Limelight Networks to Deploy Avici Systems Routers for Advanced New Content Delivery Network
Limelight Selects Avici Core Routers to deliver high-bandwidth content for its media and entertainment customers
Chicago, June 7, 2005 —
Avici Systems (NASDAQ: AVCI) and Limelight Networks today announced that Limelight has chosen Avici Systems SSR™ and TSR® core routers for deployment in its leading content delivery network for Internet distribution of video, music, games and downloads. Limelight selected Avici routers to upgrade its current Internet backbone for their ability to reliably support real-time high-bandwidth media and entertainment delivery to large audiences via the Internet, and cost-effectively scale in-service to accommodate a growing customer base.
Limelight's unique multi-core routing delivery architecture is a generation ahead of other content delivery networks, with complimentary routing deployments to separately handle backbone traffic and edge delivery. Limelight's alliance with Avici gives the service provider industry-leading performance over its "WAN-core" - the fiber-based carrier network infrastructure between its media distribution centers.
"The Avici WAN-core solution delivers a compelling new model that provides Limelight with a key competitive advantage by bringing together the perfect mix of high performance, reliability and scale to our customers at unprecedented price points," said Nathan Raciborski, Chief Network Architect of Limelight Networks. "We believe this represents a turning point in the industry, and we are pleased to be partnering with Avici to provide technology leadership with key advantages we can pass on to our customers. We selected Avici on the merits of the equipment, technology and support - and we are very pleased to be working with them on the buildout of our new content delivery network."
"Avici's vision is to make IP networks simple by removing complexity from as many places as possible. We believe carriers are demanding simpler scalability, reliability and security solutions from their IP suppliers and we are uniquely positioned to deliver on these capabilities," said William Leighton, CEO of Avici Systems. "Limelight is using its network infrastructure with the right combination of technology at the core and at the aggregation/edge to establish itself as a leading provider to enterprises around the world. We are very pleased to be working with Limelight Networks, who also share our view of how IP networks should be built."
Limelight is taking advantage of key Avici technologies including Avici's Composite Links™ and aggregate links which can dynamically aggregate up to 64 physical links into a single logical link, supporting a 10:1 speed differential Limelight can seamlessly expand link capacity to accommodate high-bandwidth applications and improve network utilization without service disruption or costly provisioning. This combined with Avici's NSR® Non-stop routing for 99.999% availability and Avici's fast convergence solution, RAPID™, provide powerful tools for simplifying the network.
About Avici Systems
Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a leading provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet. Avici's family of routers is designed to meet carrier requirements for the highest scalability, reliability and network availability, while lowering the total cost of building and operating their networks. The company's routing systems provide new IP solutions to some of the world's leading service providers. For more information, please visit us at www.avici.com.
About Limelight Networks
Privately held Limelight Networks is the leading content delivery network for Internet distribution of video, music, games, and downloads. Limelight's advanced content delivery network provides the world's top media companies high-performance, cost-effective delivery of media and software via the Internet, making Limelight Networks the content delivery network of choice for 400 world-class customers including Akimbo, ABC Radio Networks, Belo Interactive, Buymusic.com, DreamWorks, LLC, IFILM, Live365, Marimba, Musicmatch - Yahoo!, NC Interactive, NPR, Real Networks Rhapsody, Radio Free Virgin, radioio, and Valve Software. For more information, visit: http://www.limelightnetworks.com.
This release contains information about Avici's future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provi sions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. When used in this press release, the word "will", "expected" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such for ward looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici products, services and enhancements, customer purchasing patterns and commitments, development of the market place, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Esmeralda Swartz Avici Systems 978-964-2000 eswartz@avici.com |
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