Digital Island Provides Streaming Media Services for Bill Gates' Keynote At Windows 2000 Conference and Expo
(BusinessWire, Feb 17, 2000 07:03 hrs)
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000--
Digital Island Delivers to Microsoft a Comprehensive Suite of
Services for a Global Streaming Solution of Product Launch
Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISLD), a leading global e-Business Delivery Network, announced today it has been selected to help provide live streaming media services by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) for their official Windows 2000 launch event at www.microsoft.com/windows2000/launch/keynote.asp.
In addition to downlinking the live video signal from Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates' keynote address, Digital Island's Footprint(TM) Live service will encode in the Windows Media Format and distribute the signal across its global network of 1,200-plus content distributors. At today's Webcast, 12:30 PM EST, Gates will showcase new Windows 2000 features and highlight customer solutions.
"We are pleased to be part of this important streaming event in which expectations from a technology leader such as Microsoft will be very high," said Ruann F. Ernst, chairman and CEO of Digital Island. "Digital Island's e-Business Delivery Network has been designed to provide a superior end-user experience that today will benefit Microsoft and its customers."
Live On Line, which Digital Island had recently acquired, will be conducting the streaming event for Microsoft. Live On Line is a provider of live and on-demand streaming media services.
Digital Island(R) is a leading global e-Business Delivery Network. The company's suite of application services for interactive e-Business allows customers and partners to readily integrate content delivery, hosting and intelligent networking to give the ultimate consumer a superior experience. Strategically located Data Centers in the United States, Europe and Asia are directly connected to leading access service providers in 23 countries. In addition, Digital Island operates a network of more than 1,200 content distributors across the Internet, which improves the performance and reduces the cost of hosting high-volume Web applications in target markets. This network is expected to grow to more than 6,000 content distributors in 350 locations worldwide by the year 2003. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco. www.digitalisland.net. |
