Mar, 2009 : Hivelocity Gives SourceForge Mirror Sites

📅 March 2, 2009 - In its latest philanthropic effort, dedicated hosting provider Hivelocity (hivelocity.net 👉 Total Reviews: 10
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According to the company's Monday announcement, Hivelocity's global network infrastructure will help support more than 180,000 projects and more than 1.9 million registered users. SourceForge and its network of sites helps provide a central place for technology enthusiasts from around the world to connect, develop and share open-source software.



In late January, content delivery network provider CDNetworks (cdnetworks.com 👉 Total Reviews: 1
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Specializing in dedicated server hosting and unmetered bandwidth, Hivelocity has a wide global network reach, making it a naturally strong provider of mirror services, not unlike CDNetworks. Ideologically, Hivelocity is also supportive of open-source software, having provided mirrors to community-created enterprise operating system CentOS.org. Hivelocity's mirror will give SourceForge users access the Hivelocity network for uploading and downloading data for these development projects.



"We are so happy to promote the free flow of thought and development along the Internet," Hivelocity general manager Steve Eschweiler said in a statement. "SourceForge helps inspire and produce brilliant ideas and applications that improve the way people run their businesses and lives. What a great product to support."