Data center colocation is a service where businesses rent space, power, and cooling for their servers and networking equipment in a third-party data center, allowing them to benefit from the facility's infrastructure without owning it.

A VLAN, or Virtual Local Area Network, is a subdivided logical network within a physical network, allowing groups of devices to communicate as if they are on the same physical network, regardless of their actual location. Value range between 1 and 4094.

A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a secure connection method used to encrypt and transmit data over the internet, ensuring privacy and protection from potential eavesdroppers. It allows users to access a private network remotely, often used for safe browsing and bypassing geo-restrictions.

MMR stands for "Meet-Me Room." It's a dedicated space within a data center where different telecommunications companies and carriers physically connect and exchange data. It serves as the central interconnection hub within the facility.

A cross connect is a direct physical connection between two points within a data center or telecommunications facility. It's essentially a cable that links two customers' equipment (such as servers, routers, or switches) either directly to each other or to a shared resource, like an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) or a carrier's network. Here are […]

An Internet Exchange (often abbreviated as IX or IXP) is a physical infrastructure that allows multiple internet networks (such as Internet Service Providers, ISPs, and Content Delivery Networks, CDNs) to connect and exchange internet traffic with one another. Instead of routing traffic through third-party networks, direct interconnection via an IXP allows for faster, more efficient, […]

A carrier-neutral service provider is a provider that allows customers and tenants to select from multiple telecommunications carriers and service providers for their connectivity needs. It's "neutral" because the network doesn't tie customers to a specific carrier or limit their options to a proprietary service. At Open Coconut Networks, you are free to use the […]

A direct interconnection refers to a dedicated, private connection between two systems or networks, bypassing the public internet. This type of connection is often established to enhance performance, reliability, and security. Here are some key aspects and benefits of direct interconnections: Enhanced Performance: By bypassing the public internet and its potential bottlenecks and congestion, direct […]

Intercloud routing refers to the process of routing data and application traffic between different cloud environments. As more organizations adopt multi-cloud strategies (using multiple public cloud providers) and hybrid cloud strategies (combining private and public clouds), there's a growing need to efficiently manage and route traffic between these diverse environments. Key points of intercloud routing […]

"Cloud onramp" refers to solutions and services that facilitate and simplify the process of connecting enterprise networks, data centers, or branch locations to cloud services. The term "onramp" is used metaphorically, similar to how an onramp provides access to a highway; a cloud onramp offers a smoother and more efficient path to the cloud. There […]