Meta-CDN from ipercast is a global-scale, Web content delivery architecture which integrates a range of partner networks, carefully selected on the strength of their geographic coverage and their specific benefits.

Thanks to its monitoring platform, the ipercast Meta-CDN solution continuously monitors the performance of the aggregated networks. Those monitoring rules are independently analyzed by our quality management partner IP Label, the European leader of trusted third party services.

An innovative software solution optimizes content distribution within the meta-network, using only the best performing points of presence (POP) at any one time.

A renowned expert in video streaming services since it was founded in 2001, ipercast soon established itself as one of the major European CDN providers, relying on its own network, with a 6,000+ mile fibre optic backbone and a cloud of servers located all over Europe and North America.

Ipercast built on this deep expertise to seek the most innovative response to the explosive growth in Internet traffic and online video.
Whereas the vast majority of CND market players opted for developing their network through major infrastructure investments aimed at spreading their points of presence (POP) across the world, ipercast has been pursuing a radically different strategy aimed at optimizing Web content delivery whilst reducing bandwidth resource needs and costs for its clients.

Today ipercast dramatically strengthens the breadth and quality of its service offeing thanks to a unique software solution, which optimizes content distribution within a network comprising of a number of integrated partners.

The Meta-CDN architecture from ipercast relies on a global ecosystem which pools the strengths of a wide range of first-class international partners -including part manufacturers (Cisco), storage specialists (NetApp), OEMs (IBM), software publishers (Microsoft) and network operators (Level 3, Tata Communications, Mirror Image, Panther Express/CDNetworks, etc.)-, with centralized management and “one-stop shop” features for added simplicity.

Since early 2009, having forged partnerships with a number of international networks, ipercast has been positioning itself as a provider of Meta-CDN-based services intended for media companies and other businesses. Those services are organized into two main ranges: Streaming services and Caching services.

The Meta-CDN architecture has no equivalent on the market: drawing on ipercast’s expertise in high-traffic Web video distribution, it was designed to offer better content delivery performance than any conventional CDN, however large.

No need to rely on a single CDN provider anymore
By integrating several partners into a single network, the Meta-CDN solution from ipercast guarantees Web business continuity and dilutes the risk of traffic congestion through a global-scale network with redundant capacities.

A global-scale network
Ipercast has designed Meta-CDN as a global-scale, mesh network architecture, which integrates around 100 points of presence spread across four continents – Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania.

Constant network optimization
Using continuing improvement processes to manage the aggregated partner networks, the Meta-CDN service from ipercast guarantees the highest levels of performance at all times.