November 20, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Distributed Web and content delivery services provider Mirror Image Internet (Mirror-Image.com) announced on Wednesday that national catalog and online retailer Lillian Vernon Corporation (LillianVernon.com) has implemented Mirror Image?s instaContent Delivery service to enhance the performance of its Web site.
Lillian Vernon, says Mirror Image, is known for its unique personalized products, and attracts as many as 1.5 million hits per month to its Web site. In preparation for the holiday season, the company turned to Mirror Image for a solution that provides the scalability necessary to handle its busiest time of year.
By offloading Lillian Vernon?s origin servers, says Mirror Image, the instaContent solution alleviates site congestion to improve performance. Since implementing the solution, says Mirror Image, Lillian Vernon has improved Web site page load times by 71 percent and can now handle a significantly higher number of simultaneous logins.
"Through our partnership with Lillian Vernon, Mirror Image continues to demonstrate its ability to handle the needs of large-scale e-Commerce customers. We are pleased to add another leading retail brand as a satisfied customer," said Bill Przybylinski, Vice President of Global Sales for Mirror Image Internet. "By helping Lillian Vernon provide site visitors with an unmatched content delivery solution that reliably increases site performance and makes online shopping faster and easier, we are living up to our mission to satisfy our customers' expectations."
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