RNWK--Listen.com Improves Access to its Online Music Guide With InterNAP Internet Connectivity InterNAP Connectivity to Speed Up End User Access to Listen.com
PR NEWSWIRE - March 29, 2000 06:00
SEATTLE, Mar 29, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- InterNAP Network Services (Nasdaq: INAP) announced today that Listen.com, the comprehensive directory of downloadable music, has chosen InterNAP as its primary Internet connectivity provider. Listen.com's end users will now be able to interact with content from www.listen.com even faster with the switch to InterNAP's service. San Francisco-based Listen.com has connected to InterNAP's Private Network Access Point, or P-NAP(R) facility, located in San Jose, CA, to receive Internet connectivity based on InterNAP's proprietary, patented routing and route management technology.
Listen.com offers a comprehensive guide to online music at www.listen.com. Listen.com's guide includes original reviews and categorization of tens of thousands of artists, as well as links to their legally posted work on more than one thousand Web sites. InterNAP connectivity will allow Listen.com customers to access and navigate through the site more quickly.
"As a Web-based music download directory, our Internet connectivity is of paramount importance," said Mark Moore, Listen.com's vice president of engineering. "InterNAP's service improves the speed of our Internet access and will allow us to grow and scale more efficiently. Listen.com is the platform for discovering digital music, and InterNAP helps us make that discovery process easier for our customers."
"Digital music is one of the hottest online fields, and Listen.com is clearly a leader in this space," said Tony Naughtin, President and CEO of InterNAP Network Services. "InterNAP connectivity gives Listen.com a technological advantage and helps to separate it from its competition. We're excited about helping Listen.com continue to bring a comprehensive selection of digital music to music lovers worldwide."
InterNAP's connectivity service routes data to and from businesses across the Internet in a manner that minimizes data loss by avoiding the Internet's conventional traffic exchange process known as "peering." Private and public "peering" arrangements between backbone providers lead not only to congestion at peering points, but also to routing inefficiencies, two factors that significantly reduce the speed of data transmission across the Internet. InterNAP's P-NAP(R) facilities and ASsimilator(TM) technology orchestrate the routing of mission-critical data in a faster, more reliable, and more managed fashion than conventional Internet technology.
InterNAP services are currently available in numerous key markets throughout the United States including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Jose and Seattle. Major companies and networks served by InterNAP include Amazon.com, Datek Online, Go2Net, ITXC, MindSpring, The NASDAQ, TheStreet.com, WebTV and many others.
About InterNAP
Founded in 1996 in Seattle, InterNAP provides Internet connectivity that is faster and more reliable than conventional Internet service. InterNAP's patented route management technology provides direct data transmission across the major Internet backbones through a single connection from a customer's network to one of InterNAP's Private Network Access Points or P-NAP facilities. InterNAP's customers bypass congestion points on the Internet, avoiding packet loss, latency, and other difficulties that can plague conventional Internet connectivity. InterNAP(R) and P-NAP(R) are registered trademarks of InterNAP. For more information, visit www.InterNAP.com.
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About Listen.com
Listen.com is the Internet's comprehensive guide to online music. The site includes original reviews and categorization of more than 60,000 artists and links to their legally posted work on one thousand Web sites. Listen.com's download directory is also syndicated to AOL's Spinner and Winamp, Excite@Home, Lycos, MusicMatch, RealNetworks, shockwave.com, Snap.com, Sony and ZDNet.
Rob Reid, a former venture capitalist and author of "Architects of the Web" founded Listen.com in December 1998. Financial backers include all five major music labels (BMG Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group) the Barksdale Group, August Capital, Attractor Ventures, Hambrecht & Quist, Index Ventures, Austin Ventures, Trans Cosmos, Altos Ventures, Imagine Media founder and CEO, Chris Anderson, CNET founder and chairman Halsey Minor, Gateway Computers founder and chairman Ted Waitt and Maverick Records' principals. Listen.com has 120 employees and is based in San Francisco's "Audio Alley." Listen.com and the Listen.com logo are service marks of Listen.com, Inc.
InterNAP Contact: Listen.com Contact: Nicole Peters Sean Garrett Stanton Crenshaw Communications Corporate Communications 212-780-1900 415-934-2000 nicole@stanton-crenshaw.com sean@listen.com
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