Voxel Scales for Content Delivery Growth in Switch and Data’s PAIX Palo Alto, CA and 111 8th Avenue, NY Sites
Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, announced that Voxel dot Net, Inc., a provider of managed hosting and IP services for clients worldwide, has joined Switch and Data’s PAIX Palo Alto and has expanded in the company’s PAIX 111 8th Ave., New York site. These deployments support the rapid growth of Voxel’s managed hosting and VoxCAST Media Delivery services.
Voxel creates a competitive advantage for its customers with its VoxCAST content delivery network (CDN) service by connecting key Internet hubs with its international IP backbone (AS29791). This allows Voxel to rapidly scale capacity from the edge as customer demand accelerates. Voxel has chosen Switch and Data’s PAIX Palo Alto and 111 8th Ave. New York facilities because they are among the most densely interconnected data centers in North America, and because these locations feed into its global expansion plans, further meeting growing international delivery needs.
“Voxel ensures high-performance and reliability for our customers by having a scalable presence at key Internet hubs,” said Adam Rothschild, Voxel’s VP of Network Architecture. “Having multiple locations is also critical to guarding against outages, and Switch and Data’s Palo Alto and New York PAIX sites give us bi-coastal redundancy and provide necessary direct peering access to thousands of networks.”
VoxCAST serves large volumes of rich media to a global Internet audience. The content delivery service leverages Voxel’s global IP network, years of experience in managed hosting, and extensive infrastructure to solve the scalability, performance, and reliability problems that plague single-location hosting providers. Voxel’s VoxCAST CDN services have grown organically to meet the needs of its managed hosting clients, and the firm reports that demand has been strong and it continues to add new CDN clients rapidly.
“Switch and Data’s sites give our customers access to a neutral and network-dense environment for their communication needs,” said Ernie Sampera, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Switch and Data. “Our PAIX Internet exchange enables companies to improve network performance and reduce Internet transit expense with our peering services. We are pleased to support the growth of global Internet-centric companies like Voxel.”
PAIX was one of the world’s first commercial Internet exchanges and is one of the most densely interconnected peering exchanges in the world. PAIX Palo Alto is the key hub for peering traffic between the North America and the Asia Pacific region, and PAIX New York is a key Internet exchange point with Europe. Switch and Data supports the interconnection requirements Internet-centric companies like CDNs by providing the broadest footprint of facilities in key North American communications hub markets such as Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, New York, Buffalo and Toronto.
About Switch and Data
Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and co-location services. With 34 facilities Switch and Data operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange and co-location facilities in North America serving more than 900 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 www.switchanddata.com
About Voxel dot Net
Voxel dot Net delivers scalability for demanding Internet applications. The Company’s global IP network, deep experience in managed hosting and performance-tuned CDN provides the trifecta of reliability, scalability and responsibility. By offering the only end-to-end guarantee in the industry, Voxel ensures the delivery of your content from creation to consumption. This unique capability has earned Voxel critical clients in the web’s most demanding segments, including media streaming, online gaming and financial services. Voxel delivers a new paradigm of value and performance to businesses operating on Internet.