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Amazon Debuts CloudFront Content Delivery Network Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2008 - 9:54am.

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Tuesday announced the launch of CloudFront, a new self-service, pay-as-you-go content delivery network (CDN) unit of its Amazon Web Services division.

tags: Amazon.com | S3 | CDN | CloudFront |

Amazon to Launch Content Delivery Network Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2008 - 10:10am.

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) is preparing to launch its own content delivery network service, aiming to offer even smaller websites faster, more efficient delivery of their media and other content to end users, Webmonkey reports, citing a post on the Amazon Web Services blog.

tags: Video | Amazon | S3 | CDN |

IPTV Chipmaker S3 Raises $12 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 3, 2006 - 8:09am.
Dublin - Silicon & Software Systems (S3), a privately owned, Ireland-based IPTV and broadband chip specialist, announced that it has raised $12 million in venture capital financing. S3 said the investment, led by ACT Venture Capital, would allow it to develop its design capabilities and expand its operations in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Under the terms of the investment, Dutch firm Philips Electronics will maintain a strategic shareholding in S3 and continue to be a key customer and technology partner of the Irish company, S3 said.
tags: VC | IPTV | Chipmaker | S3 |