up a successful year of global events, spanning Frankfurt, Istanbul and Madrid, DE-CIX hosted its New York Summit at 780 Third Avenue in Manhattan on December 5, 2017. The summit, titled “Journey Into an Interconnected Digital World,” featured the telecom industry’s top visionaries and business leaders, providing a platform for attendees to learn about and discuss the future of interconnection and digitization.
Moderated by Ilissa Miller, Founder and CEO, iMiller Public Relations, the summit’s agenda featured presentations and panel sessions with industry thought leaders and executives from various organizations, including IDC, Pixomondo and Fieldfisher. Alongside DE-CIX’s Chief Strategic and Corporate Development Officer, Ivo A. Ivanov, and Vice President, Ed d’Agostino, presenters discussed today’s top trends including Big Data and mixed reality, as well as the challenges surrounding data security and interconnection platforms. Sponsors of the New York Summit included Diamond Sponsor, zColo by Zayo, and Silver Sponsors, Epsilon, Fieldfisher, Infomart, and Telamon Corporation.
26FIVE, an award-winning global creative branding agency, served as the official organizer of the DE-CIX New York Summit. Leveraging extensive expertise and an outstanding support team, 26Five was responsible for logistics, branding, video and audio services, ensuring a positive experience for all attendees and participants.
In addition to the groundbreaking presentations, this half-day event provided the opportunity for community members to discuss market trends and business opportunities, networking with existing and future peers. Armed with new knowledge regarding the challenges and opportunities associated with digitalization and interconnection, attendees developed new relationships and solidified existing partnerships for the coming year.
Following the educational and networking event, DE-CIX hosted its 2017 holiday party at The Press Lounge in the Kimpton Ink48 Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen. Guests were invited to enjoy festive drinks at the rooftop bar for a fun evening of networking among the DE-CIX New York community.
DE-CIX provides premium network interconnection services and operates several carrier and data center-neutral Internet Exchanges internationally. The company’s experience in data center and network-neutral peering platforms provides thousands of global networks unsurpassed public and private peering options, as well as an array of solutions delivered over its MetroVLAN enabled access points, expanding network interconnectivity capabilities exponentially.
To learn more about the topics discussed at this year’s summit, PDFs of the presentations are available for download here.
For more information about DE-CIX, visit www.de-cix.net.
