Limelight Networks announced that online traffic levels in December 2017 increased by 21% compared to the previous month and by 23% compared to the same period last year.

This increase in traffic can be attributed to customers who adopted Limelight preparing for the increased demand for content delivery during the 'holiday season' spanning from last year's Thanksgiving through Christmas and the New Year, and this increase was reflected in the traffic transmitted through the Limelight CDN.

As a result of Limelight’s focus on service quality, the number of failures handled reached an all-time low despite a surge in traffic. Furthermore, through system-wide software and infrastructure upgrades, Limelight servers are delivering maximum traffic per server. Compared to last December, Limelight is delivering over 20% more traffic with 5% fewer servers, and this improvement in service quality has resulted in a reduction of approximately 50% in the number of customer incidents.

Dan Carney, Senior Vice President of Operations at Limelight, stated, “We are pleased with the multifaceted improvements in performance, functionality, and efficiency. These enhancements served as the foundation for the most efficient traffic delivery. Limelight is going beyond being just a CDN by providing global reach, connectivity, secure private interconnects, and connections with last-mile providers. Our exceptional capabilities are enabling us to secure new opportunities in the edge computing environment. Limelight will do its utmost to support the customers collaborating with us to solve challenging business problems.”