EdgeCast Creates Competitive Advantage in Delivery of Digital Media With Expansion into Switch and Data’s Atlanta, Dallas and Seattle Facilities
Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, today announced that content delivery network provider EdgeCast Networks has chosen to speed the delivery of its customers’ digital media content to end users by expanding into Switch and Data’s facilities in Atlanta, Dallas and Seattle. EdgeCast provides high-performance global distribution for large streaming and downloadable media files by storing and serving its customers’ content in 12 strategic global locations near primary Internet Exchange points.
“Our media and entertainment customers have high standards for the quality of a user’s rich media experience,” said Phil Goldsmith, COO and SVP sales, EdgeCast Networks. “Switch and Data’s broad footprint, flexibility, capacity, and hands-on support have helped us deliver above and beyond our customers’ expectations.”
EdgeCast expanded its network to facilitate direct optical interconnections with content provider customers and prospects located in Switch and Data’s sites. Switch and Data also provides EdgeCast with access to a high density of networks and bandwidth providers to distribute large content files to its customers’ end users. Switch and Data’s broad footprint of 33 data centers in 23 markets provides EdgeCast with storage and distribution in locations not served by other national providers. This storage and distribution of large digital media files near end users is a key component of EdgeCast’s competitive strategy.
“Switch and Data’s broad footprint of data centers and network-neutral business model are uniquely suited to serve companies that speed the distribution of today’s large music and video files to end users,” said Ernie Sampera, Sr. VP of Marketing of Switch and Data. “Our facilities will help EdgeCast expand by landing equipment once and then expanding connectivity with Switch and Data’s customers, including content providers and broadband networks, as its business takes off.”
In addition to geographic and network connectivity benefits, Switch and Data’s Atlanta, Dallas and Seattle facilities give EdgeCast secure, redundant N+1 power, state of the art security, fire detection and suppression, and 24/7 environmental monitoring and control. Independent research ranks Switch and Data’s engineering and support services among the best in the industry which also benefits EdgeCast by reducing the workload of its in-house engineering team.
About Switch and Data
Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange and colocation facilities in North America serving more than 870 customers. Switch and Data’s PAIX is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to one of the largest commercial exchange points in North America. For more information, please visit http://www.switchanddata.com/.
About EdgeCast
EdgeCast offers a superior, cost-effective global content delivery service that gives its customers competitive advantage in the delivery of digital media. The Company’s world-class content delivery platform provides customers the cost benefits and flexibility of controlling their own content delivery network while liberating them from bandwidth contracts, capital investments and operational hassles. To learn more, visit: www.edgecast.com.