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15 Million Registered Users in Record Time
Making It One Of The Net Largest Content Delivery Networks
Haifa, Israel, February 13, 2001. - SpeedBit
Ltd. today announced the delivery of the 1 billionth
file by its Download Accelerator Plus (DAP),
a content delivery platform that optimizes distribution
of rich media content. DAP is utilized every day to
deliver millions of files including music, games, movies,
video, and software.
SpeedBit also announced that in only 15 months
since the release of its popular Version 3.9 it acquired
over 15,000,000 registered users for the freely distributed
DAP program. Its registered user base continues
to grow by about 55,000-65,000 new users each day, exhibiting
one of the fastest growth rates in the history of the
Internet. "This achievement is especially noteworthy
since DAP's distribution relies entirely on organic
grassroots viral marketing. No money was invested to
promote it," said Yossi Vardi, an investor in the
company and founding investor of ICQ (which was acquired
by AOL). Indeed DAP has been one of CNET's
most popular downloads for the PC for the past year.
DAP Core Functionality
- Accelerated delivery
- End-to-end network optimizer
- Load balance
- Fault tolerance
DAP allows file delivery in a highly accelerated
and reliable manner - up to 200%-400% faster, according
to users' comments and professional reviews. It detects
mirror sites that host the requested file, determines
which servers will be fastest for the specific user's
location, and then initiates a multi-connection multi-server
download process. By doing so DAP allows the
user to utilize more of the available bandwidth. SpeedBit
has two patent applications pending regarding DAP's
core technology.
DAP's Client-side Optimization Enhances Content
Deployment
By its presence on the user's desktop DAP provides
the missing link in the content delivery chain which
today reaches at best only those ISPs that host the
requested file.
DAP's core functionality is performed from the
user's desktop, optimizing the content delivery as it
is evaluated in real-time from the user's perspective,
thus extending the delivery optimization chain to its
true edge - the user's PC.
DAP's client-side optimization takes advantage
of actual overall conditions of the network, and the
deployed storage and mirror servers at the time of use
as seen from the user's location.
Load Balancing
DAP identifies the most responsive servers among
available mirror servers, thereby balancing server load.
The program further distributes the load among the most
responsive servers by downloading the file in segments,
the size of each segment being determined in direct
relation to the server's proximity.
Fault Tolerance
DAP's AlwaysResume service allows resumption
of interrupted downloads even if the source servers
do not support resume. This enables the user to avoid
unnecessary repetitive downloads. DAP also manages
fall-back scenarios between the source servers, and
provides error checking and recovery.
Boost for Digital Content Subscription Model
DAP's delivery platform coming versions will
enables users to subscribe to and receive content in
a highly accelerated manner according to their schedule
preferences. When a user opts-in for DAP's services,
DAP gains a noninvasive persistent presence on
the user's PC, making it easier for providers of rich
media content to reach potential subscribers. DAP
transparency to various Digital Rights Management (DRM)
will allows content providers to offer paid-for subscriptions.
"DAP coming versions represent a perfect
platform for offering subscriptions for rich media content.
Our fast-growing user base is comprised of frequent
downloaders who are likely to be early adopters of various
digital content subscriptions," says Idan Feigenbaum,
SpeedBit's CTO and Cofounder.
About SpeedBit
SpeedBit is a privately held company founded
at the end of 1999 by a young Israeli programmer, Idan
Feigenbaum, and his father Yerach. It has received funding
from investors Yossi Vardi and STI Ventures, an international
early-stage investment company, with an emphasis on
Israeli technology. Strategic investors in STI Ventures
are Softbank, Comverse Technology and Pacific Capital
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