Limelight, the CRN 100, and Industry Growth

Our industry is in a mode of tremendous growth across many different sectors. Internet, media, software, gaming, and e-commerce companies are making more digital assets available online as they refine their monetization models and grow loyal online audiences. In fact, in his most recent CDN Market Overview, Jim Davis of Tier1 Research wrote that CDN industry revenues will grow almost 30%, to approximately $1.3 billion in 2008. Its a great time to be competing in this market.

It is against this backdrop that we are pleased to have been named to CRN Magazine’s Fast Growth 100 for 2008. As CRN put it, “Limelight’s founders predicted an enormous need for businesses to deliver video, music and game content with broadcast quality over the Internet. The company began building an infrastructure capable of delivering that content. In today’s YouTube era, that prediction has become a reality.”

The article names only “Limelight Networks” in the #4 spot, but we recognize there are many groups that contributed to this ranking. We certainly wouldn’t have been on the list without the collaboration and support of our customers and partners. Our growth is the result of our customers willing to innovate new business models on the Internet, and our partners designing world-class solutions that enable new applications on our platform — and for both to have had the confidence in our platform to enable their efforts. We thank you for partnership and look forward to many more years of continued growth together.

We also must recognize our employees, who for seven years have tirelessly built the market-specific solutions and customer relationships that are still the foundation for our success.

You can read the full CRN Fast Growth 100 article here.

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