iBEAM Teams with Oregon-IX to Deliver Streaming Media

Oregon's students, faculty, and staff benefit from expanded Internet services

Joyce Winslow
jwins@oregon.uoregon.edu

Last month, iBEAM Broadcasting Corporation announced an agreement to deploy its streaming media equipment and related services in network facilities housed at the University of Oregon.

Per the agreement, iBEAM will install its MaxCasterª media serving systems at the Oregon Internet Exchange (Oregon-IX), which implements an efficient, cost-effective Internet traffic solution for diverse providers throughout the state.

One of the immediate benefits of this development is that public school students will have improved Internet access through the Oregon Public Network (OPEN), which serves virtually all of Oregon's K-12 schools. Other beneficiaries include students, faculty, and staff at the UO, OSU, and PSU, as well as over 30,000 state agency employees. iBEAM's distribution network is connected by satellite and augmented with fiber-optic cable. This delivery strategy avoids network traffic snarls while minimizing streaming media costs.

To learn more about iBEAM, whose clients include such entertainment and enterprise leaders as Sony Music Entertainment and Launch.com, go to http://www.ibeam.com

Information about the Oregon Internet Exchange is available at http://www.oregon-ix.net/