The commercial use of peer-to-peertechnologies for distributing popular online games and other large digitalcontent, such as primetime television shows and major motion pictures, isexpected to be a hot topic at this week's Game Developer Conference 2006.New startup companies, such as Solid State Networks, are entering thecontent delivery market with new products while major technology leadersare acquiring established content delivery solutions providers, witnesslast week's acquisition of Kontiki by Verisign, all of which is putting abright light on the rapidly growing market segment.
Solid State Networks, a startup company dedicated to developinghigh-performance distributed content delivery solutions, is demonstratingat GDC (Booth 1443) its Solid State Distributed Delivery Network™ (DDN),the industry's first high-performance, commercial-class content deliverysolution based on the popular BitTorrent protocol.
Additionally, Tom Ketola, one of Solid State's co-founders and its VP ofEngineering, is speaking at the conference, outlining the gaming industry'sopportunity to leverage the popular BitTorrent protocol to improve end-userexperiences while saving bandwidth and hardware costs. Studies show thatBitTorrent protocol traffic may account for up to 30 percent of allinformation distributed over the Internet.
"Consumers are showing no let up in their use of the Internet as apreferred means to acquire digital content, whether music or large games,"said Ketola, the VP of Engineering at Solid State Networks. "The size ofdigital content objects is growing exponentially while the economics ofdelivering them over the Internet has hit a wall."
In his presentation Friday, March 24, from noon to 1 p.m. PST, Ketola willoutline for content producers and owners how they can utilize an optimizedpeer-to-peer or distributed architecture to solve the frequent problem ofoverloading Internet servers without the costly installation of additionalhardware or use of expensive, traditional content delivery networks(CDNs).
Solid State Networks is tapping into the increasing use of the Internet byconsumers as a preferred way of buying and enjoying games, movies, music,television shows and software. The company's high-performance distributeddelivery software is designed specifically to meet content publishers'needs for easy and affordable distribution to consumers of the content theywant most, when and where they want it.
Solid State's flagship product is the Solid State Distributed DeliveryNetwork™ (DDN), which is a hybrid content delivery solution thatcombines the economic advantage of BitTorrent end-user bandwidth sharingwith the reliability of a traditional CDN. It allows content providers toset desired Service Level Agreements so content is always available withcustomizable quality of service levels. It also provides advancedanalytics, reporting and flexible integration with content management anddigital rights systems.
About Solid State Networks
Solid State Networks is a developer of high-performance distributed contentdelivery solutions, and the first commercial-class software suite based onthe massively scalable BitTorrent protocol. Solid State's offerings areideal for the distribution of high-demand, massive digital objects,including PC and console video games, high resolution video includingfeature films and television programs, music, and software programs. Formore information, please visit www.solidstatenetworks.com.
Contact:Rich MooreNew Venture CommunicationsEmail Contact415-608-7441
SOURCE: Solid State
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