Limelight Networks

Limelight Networks ( NASDAQ: LLNW ) is the operator of a private global fiber network and developer of a cloud- based digital presence management platform that brings together digital communication.

The network has according to the company over a bandwidth of more than 9 TB / s, consists of more than 15,000 servers and 80 POPs and offers over 20 petabytes of cloud storage. In more than 26 countries Limelight Networks is the first or second place in the performance rating.

The company is Tempe, Arizona, USA. The joint stock company has offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Framingham, Grand Rapids, New York City, Solana Beach, Herndon, Paris, Washington DC, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Delhi, London, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, Lviv, Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich.

History

Limelight Networks was founded in 2001 in Tempe, Arizona, USA as a provider of content delivery network services. In July 2006, the company agreed equity financing over $ 130 million with a group of investors led by Goldman Sachs. The following year, Limelight Networks took on his first IPO a $ 240 million, 16 million shares were sold at a price of $ 15. In April 2008, the company founder Michael Gordon was called because of its contributions to the young industry from Streaming Media Magazine as " Streaming Media All- Star".

Limelight Networks has received Frost & Sullivan's Product Line Strategy Award in 2012. Forrester Research rated Limelight Networks as a " Strong Performer ".

Services

Limelight operates a CDN. Potential uses are:

Customers

Customers include: Amazon, ARD, Capcom, Disney, EA Sports, Facebook, Groupon, HBO, Microsoft, MySpace, Netflix, Nissan, Quiksilver, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Toyota and Viacom.