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Hong Kong-based Pacnet, a leading provider of integrated technology solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, has choosen OnApp to create a self-owned and self-managed Content Delivery Networks (CDN) platform across its datacenters and subsea infrastructure.
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OnApp CDN has enabled Pacnet to create a network of Points of Presence (PoPs) in these datacenters, spanning eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region, said London-based OnApp.
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These are supported by additional Asia-Pacific locations from the OnApp Federation, OnApp's global network of service providers offering CDN through a wholesale service provider-to-service provider marketplace, and 10 high quality managed Federation PoPs in the U.S. and Europe.
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OnApp added that the solution enables Pacnet to capitalize on its investment in cross-continent infrastructure, deliver significant improvements in flexibility, and reduce operating costs. According to OnApp, Pacnet's CDN deployment was completed in less than two months and after an extensive proof of concept Pacnet started migrating customers to its new CDN, and is now live on the OnApp CDN platform.
"Traditionally there have only been two ways for carriers to do CDN: roll your own, or license a third party network. With OnApp we've found a third way, where we can deploy PoPs in our own infrastructure and use the OnApp Federation to extend them however we see fit. It's great working with OnApp - we love the people, the culture and the technology. Together we've developed a CDN platform that works for our business, for our partners, and for our customers, who can target their content at very specific geographies. This is really where all carriers need to be headed."
- Jon Vestal, VP Product Architecture at Pacnet
"Pacnet's CDN deployment really shows the power of the Federation lies in its diverse commercial application as well as its geographic scale. OnApp CDN gives you the software tools to deploy your own PoPs, set up zones and pricing and manage your content, as you'd expect, but when you add the Federation you suddenly open up all kinds of new opportunities. We talk more and more to companies looking to move away from legacy, licensed CDN to a more competitive owner/manager model. The OnApp Federation makes that easy: you can make best use of your own investments, and use whatever mix of Federation locations you need to amplify, or add new flavors to, or create new channels within your core infrastructure."
- Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of OnApp
