Highwinds Network Group

Highwinds Network Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryInternet
Founded2002, acquired 2017
Headquarters
Winter Park Edit this on Wikidata
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United States Edit this on Wikidata
Key people
Steve Miller, Lance Crosby
Websitehighwinds.com

Highwinds Network Group, Inc. (Highwinds) was a company founded in 2002 that offered IP services including content delivery network (CDN), cloud storage, IP transit, transport and colocation.[1] The company headquarters were located in Winter Park, Florida, United States. Highwinds maintained Network Operations Centers (NOCs) in Winter Park, FL, Phoenix, AZ, and Amsterdam, Netherlands as well as offices in Costa Mesa, CA, São Paulo, Brazil and London, England. The Highwinds network, called RollingThunder, consisted of more than 70 points of presence[2] throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.[3] Highwinds provided video streaming services to media companies including Blip.TV[4] and Hudl,[5] delivered online games for publishers such as Valve[6] and CCP Games[7] and distributed advertising assets for leading platforms including Facebook's LiveRail.[8]

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  2. ^ "CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network - Highwinds". CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network.
  3. ^ "StackPath".
  4. ^ "Blip Launches New Apps for iOS, Android, Xbox and Kindle". 4 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Highwinds Streams Professional and Collegiate Sports Video to Hudl Users".
  6. ^ "CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network - Highwinds". CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network.
  7. ^ "CCP Games Taps the Power of Highwinds Game Delivery Network for EVE Online".
  8. ^ Clancy, Michelle. "LiveRail selects Highwinds for CDN - Online Video - News - Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com.