Jan, 2009 : CDNetworks Gives SourceForge Free Mirrors

📅 January 30, 2009 - Supporting thousands of open-source projects and millions of developers, content delivery network CDNetworks (cdnetworks.com 👉 Total Reviews: 1
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According to the company's Thursday announcement, CDNetworks is providing these services at no charge to SourceForge.net as part of its support of the free development and exchange of software in the Open Source community.

Sourceforge.net hosts more than 180,000 projects and more than 1.9 million registered users, providing a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. It is the largest repository of open-source code and applications available on the Internet. CDNetworks has previously launched mirror sites for free to the Asia-based websites of Apache, CentOS, and LINUX Kernel.

Designed to store copies and source files identical to those on the original sites, mirror sites help prevent the original sites from crashing under the weight of too many concurrent users. They often have huge bandwidth requirements and server administration technologies, which CDNetworks is donating using its global network infrastructure and server management technologies.

"We are happy to add Sourceforge.net, the world's largest open-source community, to the group of open-source programs we are supporting," CDNetworks marketing and product management vice president SangWoo Park said in a statement. "Providing mirror sites for Sorceforge.net and other open-source communities will help improve the productivity of developers and engineers around the world. We are happy to provide our expertise and resources in support of these important technology projects."