Speedera
Chooses HP ProLiant Servers Running Linux to Deliver
Mars Rover Images and Other Cosmic Wonders
[March 10, 2004]
PALO
ALTO, Calif., Mar 10, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- HP (HPQ)
(HPQ) today announced that Santa Clara-based Speedera
Networks -- a leading global provider of on-demand distributed
application and content delivery services -- has deployed
Linux-based HP ProLiant DL360 servers to enhance its
network performance and capacity. This has enabled Speedera
to deliver extremely popular Internet content such as
the current Mars rover images as well as the European
Space Agency's recent launch of its Rosetta comet chaser
mission.
"We needed an experienced partner
we could trust to deliver robust technology solutions
to help us support two of the world's most ambitious
space projects to date as well as the demanding everyday
needs of our global customer base," said Ajit Gupta,
president and chief executive officer, Speedera Networks.
"HP ProLiant servers are optimized for Linux and
deliver the performance and availability we need to
successfully deliver content without fail. Speedera's
services are not exclusively for large enterprises but
also enable small- to medium-size firms to reap the
same benefits of an enterprise-class network based on
HP servers."
Speedera's distributed on-demand computing
services are layered on top of industry-standard HP
ProLiant servers running Linux located around the world
to provide massive delivery capacity and shorten download
times for visitors requesting content from NASA, the
European Space Agency and many other popular Web sites,
including FOX Broadcasting, Sony Music Entertainment,
Network Associates, Macromedia.
Users are able to download the Mars
rover images without experiencing time-outs, interruptions
or delays despite the rich graphical content, the sheer
volume of traffic and the wide audience dispersal, with
25 percent of site visitors coming from outside the
United States.
According to NASA, the number of hits
to the space agency's Web portal has exceeded 7.5 billion
during the first two months of 2004, more than Earth's
entire human population. Peak traffic reached nearly
seven gigabits per second in January alone. The total
content delivered to the public measured at more than
nine times the equivalent of all the words in all the
books in the U.S. Library of Congress.
"As the leading technology provider
to small- and medium-size businesses, HP continues to
build on its Smart Office initiative to make technology
more reliable, uncomplicated and easy to own,"
said Robyn West, vice president of small and medium
business, HP Americas. "HP has a multi-OS (operating
system) strategy of Linux, Windows and HP-UX that enables
us to offer commercial customers choice in their OS
configurations. Our Linux-based HP ProLiant servers
offer Speedera Networks a powerful, reliable and easy-to-manage
solution that will meet the challenging demands of its
customers today and well into the future."
"HP's commitment to space has been
gaining momentum over the past 30 years, beginning with
Apollo and continuing with support of the Mars Exploration
Rovers through vendors like Speedera Networks, which
is delivering content for our Web portal," said
Jeanne Holm, NASA's portal project manager and JPL's
chief knowledge architect. "We have been impressed
with the speed and success of the project teams that
have come together to deliver highly reliable computing
systems and services that deliver public access to the
largest scientific event ever viewed on the Internet."
HP delivers big results for fast growing
company
In preparation for such widely anticipated
events as the NASA's Mars Exploration Rover and ESA's
Rosetta comet chaser missions, Speedera Networks --
one of the fastest growing private companies in Silicon
Valley according to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business
Journal survey for 2003 (documented by PricewaterhouseCoopers)
-- has deployed zero density-optimized ProLiant DL360
servers configured with a Smart Array 6402 Controller
to deliver more continuous uptime for mission-critical
Web hosting applications.
Speedera's broad global distribution
network reduces costly downtime, delivers the reliability
and the 24 x 7 x 365 uptime performance end-users visiting
popular Web sites such as www.nasa.gov and www.esa.int
have come to demand and expect.
The quantity and broad distribution
of HP Linux-based servers gives Speedera Networks the
distinction of being one of the largest distributed
Linux networks in the world. With their space-saving
design and redundant system architecture, the HP servers
with HP Integrated Lights-out technology and Remote
Insight Lights-out Edition boards provide virtual presence
and control capabilities that enable Speedera's Network
Operation Center to efficiently and remotely manage
its distributed on-demand computing services from any
location around the world.
More information about Speedera Networks
is available at www.speedera.com.
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