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China’s content delivery network (CDN) service provider, ChinaCache, today announced that it is ready to provide CDN services to support the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games which begin Friday, August 8.

 

With the help of its commercial contracts with a number of domestic media, Internet Web portals, and online entertainment companies, ChinaCache is expected to carry a total of 5,400 hours of online content delivery services for the Games

 

Utilizing its nationwide CDN network in China, ChinaCache will provide a wide range of CDN services during the Games, including Web Caching, Flash Video (FLV) acceleration, Live Streaming, P2SP Live Streaming and Video-on-Demand (VOD). All CDN services will be provided to cover both opening and closing ceremonies, as well as all games between August 6 and 24.

 

''As the leading CDN service provider in China, ChinaCache is committed to providing the best quality online services to over 160 million Internet users in the country for viewing the exciting Games. We are fully prepared with our resources of network, bandwidth, security with an around clock customer support mechanism to ensure a total success of the unprecedented online delivery task,'' said Song Wang, CEO of ChinaCache.

 

ChinaCache started preparing for its CDN services for the 29th Olympic Games over a year ago. As part of its effort to introduce advanced technologies to its CDN network, ChinaCache integrated Adobe's Flash Media Server and Microsoft's (News - Alert) Silverlight at the end of last year. In addition, ChinaCache also developed a joint CDN research institute with Tsinghua University to engage in advanced CDN research projects, thus forming the second largest R&D team in the CDN industry.

 

''This important online delivery task represents a big challenge for CDN both in terms of its scale and duration. We are fully confident that we will meet the challenge and deliver the best results for all viewers across China,'' Wang added.

 

Established in 1998, ChinaCache was established in 1998 and is committed to providing innovative and customized CDN solutions and services to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers. ChinaCache has thus far built 500 service nodes in more than 80 major cities across China. China Cache's CDN network is well interconnected with all major carriers in China, including China Telecom (News - Alert), China Netcom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Railcom, and China Cernet.