Highwinds Network Group
{{Short description|Content delivery company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Highwinds Network Group
| logo = Highwinds Network Group logo.png
| type = Private
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| foundation = {{sda|2002}}
| key_people = Steve Miller, Lance Crosby
| industry = Internet
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| homepage = {{URL|Highwinds.com/}}
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Highwinds Network Group, Inc. (Highwinds) was a company founded in 2002 that offered IP services including content delivery network (CDN), cloud storage, IP transit, transport and colocation.{{cite web|title=IP Transit|url=https://www.psychz.net/ip-transit.html}} The company headquarters were located in Winter Park, Florida, United States. Highwinds maintained Network Operations Centers (NOCs) in Winter Park, FL, Phoenix, AZ, and Amsterdam, Netherlands as well as offices in Costa Mesa, CA, São Paulo, Brazil and London, England. The Highwinds network, called RollingThunder, consisted of more than 70 points of presence{{cite web|url=http://www.highwinds.com/news/?q=content/highwinds-unveils-strong-presence-brazil|title=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network - Highwinds|website=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network}} throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdnplanet.com/cdns/highwinds/|title=StackPath|publisher=}} Highwinds provided video streaming services to media companies including Blip.TV{{cite web|url=http://blog.highwinds.com/blog/bid/256336/Blip-Launches-New-Apps-for-iOS-Android-Xbox-and-Kindle|title=Blip Launches New Apps for iOS, Android, Xbox and Kindle|date=4 January 2013|publisher=}} and Hudl,{{cite web|url=http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/highwinds-streams-professional-and-collegiate-sports-video-hudl-users|title=Highwinds Streams Professional and Collegiate Sports Video to Hudl Users|publisher=}} delivered online games for publishers such as Valve{{cite web|url=http://www.highwinds.com/news/?p=115|title=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network - Highwinds|website=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network}} and CCP Games{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ccp-games-taps-the-power-of-highwinds-game-delivery-network-for-eve-online-2014-04-30|title=CCP Games Taps the Power of Highwinds Game Delivery Network for EVE Online|publisher=}} and distributed advertising assets for leading platforms including Facebook's LiveRail.{{cite web|url=http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2014032732948/liverail-selects-highwinds-for-cdn.html|title=LiveRail selects Highwinds for CDN - Online Video - News - Rapid TV News|first=Michelle|last=Clancy|website=www.rapidtvnews.com}}
Financing announcements
On March 11, 2008, Highwinds announced it had closed a $55 million{{cite web|url=http://highwinds.com/news/?p=35|title=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network - Highwinds|website=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network|access-date=2012-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529132910/http://www.highwinds.com/news/?p=35|archive-date=2012-05-29|url-status=dead}} round of equity financing led by General Catalyst Partners{{cite web|url=http://www.generalcatalyst.com/portfolio/highwinds|title=Omicron Media - General Catalyst|publisher=}} and Alta Communications.[http://www.altacomm.com/misc1.htm#digitalMedia Alta Communications Digital Media Portfolio] The funds will be used to expand the Highwinds CDN and RollingThunder network.
On May 4, 2011, Highwinds announced that it had secured a $50 million{{cite web|url=http://www.highwinds.com/news/?q=content/highwinds-capital-closes-new-50-million-credit-facility|title=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network - Highwinds|website=CDN - Highwinds Content Delivery Network}} credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank and Comerica Bank. According to the press release from the company, the new credit facility allowed Highwinds to achieve a more attractive all-in cost of capital and was evidence of the company's impressive financial profile.
On August 8, 2013, Highwinds announced that it had secured $205 million{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/08/highwinds-205-million/|title=Content Delivery Network Highwinds Raises $205 Million in Debt From Cerberus, Goldman Sachs, And General Catalyst|first=Ryan|last=Lawler|publisher=}} in new financing. The transaction was led by Cerberus Business Finance, LLC and Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., with participation from the company's existing equity sponsor, General Catalyst Partners, and the company's management team. The funding positioned Highwinds for massive growth of its global CDN.
On February 4, 2017, Highwinds was acquired by StackPath, an edge computing company.[https://blog.stackpath.com/highwinds-joins-stackpath] Highwinds joins StackPath Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. As quoted in their blog, "Highwinds' services and platform will be integrated with existing StackPath offerings and operations to create a single global platform with the industry's best security features and performance."
Omicron Media, the former owner of Highwinds, maintained ownership over the Usenet portion of Highwinds and maintains their operations under the name HW Media.{{Cite web|url=https://highwinds-media.com/|title=Global Usenet Cloud Access Provider {{!}} HW Media, Inc.|website=highwinds-media.com|access-date=2020-02-27}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.highwinds.com/}}
Category:Internet technology companies of the United States