st3.com Selects Network Appliance as Key Infrastructure Solution Supplier.Business/Technology Editors NAB2001 Booth #E3530 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 st3.com Selects Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything (TM)Technology To Efficiently Stream Massive-Bandwidth Media Over the st3.com Private Nationwide Fiber-Based Network st3.com, the full-service streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. provider, has selected Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, as its preferred provider of storage and content delivery infrastructure technology for st3.com's nationwide streaming media network. "We built our private fiber network and Streaming Center to give movie studios, broadcast networks and other video content owners an easy and reliable one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for making their content available over the Internet," said Michael Cunnyngham, chairman, founder and chief scientist for st3.com. "Since quality streaming files are usually quite large, our ability to store these files on the edge of our network enables us to more efficiently route media to users. Network Appliance is a proven leader in edge content delivery technology and will help us deliver high quality, reliable streaming media to a mass audience." st3.com created a streaming network which incorporates advanced NetApp(R) storage and NetCache(TM) content delivery solutions from Network Appliance, ensuring that streaming media files are served from the network's nearest point of presence (POP) to the end user. This technology eliminates inefficient two-way traffic that occurs when files exist only on a central server and dramatically shortens the distance that streams need to travel. By shortening distances and eliminating redundant traffic, st3.com effectively turns its private fiber network into the fastest, most reliable streaming media highways ever created. "Streaming media and associated technologies are already starting to have a major impact on how people experience media and how content is distributed and offered to end users," noted Amit Pandey, senior director of content delivery marketing at Network Appliance. "Network Appliance is powering st3.com's streaming media network with its center-to-edge(TM) streaming infrastructure that includes highly reliable and scalable data center storage and high-performance content delivery appliances." About st3.com st3.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextLec Inc., provides the industry's most comprehensive and technically advanced streaming media capabilities for developing, encoding See encode. , and streaming live events and on-demand content for its customers. st3.com customers include broadcasters, event organizers, film studios and video content owners. st3.com uses a private fiber optic network of 24,000 route miles The number of miles that are spanned by a telecommunications network. It does not include combined wire mileage due to multiple wires or fibers within a single cable or by overlapping segments, just the total geographic distance between cities or other terminal points. to serve every major market in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and to circumvent cir·cum·vent tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents 1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap. 2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city. issues that first-generation streaming companies continue to face. For more information please visit www.st3.com. NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance, NetCache, and center to edge are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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