Combining high-speed Internet connectivity with best-in-class content distribution services

(Hong Kong, November 14, 2001) Diyixian.com Ltd, Greater China¡¦s leading IP private network Service Provider, has been appointed official ISP of the Software Exhibition 2001, an annual highlight in the local IT industry to be held at the HKCEC from Nov 14 to 17, 2001. Providing exhibitors with assured reliability and scalability of dedicated Internet access, Diyixian will also roll out new, comprehensive content distribution services thoroughly enhanced for the Greater China market, and launch a seminar on next-generation content distribution solutions from 5 pm to 6 pm on Nov 15, 2001 at Level 7, HKCEC.

All over the world, interest in streaming media has doubly increased since the terrorist attacks on Sept 11. The fear of flying among business travellers results in an enormous boost to the demand for streaming media services. Much of Internet and intranet traffic is increasingly comprised of media-rich content, such as high-quality video, event broadcasting, interactive training, videoconferencing, and other types of corporate information sharing. These bandwidth-intensive applications can be problematic when delivered over a congestion-prone Web server. This is where Diyixian¡¦s IP-based Content Delivery Network (CDN) makes the difference.

CDNs are emerging as one of the key enabling technologies for streaming media services. Diyixian optimizes the delivery of Web applications by using a sophisticated combination of caching, content switching, and content distribution and management. This approach significantly increases server availability, reduces network loads, and prevents or alleviates network congestion, resulting in higher quality content and quicker response, and a better end user experience.

Well before the attacks, Diyixian has integrated market-leading content distribution solutions within its regionwide IP network to accelerate the delivery of streaming content to users throughout the region. The further deployment after Sept 11 of high security and quality of service (QoS) capabilities, IP-based virtual private networks (IP private networks), and multicast technology within its Internet Data Centres in Dongguan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, has provided the company with a more flexible, scalable CDN architecture for reliable, high-speed delivery of broadband content and other value-added services.

¡§At a time when corporate travel budget is slashed, head counts are down, and competition for customers dollar is increasing, enhanced enterprise CDN solutions may drastically increase network performance for bandwidth-intensive applications at a lower cost than traditional Web scaling strategies,¡¨ said Lap Man, CEO of Diyixian.