TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Limelight
Networks, Inc.(“Limelight”) (Nasdaq:LLNW), a global leader
in digital content delivery, today released the results of a CDN
industry customer survey that provides insight into common challenges
related to the storage, management, and delivery of digital content.
Here are the key findings from the survey.
Content Delivery Presents Global Challenges (Source:
TechValidate: TVID: E0B-285-184)Global content delivery is
essential to organizations today. With growing customer bases worldwide,
CDN customers require effective global delivery of their digital
content, no matter where the requestor resides.
CDN customers cited the following operational challenges:
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63 percent of respondents indicated the importance of reaching
customers in multiple geographies;
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40 percent cited a company requirement to move growing amounts of
data; and
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38 percent reported problems with Internet reliability and speed.
Customer Operational Environments Require 24/7 CDN Availability and
Enormous Scale (Source:
TechValidate: TVID: 786-103-6D7)
Organizations are focused on worldwide expansion. Therefore, their
content needs to be available to consumers all day, every day,
regardless of geographic location.
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85 percent of respondents – the largest response of any survey query –
indicate 24/7 delivery of content is now a requirement.
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58 percent highlight the need for worldwide content delivery.
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Almost half – 45 percent – note unpredictable and significant spikes
in demand are common.
Origin Content is Growing and Needs to be Accessed 24/7 from Multiple
Locations (Source:
TechValidate: TVID: 64D-D82-E7A)
Customers face challenges storing their digital content for a variety of
reasons. Origin content is growing rapidly, creating increased storage
demands and the need for remote accessibility.
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70 percent require the assurance of 24/7 data access and availability.
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47 percent cite the challenge of capacity planning for increased
demand.
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40 percent note the need to access origin content from multiple
locations.
“Today content owners are required to move exponentially more complex
objects – videos, images, web content, software releases, and updates –
to their customers on a broad scale,” said Kirby Wadsworth, CMO of
Limelight. “They are increasingly relying on this digital content to
operate global businesses. Only CDNs that deliver customer content with
exceptional reliability and performance worldwide can meet these needs.”
One surveyed customer using the Limelight
Orchestrate™ Cloud Storage and Content
Delivery services reported:
“Limelight has delivered a robust, stable and dependable streaming
network, (and) our account management (team) has been outstanding,”
Anne-Marie Gatringer, operations manager, Insinc Internet Services GmbH.
Based on input from over 200 CDN customers, the survey was conducted in
September 2014 by TechValidate, an independent research organization,
and looked at how companies are handling the operational challenges of
delivering large amounts of object data globally. For more information
on this survey, or to view the results in their entirety, please click here.
About Limelight
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW), a global leader in digital
content delivery, empowers customers to better engage digital audiences
by enabling them to manage and deliver digital content on any device,
anywhere in the world. The company’s award winning Limelight
Orchestrate™ platform includes an integrated suite of content delivery
technology and services that helps organizations deliver exceptional
multi-screen experiences, improve brand awareness, drive revenue, and
enhance customer relationships — all while reducing costs. For more
information, please visit www.limelight.com,
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famaPR on behalf of Limelight Networks
Deena Kimball, 617-986-5018
limelight@famapr.com
Source: Limelight Networks, Inc.