Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Level 3 Communications' Content Markets Group today announced that it has
been selected by Linden Lab(R), the creators of Second Life(R), that
company's rapidly growing 3D virtual world, to provide High Speed Internet
Access and Wavelengths via two 10 gigabits per second (GigE) ports,
connecting Second Life's data centers in San Francisco and Dallas.
Second Life is a 3D online world with a growing population of users -- or
"Residents" -- in which the Residents themselves create and build the world,
which includes homes, vehicles, nightclubs, stores, landscapes, clothing, and
games. The Second Life Grid is a sophisticated development platform created
by Linden Lab to create a revolutionary new form of shared 3D experience.
"During the past 15 months, Second Life's population has expanded from
100,000 to more than five million registered users worldwide," said Joe
Miller, vice president, Platform and Technology Development for Linden Lab.
"Level 3's tier 1 infrastructure and 10 gigabit capacity will help us to
enable Second Life's 'Residents' to experience fast, reliable access, and
allow us to increase bandwidth as our needs and user growth dictate."
"Second Life is an innovative concept that continues to gain significant
acceptance by consumers around the globe," said Brady Rafuse, president of
Level 3's Content Markets Group. "We are looking forward to supporting Second
Life and its 'Residents' with our highly scalable network, designed
specifically for bandwidth-intensive applications."
Level 3 continues to invest in its network, and with one of the world's
largest IP backbones, the company provides reliable, high capacity bandwidth
to meet growing traffic demand from customers with rich media applications.
Level 3 offers Internet connectivity in 175 markets in addition to a
comprehensive suite of network services that provide building blocks for its
customers' diverse service offerings. Level 3 has the scale, performance and
service portfolio to support content delivery solutions as its customers'
network needs evolve.
About Level 3 Communications
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communications company, operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the
world. Through its customers, Level 3 is the primary provider of Internet
connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers. The company provides a
comprehensive suite of services over its broadband fiber optic network
including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and
infrastructure services, colocation services, voice services and voice over
IP services. These services provide building blocks that enable Level 3's
customers to meet their growing demands for advanced communications
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include, but are not limited to our ability to: successfully integrate
acquisitions; increase the volume of traffic on our network; defend
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