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#8: Control and structure behind the scenes

There was a turning point in the 20-year history of Core-Backbone GmbH that changed a great deal. As company founder Daniel recalls: “๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

#7: The first expansions: Frankfurt and Munich

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ.โ€ says Ulrich Kรถhler, Head of Network and IT Operations. With each new location, routing complexity, redundancy requirements, and the need for clean BGP policies grew.What began as a local network gradually evolved into a […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

#6: When renowned customers come knocking

According to CEO and founder Daniel, there wasnโ€™t really a single moment when it became clear that โ€œthings were getting serious.โ€ But when the first major clients started reaching out, it became clear what expectations were on the table. Enthusiasm turned into responsibility: It was no longer just about a passion for technology, but suddenly […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

Core-Backbone on Tour

March was a busy month at Core-Backbone: the first events of the year were on the agenda. These included the HPE Networking Kickoff in the Alps, CloudFest at Europa-Park Rust, PeeringDays in Bologna, and fiberdays 26 in Frankfurt. Different places, but one shared mission: connecting, exchanging ideas, and moving the future of connectivity forward together. […]

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#5: The biggest challenge

What seems obvious today was severely limited by infrastructure back then.The biggest technical hurdle was clear: โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จโ€, recalls Ulrich, who has been with the company as network manager from the very beginning. This led to intensive discussions and a great deal of planning in advance. It was precisely […]

20 Years Core-Backbone