(LLNW) joins Google Cloud Platform’s CDN Interconnect Program

Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:LLNW), a global leader in digital content delivery, today announced that it has joined Google Cloud Platform’s CDN Interconnect program. Customers will be able to leverage Limelight’s network inter-connectivity and CDN capabilities with Google Cloud Platform’s product offerings, including Google Cloud Storage and Google Compute Engine. As part of this relationship, Google and Limelight will work together to drive customer success through technical integrations and mutual sales engagements. Joint customers will benefit from faster object delivery, global scale and the flexibility to use both Limelight and Google Cloud Platform.

As a trusted CDN Interconnect Provider, Limelight’s CDN has direct links with Google’s edge network. Joint customers egressing network traffic from Google Cloud Platform will benefit from the direct connectivity to Limelight’s CDN with improved performance and response times, as well as lower network egress costs.

“As a global leader in digital content delivery, Limelight is thrilled to be working with Google Cloud Platform to ensure our customers have the performance they require, while taking advantage of their cloud investments. Our network’s global footprint, scalability, and capacity makes us one of the leading Google Cloud CDN Interconnect providers,” said Robert Lento, chief executive officer at Limelight. “Our relationship with Google is a strong indicator of our capabilities and commitment to securely deliver internet traffic to organizations and consumers around the world,” continued Lento. The joint offering is available immediately.

Limelight Networks operates a global CDN on its own private network to deliver digital content for its customers. They operate one of the largest private global backbones for a CDN in the world, with over 15 terabits per second of egress capacity, and deliver billions of objects every day for their customers. Limelight delivers multimedia, file and web content for their customers around the globe.

About Limelight Networks

Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW), a global leader in digital content delivery, empowers customers to better engage online audiences by enabling them to securely manage and globally deliver digital content, on any device. The company’s award winning Limelight Orchestrate™ platform includes an integrated suite of content delivery technology and services that helps organizations secure digital content, deliver exceptional multi-screen experiences, improve brand awareness, drive revenue, and enhance customer relationships — all while reducing costs. For more information, please visit www.limelight.com, read our blog, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and be sure to visit Limelight Connect.