Highwinds Engages Global Crossing for Telecommunications Services
Tuesday August 28, 8:00 am ET
Highwinds' RollingThunder Network Connects with Global Crossing's Worldwide Network Infrastructure to Ensure Best-in-Class Content Delivery Solutions
WINTER PARK, Fla., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a global provider of content distribution solutions, today announced that it has entered into a network agreement with Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC - News), a leading global IP solutions provider. Under the agreement, Global Crossing is providing Highwinds with an extensive suite of telecommunications services that enable Highwinds' customers to leverage Global Crossing's widespread IP- based network for accessing Internet-based content. This relationship is firmly rooted in Highwinds' strategy of expanding its worldwide network infrastructure to position the company as a provider of best-in-class content delivery solutions.
"We are committed to providing content delivery solutions that lead the industry in speed, availability and reliability," said Steve Miller, president of Highwinds. "One way we're doing that is by physically establishing new network presences in cities around the globe. We are also ensuring network longevity and maintaining a satisfied customer base by partnering with leading telecommunications providers. We are pleased to work with Global Crossing, a company that shares our commitment to technological innovation and high- quality customer care."
Highwinds operates its own internationally deployed 10 Gbps wavelength network to distribute Internet-based content to users throughout the world. Highwinds' RollingThunder(TM) network consists of strategically placed data centers, which house server and storage technology used to manage content, in eight North American and European cities. Through this new partnership, Highwinds' network also connects to Global Crossing's extensive IP-based network, which is connected by more than 100,000 route miles of fiber-optic cabling linking more than 320 cities in 31 countries. Global Crossing is providing Highwinds with IP transit services, providing always-on, direct high-speed global Internet connections at speeds ranging from 56/64 Kbps to OC48/STM16, as well as Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and even 10-Gigabit Ethernet.
Highwinds is utilizing Global Crossing's services for both international and metropolitan routes, including co-location sites in Ashburn, Va., Atlanta and Phoenix. The ability of Highwinds' network to tap into Global Crossing's network provides Highwinds with additional route diversity and helps them ensure that all types of content are delivered through the fastest, most efficient and cost-effective means.
"Customers like Highwinds consider Global Crossing to be a trusted business partner with a robust IP network, dedicated to achieving their business objectives," said Dan Wagner, Global Crossing's executive vice president for enterprise services. "Delivering high-impact, high-bandwidth video and multimedia content quickly and reliably over the public Internet has historically been a great challenge, but Global Crossing's nimbleness in providing IP transit, co-location facilities and network infrastructure around the world ensures Highwinds is able to deliver best-in-class content delivery solutions to its customers."
About Global Crossing
Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC - News) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 320 cities in 31 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.
Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of data, voice and security products to approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. Its Professional Services and Managed Solutions provide VoIP, security and network consulting, and management services to support its Global Crossing IP VPN service and Global Crossing VoIP services. Global Crossing was the first -- and remains the only -- global communications provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both its private and public backbone networks.
For more information, please visit www.globalcrossing.com or blogs.globalcrossing.com.
About Highwinds Network Group, Inc.
Highwinds has been a leader in the development of content replication and delivery software and services since 2002. This experience has led to a number of technology innovations in network management, distributed file system technology and advanced content routing methods. The Highwinds CDN leverages best-in-class hardware and software to quickly and successfully move content at a global level. The company's high-performance RollingThunder(TM) network and user-friendly StrikeTracker(TM) content management and reporting console enable clients to deploy and manage content, file downloads and streaming media. Highwinds is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., and maintains data centers in eight North American and European cities. For more information, visit www.highwinds.com. |
