Since installing multiple flow control platforms in the US and Europe, Blackboard says it has seen a significant improvement in latency. As a result, content throughput has increased to deliver a reliable online experience to Blackboard's hosted clients, which include academic institutions, publishers and corporate and government agencies worldwide.

Internap says the FCP shapes how traffic is sent to transit providers in real-time and without human intervention, overcoming the inefficiencies of border gateway protocol, which ISPs traditionally use to establish routing between each other. The appliance also minimizes the possibility of downtime due to brownouts and outages.

"Internap's leadership position in intelligent routing is clear," says James DeBlasio, president and CEO for Internap. "Our technology ensures that mission critical services, like those offered by Blackboard, can leverage the power of the Internet to enable educational innovations around the world. We're pleased to play a role in Blackboard's ability to grow a network dedicated to better communication, commerce, collaboration and content."

Last week, Internap launched a new content delivery network origin point of presence through its proprietary private network access points in El Segundo, California for increased scale, capacity and premium network performance.