Netli will offer its NetLightning Application Delivery Network (ADN) service in Japan through a partnership with Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ). NetLightning offers global sub-second response times for Web-based applications through Netli's service architecture and proprietary long-haul transport protocol. Under the agreement, IIJ will place Netli Application Access Points (AAPs) into its infrastructure to extend the Netli ADN. The AAPs hosted by IIJ will provide Web applications hosted in Japan an on ramp to Netli's global network. IIJ will market and sell the service under the IIJ NetLightning brand. Netli will manage and operate the ADN and provide marketing and technical support.
The IIJ agreement is part of Netli's new Partner Program, which allows service providers, system integrators, VARs and consultants to add high performance application delivery to their service offerings. The program offers Netli's partners the opportunity to market and sell Netli's NetLightning service and access cooperative sales and marketing efforts and technical support.
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- IIJ is Netli's first service provider customer. Other customers include HP, Millipore and Nielsen//NetRatings.
Netli's NetLightning service provides high availability, secure, transparent access to Web applications with global sub-second response times. The service is designed address the problems of performance and reliability for HTTP and SSL based Web applications while enabling consolidation to a single data center for global access. For full details see:
http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=7160
Netli is led by CEO John K. Peters, who was previously the founding CEO of Sigma Networks, a provider of metropolitan area broadband network services. Prior to Sigma Networks, Mr. Peters was Executive VP for Concentric Network Corporation.
