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China 10K.Com Chooses Unitech Networks' Content
Delivery Solution to
power their Worldwide Chinese History Web Infrastructure
Unitech Networks offers express content delivery
for CHINA 10K.COM to
Maximize Global Traffic, Internet Network Performance and Reliability
(HONG KONG - August 9, 2000) Unitech
Networks Ltd, an Internet infrastructure provider in Asia Pacific, today
announced it has been selected by CHINA 10K.com - the first unique and
dynamic website to highlight the full 10,000 years of Chinese history
- as its Internet solution partner to globally implement a reliable
content delivery network (CDN). To meet the growth with a hit rate of
1,300,000 per week worldwide and its 120,000 members, CHINA 10K.COM
has set up Unitech's Netplicator virtual mirrors and IntelliDNS intelligent
domain name systems in Hong Kong, China and the US, enabling users with
faster Internet response and highly available content delivery services.
The scalable CDN solution, developed by Unitech Networks, is made up
of two major components, Netplicator virtual mirrors that cache popular
content and keep it closer to end-users; and an IntelliDNS that monitors
and load-balances the network, and distributes requests across server
farms. It can manage and speed up content distribution, solving the
problems of Web delay and service quality degradation resulted from
traffic boom on the Web.
In the first stage of deployment, CHINA 10K.COM has set up two IntelliDNS
servers in Hong Kong, and three Netplicator cache servers in the US
and China (Beijing and Xiamen). In the coming year, it will expand its
businesses to Taiwan and Europe with further deployment of Unitech Networks'
advanced CDN solution.
"Internet users no longer need to wait for a long time for downloading
the Web content," said Steve Law, Chief Information Officer of CHINA
10K.COM. "Instead of just looking for a hardware/software product, we
are finding a complete solution and a solution partner with deep market
insights, which is what Unitech Networks can provide. Moreover, Unitech
Networks CDN solution features a user-friendly Web administration interface
and our engineers can configure and deploy it to the global infrastructure
with ease, which saves costs and manpower."
With its exploitation of latest Internet technology capabilities such
as the smart CDN solution, CHINA 10K.com differentiates itself from
other ICPs in terms of technological advancement and innovation.
"It is essential for Internet companies and e-businesses to compete
and succeed by taking early steps to enhance their Internet network
set-up," said Alex Chan, Chief Executive Officer of Unitech Networks
Ltd. "Like CHINA 10K.com, the deployment of CDN helps to differentiate
themselves by assuring outstanding performance - in terms of faster
content delivery, guaranteed and managed quality of service, high availability
and scalability as well as easier and more convenient management."
According to IDC, the number of Internet users in Asia Pacific is expected
to increase three times from 1998 to 2003. Hence, a sophisticated caching
and DNS infrastructure is essential to ease the Web traffic congestion,
maintaining a satisfactory e-service level.
Unitech Networks' CDN solution is a new-generation content delivery
concept in the region. It can help Internet service providers (ISPs),
Internet content providers (ICPs), application service providers (ASPs),
e-commerce players, data centers and carriers to deliver the Internet
content in a scalable, efficient and reliable way.
About CHINA10K.COM
The first of its kind, CHINA10K.COM is a unique compendium of Chinese
history that integrates information, education and entertainment to
provide a comprehensive introduction to 10,000 years of China's recorded
wisdom. CHINA10K.COM fully exploits the capabilities of Internet technology
to create one of the new breed of WISE websites. The site takes advantages
of the boundary-free source of the Internet to offer Worldwide coverage.
It takes advantage of the limitless capacity of the Internet to provide
a wealth of practical Information. It leverages the interactive features
of the Internet to provide a Service to the community. And it adopts
a lively multimedia mode of presentation, conveying education via Entertainment.
For more information, please visit www.china10k.com
About Unitech Networks Ltd
A fast-moving Internet infrastructure provider in Asia Pacific, Unitech
Networks is specialized in providing high value added Internet infrastructure
and web applications for service providers and enterprises to effectively
transform and run business in the Internet world. It succeeds with its
technological expertise, rich experience and dynamic culture, able to
provide time-to-market and innovative solutions for all kinds of e-business.
Unitech Networks is committed to continuous technological and commercial
advancement, turning Internet technologies into business opportunities
so as to grow with customers in the e-business boom.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Unitech Networks can provide region-wide
services with operations in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore
and Malaysia, and service partners in the rest of the regions. For more
information, please visit our home page at http://www.unitechnetworks.com.
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