Limelight Extends Its Reach Across Eastern Europe Via NetIX

The global video content provider chose Sofia Data Center - Neterra's SDC, as its point of presence in the region

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NetIX, a global platform for internet exchange, connectivity, and peer-to-peer solutions, part of the Neterra Group, has announced a partnership with Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading provider of content delivery and AppOps at the edge. The partnership will improve the user experience for thousands of Limelight viewers and customers in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.

By positioning itself at the Neterra SDC in Sofia, Bulgaria, Limelight can now deliver content to the customers in these regions more quickly by caching content from its ecosystem locally. This allows Limelight to connect to new customers in the region, expand its global reach, and deliver content more broadly.

“As part of our client success and performance improvement strategies, we’ve increased our capacity in key markets that are important to our customers,” said Dougal McMillan, Director of Strategic Initiatives Partnerships at Limelight. “Working with NetIX, we’re able to deliver a fast, reliable, and secure user experience to customers across the Balkans and the CIS region.”

Limelight (NASDAQ: LLNW) is an industry leader in providing edge-enabled solutions to deliver fast, secure digital experiences on a global scale. We offer powerful tools that optimize, protect, and deliver our clients' valuable digital assets in an increasingly competitive marketplace. From content delivery and AppOps to Jamstack application architecture and web security, we are uniquely positioned to leverage our global private network and client-obsessed experts to help our customers win.

NetIX is a global platform that connects content creators with users faster, more directly and more cost-effectively than ever before. By building just one connection to NetIX, each participant gets a virtual connection with everyone else. Thus, each member of the network can exchange traffic (public peering, multicast, etc.) with guaranteed quality with all other participants at optimal costs through a network infrastructure built on Ethernet technology.

Neterra is an independent global provider of telecommunications services. The company partners with both the world's largest companies and small and medium-sized businesses. Neterra has been providing international connectivity, data center services, managed network services and security for more than 26 years. The company owns and operates 4 data centers and its own global network with points of presence in over 20 countries.