LIMELIGHT DEBUTS FIRST CONTENT DELIVERY SERVICE WITH IPV6 SUPPORT.

Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:LLNW), Tempe, Ariz., has introduced the industry's first content delivery service with Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) support. The company announced this upgrade of its global distributed computing platform to the next-generation protocol during a panel presentation at NANOG46, the annual meeting of the North American Network Operators' Group, held this year in Philadelphia, PA.

"Content consumption is moving beyond just the browser to a new class of Internet-connected devices, as consumers are accessing their favorite media wherever and whenever they want. As one of the first CDNs to offer IPv6 services, our platform is now ready to deliver content to that next generation of always-connected devices," said Nathan Raciborski, co-founder and chief technology officer, Limelight Networks, Inc. "We're pleased to be leading the industry in offering IPv6 services, and look forward to working collaboratively with our customers and partners to deploy IPv6 applications across our worldwide network platform."

Limelight Networks' IPv6 capabilities include: -- Ability to offer dual-stack (IPv6/IPv4) or IPv6 connectivity at company-owned locations -- -/32 allocations from the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN), Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), and Reseaux Internet Protocol Europeens (RIPE) -- Full IPv6 transit routes ...