Internet's Pulse Racing Faster by the Mega-Beat, Spurred By
Natural and Manmade Events, Rising
Business Use of the Web, and Increased Adoption of Rich
Media
Laptop Battery Santa Clara, Calif. - Jan. 18, 2005 -Speedera Networks, a
leading global provider of on-demand distributed application
hosting and content delivery services, today announced that during
a 24-hour period in December of 2004 it delivered more than 15
billion Web requests, making it one of the largest companies in the
world delivering Web content. On Jan. 11, one global customer alone
reached 10-Gigabits per second in content delivery traffic. Because
of its network's robust architecture, Speedera was able to deliver
the content flawlessly.
To provide perspective about delivering 15 billion hits in a
24-hour cycle, we delivered 17 billion hits to the NASA Web portal
for the entire year of 2004, at one point handling peak loads of
nearly seven gigabits per second for NASA, said Ajit Gupta,
president and CEO of Speedera Networks. Future events such as
sports competitions, elections, computer attacks, wars and natural
disasters will no doubt spark additional traffic spikes, and we are
working closely with our customers to be prepared.
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Thinkpad Speedera executives point to a confluence of events and
long-term trends for the ongoing surge in Web traffic. The December
spike, they pointed out, was due largely to the holiday shopping
season and the use of rich media to entice visitors to stay longer
at sites and make repeat visits.
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Microsoft The recent Asia tsunami cataclysm and subsequent international
relief efforts have also sharply driven Internet traffic in general
and Speedera's network traffic in particular. For example, Speedera
is currently working with UNICEF ( www.unicef.org ) to deliver
content and keep its Web sites running so that relief efforts for
the Asia tsunami victims can continue without interruption. The
company is providing similar support to Quarters From Kids (
www.quartersfromkids.com ), an effort by American schoolchildren to
assist in the tsunami relief effort by donating money. These sites,
and others such as Autism.org, are being supported under Speedera's
Giving Back program (
http://www.speedera.com/primary/givingback/givingback.htm ), which
provides non-profit organizations with Web site delivery services
at no
cost.
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Laptop Computers There are other events that will drive Internet traffic to
record levels. Speedera expects future traffic surges related to
upcoming major events which its customers are involved with, such
as NASA's space shuttle launch; the National Football League's
annual Super Bowl on Feb. 6; and income tax season in the United
States with its April 15 deadline.
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Laptop Computer From our perspective, with our finger on the pulse of the
Internet, we are seeing traffic rising at a rapid pace, said Gupta.
We expect this trend to continue in 2005, with traffic rising
sharply compared to 2004, which itself was a record year for
Internet usage. Feeding this trend is the increased adoption of
broadband technology, the building momentum of Internet commerce,
and more video streaming using exciting technology like Flash
Video.
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Desktop Computer Indeed, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, broadband use at home
has surpassed that of dial-up in the United States, reaching 53
percent of residential Web users as of October 2004. Meanwhile,
more people are buying online. VeriSign, Inc., reports that the
online 2004 holiday shopping season yielded a total of $8.8 billion
in online
shopping purchases, a 24-percent increase from the
year before.
Notebooks Speedera's rapid growth as one of the world's largest companies
delivering Web traffic is tied to its dominance in key markets such
as media & entertainment, online retail, online marketing (such
as ad delivery), technology and government. Speedera's other
300-plus client companies are seeing their Web traffic rise
dramatically, in some cases doubling and trebling from the year
before.
Lenovo About Speedera Networks
Speedera Networks, Inc. is a leading global provider of
distributed application and content delivery services. The companys
SpeedSuite family of services provides on-demand services that
cost-effectively solve the performance, scalability, availability
and security problems of delivering web sites. Speederas edge
delivery network is deployed in the Americas, Europe and the
Asia-Pacific region, with connectivity to over 1000 carrier
networks, controlled by a patented global traffic management
system. Customers include leading organizations such as
DoubleClick, Fox Broadcasting, Macromedia, NASA, Network
Associates, and Univision. The companys channel partners include
Softbank Broadmedia/Club iT, AboveNet, and Inflow. For more
information about Speedera, please call +1 408-970-1528, visit
www.speedera.com or email info@speedera.com. To request a white
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