Leading South American VAR Allier Selects FastSoft to Speed Internet for Olympics, World Cup
Sporting Events Drive Demand for Video and Content Delivery
PASADENA, CA – February 23, 2010 – FastSoft, the leading web acceleration company, announced today that it has partnered with Brazil-based Allier Technology to support Internet-based viewing of world-class sporting events.
Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2016 Olympics, and the 2011 Military World Games – the third largest sporting event in the world – which are expected to generate enormous Internet traffic.
“The great sports events that will take place in Brazil during the next few years will strongly stimulate the demand for content and information delivery through the Internet. This leads to excellent perspectives in 2010 for FastSoft – one of our biggest hopes for the coming years,” commented Antonio Carlos Costa, Allier’s Executive Director and CEO.
FastSoft’ s technology optimizes TCP, the core protocol of the Internet. It speeds Internet traffic 2 to 5 times, resulting in better website performance and video playback.
“FastSoft is pleased to partner with Allier Technology,” said Ed Snyder, CEO of FastSoft. “South American companies that want faster website performance, file transfers, and video delivery – especially due to the World Cup and Olympics – can look to Allier for the right solution.”
About FastSoft
FastSoft was launched in 2006 to accelerate web applications and speed the download and distribution of video and other digital content worldwide. The company’s patented FastTCP™ technology is fully standards-compliant and enables speed increases of 2 to 5 times. FastSoft develops server-side technology with no hardware or software required on the receiving end. FastSoft enables its customers to improve end-user web application experience and to reduce costs of global datacenter build-out. FastSoft customers include leading companies pioneering in social networking, digital content creation and delivery, and SaaS.
About Allier Technologies
www.allier.com.br
Allier Technology is a Value Added Distributor (VAD) located in Brazil which operates in all regions via an expansive group of resellers. Allier’s primary focus is the distribution of corporate security and network infrastructure solutions. Allier represents six multinationals including IronPort (e-mail, web security, DLP, cryptography and management products), Riverbed (WAN network acceleration technology), Zscaler (Web security and DLP in the cloud/SaaS model), FastSoft (content delivery acceleration over the Internet), Digital Shredder (high-speed hard drive sanitization), and Teneros (a high availability solution for Exchange groupware).