Alchemy Communications Announces Collocation Services Agreement With LAUNCH Media.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001 Alchemy Communications Inc. and LAUNCH Media Inc. today announced that they have entered into a collocation services agreement where Alchemy will house LAUNCH's Web equipment for its Web site, LAUNCH.com. LAUNCH.com provides its over 5.7 million registered members with a wide selection of streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. and video, as well as exclusive artist features, concert information and chats covering all genres of music. In addition, LAUNCH.com is currently the Web's leader in music video content with over 7,500 videos on-demand in a variety of music genres This list is split into four separate pages: Alchemy Communications Inc., a leading provider of such Internet business and media solutions as collocation, redundant connectivity, streaming, hosting, encoding, storage and other quality managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , offers LAUNCH access to services that will help strengthen LAUNCH's reputation for offering quality streaming audio and video on the Internet. After extensive investigation of the industry's top collocation facilities, LAUNCH opted to move its Web equipment into Alchemy's 22,000 square foot state-of-the-art Data Center, located in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . "We are very excited to work with Alchemy for the vast array of managed services the company offers," said Alex Maghen, chief technology officer of LAUNCH. "They have demonstrated through their highly skilled professionals and technical expertise that LAUNCH will be receiving the caliber of attention that we require." The chief executive officer and president of Alchemy, Zane Alsabery, said, "We couldn't be more proud and delighted to host such a high-profile client as LAUNCH in our Data Center. We are very happy to have been given the opportunity to work with the extremely professional and dedicated management and technical teams of a company with such obvious growth potential in this exciting market." About LAUNCH With headquarters in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif., LAUNCH Media Inc. (Nasdaq:LAUN) is a media company dedicated to creating the premier Internet music site, LAUNCH.com, by providing music fans with the broadest array of music and music-related editorial content. LAUNCH.com houses the Web's largest music video collection, available streamed on-demand or in pre-programmed channel formats. Additionally, LAUNCH.com offers music customization with LAUNCHcast, an intelligent music service that enables members to design their own streaming music station with high quality audio or video. About ALCHEMY Incorporated in 1995, Alchemy Communications is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Woodland Hills, Calif. Alchemy's 22,000 square foot Data Center is located in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the heart of the entertainment industry. Alchemy's Data Center has state-of-the-art fire supression, 24x7x365 security and enough backup power An additional power source that can be used in the event of power failure. See UPS and backup.  A Half Minute of Backup This roomful of lead acid batteries stands ready to drain itself entirely in less than a minute. to last for weeks. As well as offering customizable collocation, streaming and bandwidth services, Alchemy provides high-quality managed services, including, monitoring, network, security, storage and application services See ASP and Web services. . |
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