Sony makes Limelight its CDN for PS3/PSP
- Posted September 5th, 2007 at 03:36 EDT by
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Making further progress in improving the speed and reliability of the PlayStation Network, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that they would be using Limelight's CDN technology to deliver system software updates to both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.
"With Limelight's CDN technology, SCE is able to ensure fast and stable delivery of its latest system software to PS3 and PSP users, with updates ranging in size up to 150 MB, direct to the entertainment systems,"SCE's press release states.
Limelight Networks are very excited by the prospect of being SCE's main global delivery network. David Hatfield, Senior Vice President of Marketing in Limelight Networks stated, "SCE is committed to providing the most innovative 3D graphics and interactive capabilities for their customers and it's our job to ensure they get them quickly and reliably. We're proud that SCE has trusted Limelight Networks to serve as their global delivery network."
This is very exciting news as now not only will the reliability of the PlayStation Network improved, but so will the speed of it be improved also.
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Dragon-slayer87 |
Dragon-Slayer87- 3:46am BST - September 5th, 2007
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Any news of improvement is good news
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Sniperwithacause |
Sniperwithacause- 4:02am BST - September 5th, 2007
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good deal. So now it shouldn't take long to download the 2.0 firmware
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Dave-The-Rave |
Dave-The-Rave- 4:51am BST - September 5th, 2007
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its for updates only motzo..not big files
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Tha_Last_Romeo |
Tha_Last_Romeo- 10:15am BST - September 5th, 2007
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It doesn't matter. As soon as 2.0 drop with HOME, it will seem slower the any other update we have ever had. You have to remember that Sony sells have been going up and some people are not even updating until they we get HOME.
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