Highwinds, a provider of content delivery, network and cloud-
based IP services, has expanded its managed services portfolio
to include a Licensed CDN (content delivery network) service for
ISPs, telcos and MSOs. It enables last-mile providers to create
new CDN-based revenue streams by delivering advanced CDN
capabilities to their customers, while alleviating the strain
over-the-top (OTT) content is putting on their networks.
Highwinds Licensed CDN is designed to support the Federated CDN
model and allows providers to seamlessly transition between
Highwinds’ multiple CDN solution tiers — reselling, managed
hosting and licensing.  The company has been licensing its
software and providing managed hosting services to ISPs and
telcos since 2003, according to Steve Miller, chairman and CEO
of Highwinds, and it currently has 63 customers in this space.
He said that a licensing and federating platform was a natural
next step for the company.  Highwinds Licensed CDN lets
customers add CDN services to their solutions