S6 Ep139: Deconstructing the Internet With Sudhir Kunder of DE-CIX

TRANSFIN. LongShorts with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran

We spoke with Sudhir Kunder, Chief Business Officer at DE-CIX India, a leading carrier and data center neutral interconnection platform with organizational roots in Frankfurt.
By offering a reliable and low-latency interconnection platform, DE-CIX India enhances internet performance and optimizes network traffic flow between internet service providers (ISPs), content providers, and network operators. This exchange plays a crucial role in improving the overall internet experience for users and businesses by enabling faster and more efficient data exchange among digital entities in India's rapidly growing online ecosystem.
In this podcast we deconstruct some basic concepts:
1. Primer on the internet and role of an Internet Exchange
2. On DE-CIX and its background
3. Business model of an internet exchange
4. Quick explainer on DE-CIX's offerings
5. Navigating data privacy on the internet: impact of AI, newer challenges, consumer recourse?
Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.
The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
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