{"id":114255,"date":"2025-03-05T15:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/?p=114255"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:23:29","slug":"taas-service-extends-to-padova-thanks-to-vsix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/taas-service-extends-to-padova-thanks-to-vsix\/","title":{"rendered":"TaaS service extends to Padova, thanks to VSIX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TOP-IX Extends TaaS Service to Padua Through Agreement with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vs-ix.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VSIX<\/a>, Strengthening Collaboration Between the Two IXPs. The official announcement was made during the latest VSIX Meeting, where Top-ix Consotrium&#8217;s president, Davide Calonico, presented the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Time as a Service (TaaS)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The TaaS service, based on the Precise Time Protocol (PTP) and Network Time Protocol (NTP), operates on the infrastructures of VSIX and TOP-IX, offering greater security compared to similar services relying on satellite systems (e.g., GPS). This is a crucial requirement for mission-critical applications such as broadcasting, smart grid power networks, telecommunications, and high-frequency financial trading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service was developed by TOP-IX in collaboration with the National Institute of Metrological Research (INRIM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service Sharing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This agreement with VSIX allows us to expand the reach of our TaaS service, making an extremely reliable and secure time synchronization solution available beyond our network &#8211; commented Andrea Casalegno, Tech Director of TOP-IX -. We are pleased to continue our collaboration with VSIX beyond interconnection.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Eleonora Di Maria, President of VSIX, echoed this sentiment: &#8220;The collaboration with TOP-IX for the provision of the TaaS service strengthens an already well-established partnership and enhances the portfolio of services that VSIX can offer to companies in the Northeast. This underscores VSIX\u2019s role as a promoter of cutting-edge technological innovation and a key player in the region\u2019s comprehensive digital transformation.&#8221;Learn more ab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/service\/time-as-a-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOP-IX Extends TaaS Service to Padua Through Agreement with VSIX, Strengthening Collaboration Between the Two IXPs. The official announcement was made during the latest VSIX Meeting, where Top-ix Consotrium&#8217;s president, Davide Calonico, presented the service. The Time as a Service (TaaS) The TaaS service, based on the Precise Time Protocol (PTP) and Network Time Protocol [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":114253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309,316,43,307],"tags":[1079,1080],"class_list":["post-114255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-broadband","category-interconnections","category-internet-exchange","tag-broadcasting-2","tag-smart-grid"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114257,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114255\/revisions\/114257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-ix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}