According to Speedera, the impetus behind the new deals is the ESA’s need to have a solution in place to accommodate the anticipated spike in traffic that will result from the launch Thursday of ESA’s unprecedented mission of cometary exploration, Rosetta.
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Under the deal, Speedera wil use its globally distributed delivery network to provide content delivery, site monitoring, failover, and streaming media services.
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“The Rosetta mission is a unique expedition designed to help us unravel the secrets of a mysterious ‘mini’ ice world – a comet,” says Fulvio Drigani,portal manager for the European Space Agency. “Based on the previous successful experience of Speedera enabling ESA to manage large surges in our Web traffic during last December’s Mars Express probe event, we elected to expand our relationship with them. With more missions taking off, we expect traffic to our Web portal to continue to fly ever higher.”
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Speedera was also involved with delivering content for the NASA Web site’s recent coverage of the Mars mission, serving upwards of 4 billion hits.
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“All eyes are trained on the heavens these days, and we are pleased to be a small part of ESA’s awe-inspiring missions,” says Ajit Gupta, president and CEO of Speedera Networks. “Millions of people will be jumping onto the Internet and finding the wonders of space just a mouse click away – and with virtually instant access. This is another significant milestone for the Internet, and for organizations that take advantage of globally distributed
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on demand computing services to deliver rich Web content to users around the world.”
