RIPE 70 Sponsors

Founded in 1992, the RIPE NCC is the oldest and largest of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).

• As a not-for-profit membership organisation, it administers Internet number resources for more than 11,000 members in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia.
• As an RIR, the RIPE NCC is governed by policies developed by the RIPE community via open, transparent and bottom-up processes.
• As secretariat for the RIPE community, the RIPE NCC provides neutral platforms for community interaction to develop Internet number policy and share experience and ideas.

The RIPE NCC also participates in Internet governance discussions, ensuring that the perspective and experience of the RIPE community is included in those discussions.

And the RIPE NCC maintains several technical elements vital to the Internet infrastructure on behalf of the wider Internet community, including the RIPE Database and K-root, one of 13 root name servers. With the support of thousands of community members around the world, the RIPE NCC is also constructing RIPE Atlas, the largest Internet measurement network ever made.

Netflix revolutionizes the way people watch TV shows and movies. With more than 30 million streaming members in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordics, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the world’s leading internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV programs. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can instantly watch movies and TV programs streamed over the internet to PCs, Macs and TVs. Among the large and expanding base of devices streaming from Netflix are the Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 consoles; an array of Blu-ray disc players, internet-connected TVs, home theatre systems, digital video recorders and internet video players; Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Apple TV and Google TV.

Addrex provides a global marketplace for RIPE NCC LIRs to acquire the rights to IPv4 number blocks through its online platform. Addrex provides its marketplace participants reliable access to IP resources which enables them to grow their existing core services. The company can be found at www.addrex.net.

AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a neutral and independent Internet exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Interconnecting over 600 IP networks, having a business traffic peak of more than 2 Terabit per second and providing a innovative technical platform, makes AMS-IX the world’s leading Internet exchange. The AMS-IX platform provides a professional, high quality, non-blocking peering service for all types of IP traffic, be it regular IP data such as email or web content, to also video/TV and hosting and cloud services.

Alcatel-Lucent is the leading IP networking, ultra-broadband access and cloud technology specialist. We are dedicated to making global communications more innovative, sustainable and accessible for people, businesses and governments worldwide. Our mission is to invent and deliver trusted networks to help our customers unleash their value. Every success has its network.

Hilco Streambank is a leading IPv4 broker in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. For large or complex IPv4 transactions, our IPv4 team will arrange and negotiate direct transactions between buyers and sellers looking for custom solutions. For parties looking to take advantage of a new simplified process, IPv4Auctions.com provides a great way to quickly and efficiently get the resources you need. Check out IPv4Auctions.com to view previous sale prices.

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 347 million members in over 200 countries and territories. Currently, it is available in 24 languages with offices in 30 cities around the world.

A leading global operator with an unparalleled experience and know-how in a multiplicity of diverse markets, Telecom Italia Sparkle offers a complete range of voice, mobile, data and IP services designed to meet the requirements of fixed and mobile operators, ISPs, media and content providers and global multinational customers. At the forefront of technological advances, investing considerable resources in developing innovative solutions and new infrastructure, TI Sparkle transports the most sophisticated communications with the highest quality and reliability through a system of unmatched state-of-the-art networks with global coverage spanning from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin to Asia, from North to South America.

The City of Amsterdam is among the most cosmopolitan in the world, host to a multitude of international organisations. The inclusive and collaborative nature of RIPE Meetings complements Amsterdam’s celebration of diversity and innovation. As home to the RIPE NCC headquarters, a major world Internet Exchange and many technological organisations, the City of Amsterdam is proud to support RIPE 70.

The Neutral Internet Exchange (NL-ix) is the pan-European internet exchange with over 479 members and 850 Gbps of traffic. NL-ix provides the availability for companies to setup peering sessions with all members connected to the exchange, without the cost for transport between various cities and countries. Covering 71 carrier neutral data centers in 7 countries makes NL-ix the 5th largest global Internet exchange. All data centers are interconnected and located in key markets in Europe, being Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. In 2015 NL-ix will further expand into Austria, Poland, Czech Republic and later in the year to Italy, Denmark and Sweden.