IPv6 Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric has made Boston the latest destination on its growing global network journey with a new point of presence (PoP) at the One Summer Street data center. By establishing this new hub at the One Summer Street facility, Hurricane Electric said it will increase the amount of connectivity options for its customers in both the Greater Boston area and throughout the rest of New England. Besides offering customers a number of connectivity options--including 10GE, 100G, GigE and 100BaseT--this new PoP will provide improved fault tolerance, load balancing, Continue reading >>>

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Last Summer, the MBTA redesigned 15 of Greater Boston’s key bus routes. Think you could do a better job? Transitmix lets you sketch your own bus lines—click a few points on the map, and your imaginary route will snap to the street grid. Created by civic-minded volunteers at Code for America, the tool also lets you input variables such as operating hours and wait time in order to estimate yearly operating cost. It’s still in the planning stage, but you can play around with the early version here. Related A New Way to Find Out How Late Continue reading >>>

Posted Jun. 22, 2014 @ 11:07 am

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BOSTON — Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it is expanding its global network with a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Markley Group, located at One Summer Street, Boston, Mass. As New England's largest and longest operating multi-tenant, mission-critical telecommunications and data center facility, One Summer Street is a natural fit for Hurricane Electric to provide increased connectivity options for enterprises in the Greater Boston area and throughout New England.In addition to offering Continue reading >>>

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For the Globe, Kara Baskin gives a "Quick Bite" overview of the new il Casale Cucina Campana + Bar in Lexington. She finds the place "jam-packed on a sunny weekday evening" and enjoys the "witty repartee" of Joanne, "a vivacious bartender." Bocconcini di San Giuseppe, a dessert of cream-filled fritters and cherries, "is a signature." [BG] Devra First files a double review in the Globe for siblings AK Bistro (Franklin) and Artistry on the Green (Lexington), granting each restaurant two stars out of four ("good.") There are various hiccups at each, "but they are run with professionalism, decorated Continue reading >>>

IPv6-native internet backbone, Hurricane Electric is expanding its global network with a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Markley Group, located at One Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts. As New England's largest and longest operating multi-tenant, mission-critical telecommunications and data centre facility, One Summer Street will provide Hurricane Electric with increased connectivity options for enterprises in the Greater Boston area and throughout New England.  In addition to offering customers of One Summer Street connectivity options through 10GE (10 gigabit Ethernet), Continue reading >>>