Pacnet Announces Plans for Next-Generation Content Delivery Network Service

Pacnet has announced their strategic plan in delivering a new next-generation content delivery network (CDN) service, which helps businesses accelerate the delivery of digital content to their growing global online audience.

"This is part of our enhanced content delivery strategy which leverages our extensive regional subsea network coverage and data centers in Asia, to bring to the market unmatched digital content solutions that will go beyond just content distribution, to meet the increasingly sophisticated digital content requirements of today’s web-enabled businesses," says Bill Barney, Chief Executive Officer of Pacnet.

The communications franchise's new CDN service will allow businesses in Asia to ensure smooth and seamless delivery of high-definition videos and graphics, software and web pages to their customers and audiences from around the world.

"With web content growing richer, CDN services have rapidly become increasingly important to digital content creators, especially in the media, entertainment and gaming industries, and are key to helping them monetize their content and ultimately, grow their business," says Chris Wilson, Pacnet’s Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Management.

"Pacnet’s CDN service is unique in that it is leveraged by our full ownership of the network and hosting infrastructure, which gives us end-to-end control of the CDN network, allowing us the speed and flexibility to scale up quickly to meet the demands of our customers and deliver to them a complete one-stop, digital content distribution solution.”

Pacnet's new content delivery network service will be supported by EdgeCast, a provider of CDN technology.

Pacnent’s CDN service will be ready for service by the end of 2011, with Points of Presence (PoPs) in major cities across Asia.