Evoswitch renews AMS-IX Gold Partner status

Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) has awarded EvoSwitch with Gold Partner Status for the second year running. The highest tier status is reserved for its most successful partners that connect ISPs, Content and Cloud Providers, and other Internet related parties to the Exchange. EvoSwitch colocates part of the AMS-IX network infrastructure at its AMS1 data center in the Greater Amsterdam region, where customers can connect to around 700 AMS-IX-connected networks from all over the world.

Thursday, 29th January 2015 Posted 9 years ago in by Phil Alsop

AMS-IX revamped its Partner Program in 2013 introducing a tiered status for partners while leveraging co-marketing to promote both the partners as well as Amsterdam as a hub for interconnection on the public Internet.

Mark Cooper, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of AMS-IX: “Our partners play an important part in the growth of AMS-IX. Last year, 74% of our new customers joined us via a partner, compared to 68% in 2013. We were the first Internet Exchange in the world to introduce a partner program, making them an integral part of our strategy. EvoSwitch has proven to be a solid and committed partner, and we look forward to continuing our mutual success in 2015.”

“We are of course very pleased with our renewed AMS-IX partner status,” adds Eric Boonstra, Managing Director of EvoSwitch. “They provide great value to our customers that need low-latency connectivity to the Internet. As we see our customer mix evolve from Internet-centric to include providers and buyers of Cloud services, we expect to see AMS-IX lead in providing a platform of neutral, distributed connectivity services which not only benefits our customers, but Amsterdam as a region for international organizations to come and build and interconnect their global or regional Cloud platforms.”

AMS-IX introduced its partner program in response to a growing demand from parties worldwide, wanting to connect to AMS-IX. Since the introduction, AMS-IX has welcomed customers from all over the world. AMS-IX Partners who are colocation providers or network service providers, play an important part in connecting these customers.