First in India: Web Werks Data Center Hosts RIPE Atlas Anchor for Optimized Network Monitoring
Web Werks India Pvt. Ltd. becomes the first data center in India to host RIPE Atlas Anchor sponsored by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC). The RIPE Atlas project is an Internet measurement network that employs a global network of probes and anchors for the real time measurement of Internet connectivity. The RIPE Atlas Anchor is a more powerful version of the probe with a much greater measurement capacity. The anchor helps gain valuable information about the health of network by measuring ping, traceroute, DNS, and HTTP(S). In addition, the anchor acts as a powerful regional target for the RIPE Atlas Network to handle a large number of measurements originating from nearby probes. On this achievement, Nikhil Rathi, Director of Web Werks said, "Web Werks is a pioneer data center provider in India, and continuing with this, we are the first to initiate the installation of the RIPE Atlas Anchor with the outstanding support of APNIC. This will help in enhancing our integration and system to guarantee that our clients in India get the best Internet experience. We will now have comprehensive and accurate information about the Internet, and can investigate network glitches in real time at the anchor, understand the precise issue, and resolve it immediately." This accomplishment allows the Internet community in India to now get on-request individual estimations from the RIPE Atlas anchor that will give instantaneous information on their queries. Atlas Anchor is the next generation active Internet measurement network initiated by RIPE NCC and sponsored by APNIC in the Asia Pacific region. It consists of thousands of measurement