Internet data center services provider IP-Converge Data Center, Inc. has signed a deal with security firm Prolexic to build Asia’s first large-scale anti-DDOS (distributed denial of service) platform to prevent IP-Converge customers from experiencing DDOS attacks.

According to a reports, DDOS attacks is the most common and worst type of network security problems global network infrastructures.

IP-Converge chief technology officer Warren Liu said the platform is scheduled to go live at the end of 2006 and will start in points-of-presence facilities that will be established by the company in Asian key cities, with the first one to be built in Hong Kong, China.

He said they want to integrate DDOS mitigation strategies in their network to prevent the operations of their customers from stopping when attacked by DDOS.