Apr 27, 2005 : Zig Zag Cuts Costs with Equinix Direct

📅 April 27, 2005 - Data center and Internet exchange operator Equinix (equinix.com) said on Tuesday that Zig Zag Corporation had reduced its network operating expenses by more than 60 percent by using the bandwidth purchasing platform Equinix Direct located in Equinix's Chicago-based Internet Business Exchange center.

Zig Zag is the parent company of Digital Silo and MPEG NATION, providers of integrated content delivery services that enable consumers and businesses to broadcast digital media over the Internet.
Equinix says the service provides Digital Silo and MPEG NATION with a platform for diversifying their IP connections to any number of network providers. This enables them to achieve more reliable performance and significant cost saving, avoiding the need to connect to network providers in disparate locations. The platform also accelerates provisioning times, manages the installation of complex router configurations for each network service provider and streamlines the administrative challenge of managing multiple invoices from each network service provider. "As our business is predicated upon a fast and reliable customer experience, we have the highest standards for the performance of the content delivery network supporting Digital Silo and MPEG NATION," says Michael A. Wolf, president of Zig Zag Corporation. "Equinix Direct has provided us with a unique platform from which we can directly interact with an aggregation of carriers, ISPs and networks to ensure the highest levels of performance while drastically reducing our overall network costs."

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