Internap Network Services Corporation is in advanced discussions to acquire netVmg, a start-up specializing in Internet route optimization technology. The acquisition would position Internap as the only single-source provider of both network-based and premises-based routing services. Internap said the acquisition would allow it to provide end-to-end, Internet-wide performance guarantees that extend to the customer’s location. Internap expects a transaction could be completed within weeks.
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- In October 2001, netVmg, a start-up based in San Jose, California, first announced its plans for an Internet route control platform that provides near real-time optimization for IP traffic. NetVmg’s Flow Control Platform (FCP) measures traffic performance across different Internet transit providers in near-real-time and then directs a customer’s network traffic onto specific transit paths based on customer-specific criteria, including performance and cost. The system would also provide up-to-the-minute reports on customer-specific transit provider bandwidth usage, route changes and traffic delivery performance to select destinations. netVmg will ship its solution next month.
- In February 2003, netVmg released version 3.0 software and introduced two new hardware platforms, the FCP 500 targeted for mid-sized enterprises, and the FCP 100, designed for smaller sites. With release 3.0, the FCP is topology aware, and can for the first time determine precisely where the “middle-mile�? of the Internet converges for each prefix, allowing the FCP to make route changes that are neither too broad nor too specific. Other key advances in the new release include algorithms to continually optimizes target Internet connections for both performance and cost.