WAIA | Western Australian Internet Association – Western Australian Internet Association

The WA Internet Association (WAIA) is proud to announce another new deployment of a carrier-neutral peering trial which will be taking place at NEXTDC’s B1 facility in Brisbane, Queensland (QLD-IX). This peering point builds on the highly successful WA Internet Exchange (WAIX) and current trial occurring in Victoria (VIC-IX).

“NEXTDC is delighted that WAIX has selected NEXTDC to commence their Queensland IX trial.  NEXTDC is focused on establishing a national data centre footprint and bring with it a cloud enabling ecosystem.  Organisations such as WAIA are key to achieving that goal.” Said Mr Bevan Slattery, CEO of NEXTDC.

WAIA would like to invite all existing members and encourage any new members to take opportunity to trial a carrier neutral peering service supplied by WAIA within Brisbane. The VIC-IX has seen steady growth with strong member interest leading to the success of the current Melbourne trial. The WAIA Executive team looks forward to engaging with all new connections in Brisbane.

Further updates will be provided and for all QLD-IX enquiries, please forward your interest to: 

Joe Wooller on Ph. 0412005457

About the WA Internet Association

The WA Internet Association (WAIA) is a not-for-profit association that represents the Internet community. It provides a range of innovative services to members for mutual benefit. The WAIA is based in WA but has many national ISPs and corporations as members.

The WA Internet Exchange (WAIX) is a service provided by the WA Internet association to its Corporate members, it is the longest running and lowest cost Internet Exchange in Australia. The Melbourne service has been built to build on the success of the WA Internet Exchange. The peering service provides direct, low latency and high speed connectivity between members at a fraction of the cost of using a typical upstream provider. The members of the exchange point benefit by lowering their operating costs while providing a better internet experience to their end customers.

About the WA Internet Exchange (WAIX) and Peering

The WA Internet Exchange is a service provided by the WA Internet Association to its Corporate members, it is the longest running and lowest cost Internet Exchange in Australia. The Melbourne service has been built to build on the success of the WA Internet Exchange. The peering service provides direct, low latency and high speed connectivity between members at a fraction of the cost of using a typical upstream provider. The members of the exchange point benefit by lowering their operating costs while providing a better internet experience to their end customers.

About NEXTDC

NEXTDC was established in May 2010 by one of Australia’s most successful information technology and internet entrepreneurs, Mr Bevan Slattery, to build and operate premium data centres in Australia and New Zealand.  NEXTDC is the only ASX-listed independent data centre operator with strategic footprint in all major growth markets in Australia, namely Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth and Sydney.

NEXTDC offers a range of highly flexible, scalable, resilient and secure colocation services to corporate, government and wholesale customers. NEXTDC’s purpose-built facilities have been designed to address the market’s growing appetite for energy-efficient, independent data centres in which organisations can host their critical IT infrastructure, and also to address the emergence and growth of cloud (internet-based) computing.

As a cloud enabler, NEXTDC’s enterprise-class data centre facilities address the challenges of security, connectivity and neutrality that have hindered the wider acceptance of cloud computing.

WAIA Website:  www.waia.asn.au

Contact:  Joe Wooller, Ph. 0412005457

NEXTDC Website: www.nextdc.com

Contact: info@nextdc.com