TEMPE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/10/09 --
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) announced
today support for Microsoft Silverlight 3, the next-generation streaming
platform unveiled today at the Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 Launch event
in San Francisco. Limelight plans to make Silverlight 3 available as part
of the company's on-demand and live event content delivery products.
Additionally, Limelight's professional services organization plans to offer
turnkey consulting services to help publishers deploy successful
Silverlight 3-based solutions.
"Microsoft Silverlight 3 and IIS Smooth Streaming will help change the way
publishers create and deliver Web experiences, and Microsoft is pleased
that Limelight Networks will help accelerate its adoption by making its
professional services experience available to the Microsoft ecosystem,"
said Eddie Amos, general manager of the Developer Division at Microsoft
Corp. "Silverlight continues to see rapid adoption around the globe, and
Microsoft is proud to continue its long-standing relationship with
Limelight to ensure support for Silverlight 3 on its global content
delivery service."
Microsoft Silverlight 3 and IIS Smooth Streaming offer key features that
will highlight support for higher quality video and audio, empower richer
experiences and help improve Rich Internet Application productivity. When
combined with the global presence and scale of Limelight Networks' content
delivery service, Silverlight 3 will help customers develop and deliver a
consistent, broadcast-quality online experience to Internet video audiences
around the world.
"Limelight Networks' global content delivery service has offered support
for Silverlight since its initial launch in 2007, and since that time,
customers have selected our Silverlight implementation to deliver some of
the largest events ever on the Internet. Today, entertainment and
enterprise customers continue to choose Silverlight to create
cost-effective, feature-rich Web experiences, and so we're pleased to
announce both service and consulting support for the next generation of
Microsoft Silverlight," said Peter Coppola, vice president, product
management, Limelight Networks, Inc.
The Limelight Networks Professional Services group (LimelightPS) offers
development, operational, and project management support to media,
entertainment, and enterprise customers. Using best practices learned while
delivering events such as the 2008 Summer Games, Limelight consultants can
assist with Silverlight implementations of any size. Limelight's services
include designing architecture for scale, recommending best of breed
differentiated user interfaces, suggesting proven methods to minimize
costs, and most importantly, ensure that customers' Silverlight-based
solutions are delivered flawlessly. For more information about LimelightPS
solutions, visit http://www.limelightnetworks.com/limelightps.htm.
Through its content delivery service, Limelight Networks today provides
support for Microsoft Silverlight including advanced technologies such as
Smooth Streaming and Deep Zoom.
About Limelight Networks, Inc.
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) is trusted by the world's most
innovative enterprise, entertainment, technology, and software brands to
improve the performance and profitability of Web sites and end-user
experiences. Our scalable, on-demand managed infrastructure solutions
provide global reach and consistently high availability, by routing traffic
over a private fiber-optic backbone rather than through the
often-congested, unpredictable public Internet. For more information, visit
our Web site (http://www.limelightnetworks.com), read our blog
(http://blog.llnw.com), or follow @llnw on Twitter.
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