Digital Island Press Releases Archive 1996–2001

 

1996

  • Nov 7, 1996 – “Net Surfing Made Easy in Honolulu” (BusinessWeek): Link — Early profile of Digital Island as a Honolulu startup building a global network to bypass congested internet routes for corporations, with direct carrier connections and Cisco partnership.
    Note to reader: We relocated our hub and our primary service networking premises away from Honolulu to the Stanford University Data Center in the first week of January, 1997)

1997

  • Jan 20, 1997 – Digital Island Announces Cisco Systems as First Customer of New Global Network: Link — Announces Cisco as first customer for its new global single-hop network aimed at faster multinational connectivity.
  • Jan 20, 1997 – Faster Access to Corporate Web Sites: Link — Promotes superior speed and reliability for corporate website delivery compared to public internet.
  • May 27, 1997 – Digital Island Announces New San Francisco Office: Link — Opens new San Francisco office to strengthen U.S. presence.
  • Jun 24, 1997 – Stanford University Benchmarks Digital Island Network: Link — Stanford tests show major performance gains over standard internet.
  • Jul 15, 1997 – Digital Island Reaches Agreement with Martec Marketing and Nine Other Sales Agents: Link — Signs multiple international sales agents to expand global reach.
  • Sep 29, 1997 – Digital Island Establishes UK Data Center For Its Global Single-Hop Applications Network: Link — Opens UK data center for European customers.
  • Oct 6, 1997 – Digital Island Announces National Semiconductor as Customer for Internet, Intranet, and Extranet Applications Worldwide: Link — National Semiconductor adopts network for global applications.
  • Nov 17, 1997 – Digital Island Launches Internet Industry’s First Service That Lets IT Managers Allocate Bandwidth Daily Via the Web: Link — Launches web-based daily bandwidth allocation service.
  • Dec 2, 1997 – Information Access Company Adopts Digital Island’s Overnet as a Critical Component for Global Expansion: Link — Information Access Company selects Overnet for global growth.

1998

  • Jan 14, 1998 – Digital Island Wins Prestigous Data Communications Hot Product of the Year Award: Link— Wins Hot Product of the Year for managed bandwidth service.
  • Jan 20, 1998 – Digital Island’s Cisco Powered Network Leverages Cisco’s IOS with First Internet Applications Engine for Electronic Commerce: Link — Partners with Cisco for advanced e-commerce networking solutions.
  • Mar 2, 1998 – IDC Reports Digital Island is 225% Less Expensive Than a Corporate Global WAN for Deploying Applications: Link — IDC study highlights major cost advantage over traditional WANs.
  • Mar 11, 1998 – Internet Industry Award Given to Digital Island’s Managed Bandwidth Service: Link — Receives industry award for managed bandwidth service.
  • Mar 16, 1998 – Digital Island Announces Latest Funding Round of $10.5 Million for Rapid International Expansion: Link — Raises $10.5 million for international growth.
  • Mar 24, 1998 – Digital Island Appoints Accomplished Vice President of Marketing: Link — Appoints new VP of Marketing.
  • May 18, 1998 – Digital Island Appoints Director of Alliances and Business Development to Spearhead Global IP Applications Solutions: Link — Hires director focused on global alliances.
  • Jun 22, 1998 – Digital Island Announces New U.S. Data Centers That Leverage IP Global Connectivity for One-Stop Solution: Link — Launches new U.S. data centers.
  • Jun 29, 1998 – Digital Island Announces Executive Appointments to Accelerate Worldwide Presence: Link— Announces key executive hires.
  • Jul 13, 1998 – Digital Island Appoints Managing Director to Help European, Asian and Latin American Resellers Deploy Global IP Applications: Link — Appoints regional managing director.
  • Sep 14, 1998 – Digital Island Announces Novell as Customer, Dramatically Cutting Software Times for International Users: Link — Novell achieves faster global software distribution.
  • Sep 14, 1998 – Digital Island Announces New Round of Funding to Fuel New Product Development and Global Expansion: Link — Raises new funding round.
  • Nov 2, 1998 – Digital Island Announces System Integrator Jacobs Rimell as First U.K. Sales Agent: Link — Appoints first U.K. sales agent.
  • Nov 17, 1998 – Digital Island Appoints Operations Management Team to Expand Global Infrastructure and Support New Services: Link — Strengthens global operations team.
  • Dec 1, 1998 – Digital Island Announces Private Peering Relationships, Including New Service to Mexico: Link — Expands private peering with Mexico service.

1999

  • Jan 19, 1999 – Digital Island, Stanford University Co-Develop Software to Help Online Pharmaceutical Advertisements Meet Strict Regulations: Link — Collaborates with Stanford on TraceWare for compliant pharmaceutical online ads.
  • Feb 8, 1999 – Digital Island Expands Global Presence with European Headquarters and In-country Staff in Six Countries: Link — Establishes European HQ and staff in six countries.
  • Feb 16, 1999 – Digital Island Appoints Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development: Link — Appoints new CFO and VP Corporate Development.
  • Mar 8, 1999 – Digital Island Announces MasterCard International as Customer of Virtual Server Distribution in Key Regions: Link — MasterCard uses virtual servers for key global regions.
  • Mar 9, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Diamond Multimedia and Platinum Technology as New Customers: Link — Adds Diamond Multimedia and Platinum Technology for software distribution.
  • Mar 15, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Customers in Electronic Publishing Industry that Supply Complex Data Worldwide: Link — Gains electronic publishing customers needing global data delivery.
  • Mar 22, 1999 – Digital Island Announces $50 Million Private Equity Round: Link — Raises $50 million private equity.
  • Mar 31, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Shift of Corporate Headquarters from Honolulu to San Francisco: Link — Relocates HQ to San Francisco.
  • Apr 5, 1999 – Digital Island Appoints Vice President of US Sales to Lead Delivery of Global Application Hosting Solutions to Multinationals: Link — Appoints VP US Sales for multinationals.
  • Apr 19, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Advanced Network Architecture to Mirror and Cache Web Sites Worldwide: Link — Introduces new global web mirroring and caching architecture.
  • Apr 26, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Reseller Agreement with Telefónica Data in Spain: Link — Signs reseller agreement with Telefónica in Spain.
  • May 4, 1999 – Digital Island Announces iXL as Beta Customer of Traceware To Enable Web Content With Geographic Intelligence: Link — iXL beta tests TraceWare geographic features.
  • May 18, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Finjan Software as Customer to Cut Download Times of Security Applications for Customers Worldwide: Link — Finjan speeds up global security software delivery.
  • May 18, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Leading Network Security Organization, SANS Institute, as Pro Bono Customer: Link — Provides free service to SANS Institute.
  • Jun 24, 1999 – Digital Island Announces ObjectSwitch as Customer, Enabling Accelerated Time to Market Worldwide: Link — ObjectSwitch uses network for faster global launches.
  • Jun 28, 1999 – Digital Island, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering of 6,000,000 Shares of Common Stock: Link — Announces IPO of 6 million shares.
  • Jun 30, 1999 – Digital Island, Inc. Announces PaymentNet as Customer for Mission-critical, Real-time Transaction Processing: Link — PaymentNet selects service for real-time global transactions.
  • Jul 6, 1999 – Digital Island, Inc. Announces Building Industry Innovator BidCom as Customer to Reach New Global Markets: Link — BidCom expands globally via the platform.
  • Jul 9, 1999 – Digital Island Announces New, Larger Corporate Headquarters in San Francisco: Link — Moves into larger SF headquarters.
  • Jul 14, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Candle Corp. as Customer to Power Global Application-performance Monitoring: Link — Candle uses service for global performance monitoring.
  • Jul 19, 1999 – Digital Island Announces First Service Level Agreements to Guarantee Network Availability and Packet Loss to 19 Countries: Link — Launches first SLAs covering 19 countries.
  • Jul 21, 1999 – Digital Island and Compaq form Alliance to Deploy Global, Highly Available, Scalable e-Business Solutions: Link — Strategic alliance with Compaq for scalable e-business.
  • Jul 26, 1999 – Digital Island Announces EBSCO Publishing as Customer, Ensuring Reliable Access to Crucial Data for Researchers: Link — EBSCO gains reliable global data access.
  • Jul 27, 1999 – Digital Island Joins Growing International Application Service Provider Industry Consortium: Link — Joins international ASP consortium.
  • Aug 2, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Intraware as Customer for Global Electronic Software Distribution: Link — Intraware adopts global software distribution.
  • Aug 3, 1999 – Digital Island Reports Third Quarter Results: Link — Reports Q3 financial results.
  • Aug 12, 1999 – Digital Island Announces the First Hong Kong Data Center Built to Deliver e-Business Applications Globally: Link — Opens first Hong Kong data center.
  • Aug 23, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Bell & Howell Information and Learning as Customer, Reaching New Markets with Required In-country Presence: Link — Bell & Howell gains global market reach.
  • Sep 7, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Relationships with RealNetworks, Inktomi to Build First Global Streaming Media Network: Link — Partners for first global streaming media network.
  • Sep 13, 1999 – Digital Island Announces NetGravity as Customer for its AdCenter Ad Delivery Service in Europe and Asia: Link — NetGravity adopts AdCenter for Europe/Asia.
  • Sep 14, 1999 – Digital Island Appoints Vice President of Corporate Development to Grow Business Through Strategic Alliances: Link — Appoints VP for strategic alliances.
  • Sep 22, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Geographical Intelligence for its e-Network Services, Adding Local Relevance to Global e-Business: Link — Adds geographic intelligence for localized global services.
  • Sep 28, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Grey Zone Productions as Customer to Provide e-Business Web Sites for Multinational Corporations: Link — Grey Zone becomes customer for multinational sites.
  • Oct 5, 1999 – Digital Island Announces AsiAlliance.com as First Customer in Hong Kong for Global e-Business Network Services: Link — AsiAlliance.com is first Hong Kong customer.
  • Oct 25, 1999 – Digital Island and Sandpiper Networks Merge to Expand Services for Globalizing e-Business Applications: Link — Merges with Sandpiper to boost global services.
  • Oct 27, 1999 – Digital Island Announces ft.com as Customer for TraceWare, to Serve Locally Relevant Ads Worldwide: Link — ft.com uses TraceWare for localized ads.
  • Nov 2, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Global Partner Program, Empowering System Integrators, Resellers with e-Network Services: Link — Launches Global Partner Program.
  • Nov 3, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Record Fourth Quarter Revenues and Year-End Results: Link — Reports record Q4 and year-end revenues.
  • Nov 8, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Strategic Advisory Council of Industry Luminaries: Link — Forms advisory council with industry leaders.
  • Nov 8, 1999 – Digital Island Announces AristaSoft as a Strategic Partner to Deliver e-Business Applications Worldwide: Link — Strategic partnership with AristaSoft.
  • Nov 22, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Strategic Partnership with VIEWonTV to Expand Reach of Global Streaming Media Services: Link — Partners with VIEWonTV for streaming expansion.
  • Nov 22, 1999 – Digital Island Named One of 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000 by ComputerWorld Magazine: Link — Named top emerging company by ComputerWorld.
  • Nov 29, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Web Associates as Customer to Improve End-user Experience for Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Lucent: Link — Web Associates improves experience for HP, Apple, Lucent.
  • Dec 2, 1999 – Digital Island Announces New Data Centers in Tokyo and Silicon Valley to Meet Growing Demand for e-Network Services: Link — Opens Tokyo and Silicon Valley data centers.
  • Dec 7, 1999 – Digital Island Announces U.K. Network Operation Center and Network Facilities Expansion for Delivery of e-Network Services: Link — Expands UK NOC and facilities.
  • Dec 29, 1999 – Digital Island Announces Completion of Merger With Sandpiper Networks: Link — Completes merger with Sandpiper Networks.

2000 – Early 2001

  • Jan 5, 2000 – Digital Island Announces MusicMatch as Traceware Customer: Link — MusicMatch adopts TraceWare for digital copyright management.
  • Jan 6, 2000 – Digital Island Announces Tradepac.Com as Customer of Global E-Business Delivery Network to Enable Fast Transactions: Link — Tradepac uses network for fast global transactions.
  • Jan 10, 2000 – Digital Island Announces New Board of Directors Following Completion of Merger With Sandpiper Networks: Link — Announces new board after Sandpiper merger.
  • Jan 11, 2000 – Digital Island Announces Strategic Relationship with Road Runner For Broadband Content Delivery: Link — Partners with Road Runner for broadband delivery.
  • Jan 19, 2000 – Digital Island Acquires Live on Line, Creating a Global Streaming Media Network for e-Business Transactions: Link — Acquires Live on Line for global streaming.
  • Jan 24, 2000 – Digital Island Announces Relationship with FOXSports.com to Provide Live Daily Superbowl XXXIV Webcasts: Link — Powers Super Bowl XXXIV webcasts for FOXSports.
  • Jan 26, 2000 – Digital Island Announces New Branding Campaign to Establish Leadership in Interactive e-Business: Link — Launches new branding campaign.
  • Feb 1, 2000 – Digital Island Announces The Wall Street Journal as a Customer to Ensure Subscribers Fast, Reliable Access to Content: Link — WSJ uses network for fast content delivery.
  • Feb 24, 2000 – Digital Island to Deploy Apple’s Quicktime Within its Content Delivery Network of More than 6,000 Servers Worldwide: Link — Deploys QuickTime across 6,000+ servers.
  • Mar 20, 2000 – Digital Island Announces sweet16.com as Customer for Live Streaming Events of Pop Sensation ‘N Sync: Link — Streams ‘N Sync events for sweet16.com.
  • Apr 18, 2000 – Digital Island Streams World’s First Virtual Newscaster, Ananova, to Deliver Real-Time Bulletins Worldwide: Link — Streams Ananova virtual newscaster globally.
  • May 9, 2000 – Digital Island’s Footprint Helps Beyond.com with Numerous Downloads of Anti-virus Software to Combat I Love You Virus: Link — Supports Beyond.com during I Love You virus outbreak.
  • Jun 20, 2000 – Digital Island Teams With Compaq, Intel and Microsoft to Build Worlds Largest Streaming Media Network: Link — Builds world’s largest streaming network with Compaq, Intel, Microsoft.
  • Jul 17, 2000 – Digital Island Announces Agreement to Acquire SoftAware Networks: Link — Announces acquisition of SoftAware Networks.
  • Sep 5, 2000 – Sega.com Uses Digital Island’s Hosting and Streaming Services to Promote the Seganet Launch: Link — Supports SegaNet launch with hosting and streaming.
  • Sep 15, 2000 – Digital Island Closes Acquisition of SoftAware Networks: Link — Completes SoftAware acquisition.
  • Sep 18, 2000 – Digital Island Files Interference Action with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Claiming Ownership of Key Inventions Covering Content Delivery Networks: Link — Files patent interference action for CDN inventions.
  • Oct 16, 2000 – Digital Island’s TraceWare is Licensed by Microsoft for Territorial Management at WindowsMedia.com: Link — Licenses TraceWare to Microsoft.
  • Nov 8, 2000 – Digital Island Reports 375% Annual Revenue Growth: Link — Reports 375% year-over-year revenue growth.
  • Dec 12, 2000 – Digital Island to Provide Network and Content Delivery Services to Compaq Computer Corporation: Link — Wins major deal with Compaq.
  • Jan 9, 2001 – Hong Kong-based Multimedia Internet Solutions Provider SAR1 Uses Digital Island to Deliver Media Content Worldwide: Link — SAR1 uses platform for worldwide media delivery.
  • Jan 12, 2001 – Digital Island Announces President Leo Spiegel Departs to Pursue Venture Capital Career: Link — President Leo Spiegel departs for VC career.
  • Jan 12, 2001 – Digital Island Aligns Company to Support Integrated Services: Link — Realigns company to focus on integrated services.

May 2001 — Cable & Wireless acquires Digital Island (announced mid-May 2001).