Axient Communications Announces Agreement With Equinix; Axient to Offer Direct Access to Their Octane Experience to Equinix Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000 Axient Communications Inc., a premier provider of media-quality Internet experiences and services, Wednesday announced its new agreement with Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), creator and operator of neutral Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX IBX Independence Blue Cross (Health Insurance Company) IBX Internet Business Exchange IBX Integrated Business Exchange IBX Inner Banks (Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina) (TM)) centers. The agreement expands the availability of Octane oc·tane n. 1. Any of various isomeric paraffin hydrocarbons with the formula C8H18, found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent. 2. An octane number. (SM) by offering Equinix customers direct access to the Axient network and content, enhancing the service options currently available to Equinix customers. This past August, Axient introduced Octane, a revolutionary media-quality Web experience available to broadband Internet See broadband. users which features full-screen, full-speed, high-resolution video, clear stereo sound and fast text and graphics. Axient's next-generation network has been designed to deliver content locally rather than across the congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. Internet, resulting in a media-quality experience for end-users with broadband connections See broadband and wireless broadband. , fast connections for commerce, and priority handling of enterprise mission-critical information. Equinix's uniquely neutral IBX centers enable Internet companies to quickly, easily, and privately interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. with a choice of business partners, service providers and customers, providing them with the flexibility, speed, and adaptability they need to accelerate business growth and improve Internet performance. "This agreement highlights Equinix's commitment to providing a broad variety of enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; options to our IBX participants," said Marjorie Backaus, chief marketing officer of Equinix Inc. "By bringing their network and media-quality services into Equinix neutral IBX centers, Axient will have access to the critical mass of leading companies who do business in Equinix IBX centers." Equinix IBX centers provide a secure home for the Internet where enterprises, content providers, ASPs and e-commerce companies have the ability to interconnect with a choice of best-in-class bandwidth providers, ISPs, and infrastructure services providers. Enterprises and Internet companies can deliver content faster, access multiple networks, eliminate local loop charges, increase transaction-based revenues and increase customer satisfaction via a higher quality customer web experience. Bandwidth providers, ISPs, and infrastructure services providers can service a larger customer base, save on training and staffing operations, and increase revenue. "With direct access to Octane via Axient's next-generation network, Equinix customers will have the opportunity to experience the Internet at its fullest potential featuring full-screen, full-speed, high-resolution video, clear stereo sound and fast text and graphics," said Michael Gordon Michael Gordon may refer to:
About Axient Communications Inc. Axient Communications Inc., a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Phoenix, has reinvented the Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f experience by delivering the Octane(SM) experience. Octane is the media-quality Web experience offering full-screen, full-speed, high-resolution video, clear stereo sound and fast text and graphics. Axient's next-generation network has been designed to deliver content locally rather than across the congested Internet, resulting in a media-quality experience for end-users with broadband connections, fast connections for commerce, and priority handling of enterprise mission-critical information. Axient has strategic alliances with Williams Communications Group Inc., NBCOlympics.com, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. and other partners. Axient is a Cisco Powered Network. For more information on Axient Communications Inc. and the Octane experience, please visit www.axient.com. Octane(SM) and Octane by Axient(SM), Octane Access(SM), Octane Delivery(SM), Octane Enterprise(SM) and Feel the Net(SM) are service marks of Axient Communications Inc. |
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