SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Dec. 8, 2004 -- Speedera Networks, a leading global provider of on-demand distributed application hosting and content delivery services, today announced that it has been selected by Goodwill Industries International to provide its comprehensive SpeedSuite family of services for the flagship Goodwill.org site. As part of Speedera's "Giving Back" program, Goodwill.org will be provided with Whole Site Delivery, Failover, Streaming, SiteAnalyzer, and all of Speedera's other services - free of charge.
Speedera's Giving Back program enables non-governmental, non-profit organizations to use the Internet more effectively by providing them with no-cost services for a faster, more reliable, more secure and more compelling Web presence.
"We applaud Speedera for its generous offer to ensure that the goodwill.org site is supported by the latest Internet infrastructure services and technology," said George W. Kessinger, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, a network of 207 independent, community-based organizations in the United States, Canada, and 22 other countries that provide a wide range of job training and career services. "Our Web site is the nerve center of our outreach program, and it is critical that anybody and everybody can quickly and easily access the site whenever they wish."
Goodwill Industries selected Speedera for two critical business reasons, according to CIO Steve Bergman. "Speedera provides us with an additional layer of business continuity that we otherwise would not have," he said. "Security was also a key issue because we need to protect our brand and to ensure the integrity of our online services."
"Speedera is dedicated to the idea of giving back to the community, not only during this season of giving, but all-year round," said Ajit Gupta, president and CEO of Speedera. "We believe that technology should be available to all as a means to educate people, transform their lives, and to make the world a better place to live. We created our Giving Back program to provide free Web site delivery services to non-profit organizations such as Goodwill Industries, an organization whose tireless efforts have helped millions of people find good jobs and support their families."
Under Speedera's Giving Back program, the company allocates 1% of its infrastructure at no cost to eligible non-profit organizations seeking to enhance their Web presence. Qualified non-governmental, non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply. Media outlets and organizations of a primarily partisan political or religious nature do not qualify under this program. To see if your organization qualifies to take advantage of Speedera's free Giving Back services, please email jmejia@speedera.com or call 1-408-970-1583.
About Speedera Networks
Speedera Networks, Inc. is a leading global provider of distributed application hosting and content delivery services. The company's SpeedSuite family of services provides on-demand services that cost-effectively solve the performance, scalability, availability and security problems of distributed applications and Web sites. Speedera's edge delivery network is deployed in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, with connectivity to over 1000 carrier networks, controlled by a patented global traffic management system. Customers include leading organizations such as American Eagle Outfitters, DoubleClick, Fox Broadcasting, Macromedia, NASA, Sony Music Entertainment, and Univision. The company's channel partners include Softbank Broadmedia/Club iT, BT, VSNL, Hewlett-Packard, AboveNet, and Inflow. For more information about Speedera, please call +1 408-970-1528, visit www.speedera.com or email info@speedera.com. To request a white paper, please click on http://www.speedera.com/reqtechpaper.htm. To request a demo, please click on http://www.speedera.com/reqdemo.htm.
