September 2, 2004 - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that it will host the ninth Gigabit Peering Forum, featuring networking experts from Adelphia Communications, Akamai, CAIDA, Cisco, New York City Connect and others, on September 14.

The event will be moderated by Jay Adelson, founder and chief technology officer of Equinix, and Bill Norton. In addition, Bill Norton, a recognized peering authority, will present and refine his white paper, "The Business Case for Peering."

The New York Forum is part of an ongoing series developed by Equinix that features educational sessions from experts on technical best practices as well as in-depth presentations focused on network and content peering methodologies and strategies.

Featured Equinix customer presentations at the New York Forum include: Patrick Gilmore, director, network strategy and support, of Akamai, discussing content peering from a content delivery network perspective; KC Claffy, director of the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), and Colleen Shannon, senior Internet security researcher for CAIDA, providing insights from the University of California San Diego Network Telescope.

The New York Forum will take place at the W New York Hotel on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan beginning at 9:00 am (ET) on Tuesday, September 14th, 2004.

In addition, five white papers authored by Bill Norton of Equinix entitled "Do ATM-based Internet Exchange Points Make Sense Anymore," "Interconnection Strategies for ISPs," "Internet Service Providers and Peering," "A Business Case for Peering," and "Evolution of the U.S. Peering Ecosystem v1.1" are available at http://www.equinix.com/resources/whitepapers/ .

Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers.