

Its network was built for rich, high-definition media delivery and large-scale live events. The company was founded in 2006 by technology entrepreneurs with years of experience building companies in the infrastructure, web services, and application delivery spaces.ĮdgeCast has one of the fastest, most efficient and most modern content distribution networks in the world. The company has broken multiple records, among them streaming the United States presidential inauguration in 2008, during which they delivered 3.8 million hours of content to 7.8 million users, with as many as 625,000 simultaneous users.ĭelivering any data, anywhere, anytime, EdgeCast is the world’s fastest and most reliable content delivery network. Since they launched the RollingThunder® network CDN in 2008, Highwinds has used its experience in networking and delivery to distribute content for some of the most important companies on the Internet. The soaring expectation of users for rich, engaging content, often with high levels of real-time interactivity and animation, requires the continual breakthroughs in delivery infrastructure and services that Highwinds offers. Partnering with the company allows us to satisfy the most demanding of today’s – and tomorrow’s – digital media consumers. It also peers with over 800 major ISPs and over 14,000 ASNs, which extends the network to the far reaches of the globe.įounded in 2002 and headquartered just outside Orlando, Fla., Highwinds maintains 24 data centers throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. It consists of a ringed, redundant architecture made up of multiple 10 Gbps connections per point of presence (PoP). The third-generation architecture used by the RollingThunder network is one of the most reliable and scalable networks in the world. By working with them, we harness the power of the company’s RollingThunder® network, a global, private network purpose-built to effectively distribute data and rich media content around the world. Highwinds offers one of the fastest CDNs on the planet.
