Limelight CDN to Power WorkCast

Limelight CDN to Power WorkCastLimelight Networks is one of the largest and most trusted content delivery network providers in the CDN market. The Limelight CDN offers a broad range of some of the most useful content delivery network services, including static and dynamic data delivery, live video streaming and on demand video. It is because of their extensive services and leading performance that they boast companies such as the BBC, DirecTV, DigitasLBi, Allianz, L’Oreal, Napster and Sky among their customers.

Now, the latest company to take advantage of the Limelight CDN is WorkCast. WorkCast is a cloud webinar platform company based in the UK, and they provide services to enable their clients to offer webinars, webcast and virtual events.

Limelight Networks Content Delivery Network Benefits

With the ability to deliver content to tens of thousands of end users, a high performance network is critical for WorkCast. This is why they are leveraging the Limelight Networks Multi-device Media Delivery (MMD) services to support its video on-demand and live streaming needs, and ensure their customers get the best possible performance when using their webinar, webcast and virtual events services. The Limelight MMD will ensure that they have access to the network resources necessary when they need it to avoid slow downs.

“It’s not uncommon for us to have 15,000 viewers worldwide on a single event, potentially with several other virtual events going on at the same time,” said Barney Brown, EVP at WorkCast. “Limelight is a trusted brand and has the best CDN for handling video with a range of transcoding and streaming capabilities to meet our complex needs.”

“WorkCast serves some of the biggest companies in the world, including Sony, RELX Group, Diageo and Barclays, so availability and reliability are critical,” said Nigel Burmeister, vice-president of marketing at Limelight Networks. “Limelight’s CDN delivers breakthrough performance on a global scale for WorkCast, even over congested or changing network conditions.”