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GLOBIX TO SUPPORT GUARDIAN’S RECENTLY LAUNCHED LEARN.CO.UK
LONDON — July 24, 2000 —
Globix Corporation (NASDAQ: GBIX), a leader in advanced Internet
Data Center services, high-speed access, and streaming media solutions for businesses,
has today announced an agreement with Guardian Newspapers Ltd. to support Learn.co.uk,
the newest addition to the Guardian’s network of award-winning news and educational Web
sites.
Globix is co-locating the Guardian’s servers in its state-of-the-art Internet Data Centre,
providing a firewall solution and backup software and, beginning in September, will also
provide a Streaming Media solution to Webcast interactive and pre-recorded educational
videos over the Internet.
“The main factors that influenced our choice were the Globix data centre’s convenient New
Oxford Street location, the resiliency of the Globix network, experienced staff and, most
importantly, the ability to respond to a fast installation requirement,” said Colin Hughes,
publisher of Learn.co.uk. “We had a shortlist of three Internet companies — out of these
Globix came up with a package that best met our needs.”
The site is connected to the Globix global backbone, a network with a total capacity of 32
Gbps linking data centres and peering points throughout Europe and the United States.
Hughes added, “Since our launch the site has been getting about 12,000 page impressions
per day. We expect this to remain stable until the new school year in September. As the
scope of the site grows, we expect our bandwidth requirements to increase correspondingly.
With the scaleable solution Globix provides, we will have the flexibility to increase our
bandwidth in line with our site traffic.”
“Learn.co.uk is an exciting project that will supplement the national curriculum,” said John
Moore, general manager at Globix. “Video streaming will be a particularly useful feature of
the site, enabling users to participate in live tutorials and classes. Globix can deliver an end-to-
end Streaming Media solution, from live production to encoding and through hosting the
content, thereby assuring a consistent high level of quality throughout the process. We are
looking forward to supporting the site as it continues to grow.”
About Guardian Newspapers Ltd.
Guardian Newspapers Ltd. is an award-winning network of Web sites marking a radical
departure from traditional approaches to online newspaper publishing in the United
Kingdom. The network consists of 11 sites, each aiming to provide the definitive online
resource in its field, based around a central network home. Instead of merely replicating the
content of the newspaper online, GNL makes full use of the Internet to provide a service
unparalleled in depth, interactivity and immediacy.
Each of the sites includes original editorial content updated daily, 24-hour breaking news,
truly interactive features and bulletin boards, and in-depth special reports including
hundreds of links, original material, documents and statistics. The 11 sites are Guardian
Unlimited, Film Unlimited, Football Unlimited, Cricket Unlimited, Jobs Unlimited, Work
Unlimited, Money Unlimited, Shopping Unlimited, Education Unlimited, Books Unlimited
and Learn.co.uk.
About Globix
Globix Corporation Corporation is a leading full service provider of sophisticated Internet
solutions, including connectivity and advanced Internet services, for businesses in the United
States and Europe. Through its high-speed, fault-tolerant, fiber-optic network and
state-of-the-art Internet Data Centers in New York City, Santa Clara, CA and London, UK,
Globix delivers superior reliability, security and performance to companies using the
Internet to deploy mission-critical business strategies. Globix’s solutions include Co-Location,
Hosting and Dedicated Access. The Globix Applications Services Group offers services such as
Streaming Media, Electronic Commerce, Solutions Architecture and Internet Security.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information
concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements is contained under the heading of Risk Factors listed from time
to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Globix Corporation
Charles Strauzer
VP, Corporate Finance
212-625-7327
[email protected]
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