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ChinaCache is a content delivery
Content Delivery Network
A content delivery network or content distribution network is a system of computers containing copies of data placed at various nodes of a network....

, streaming media
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...

, cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

 service provider in China. It began operating in 2000. In 2009, ChinaCache account for 53% market share in terms of revenue in 2009, according to iResearch Consulting Group
IResearch Consulting Group
iResearch Consulting Group is a professional market research company and is a leading supplier of online business and new economy developments service in China. The company focuses on Internet media, e-commerce, online games, wireless value-added, and various new economic fields, which relate to...

. It was the first company that is not a telecommunications carrier to obtain from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, a nationwide operating permit to provide content and application delivery services.

History

In 2007, ChinaCache received $31.5 million investment from Intel Capital and Ignition Partners. In the same year, it also announced a new partnership with RawFlow
Rawflow
RawFlow is a provider of live p2p streaming technology that enables internet broadcasting of audio and video. Rawflow was incorporated in 2002 by Mikkel Dissing, Daniel Franklin and Stephen Dicks. Its main office is in London, UK...

, a provider of live peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...

 streaming technologies.

In 2008, ChinaCache Partners with Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...

 to Offer New Generation of Flash Video Streaming Service in China. Built with Adobe Flash Media Server
Adobe Flash Media Server
Flash Media Server is a proprietary data and media server from Adobe Systems . This server works with the Flash Player runtime to create media driven, multiuser RIAs . The server uses ActionScript 1, an ECMAScript based scripting language, for server-side logic...

 and integrated directly into the CDN delivery, tracking, and reporting infrastructure, Flash Video Streaming Service provides an effective way to deliver FLV and H.264 files to the largest possible audience. As a result of this partnership, ChinaCache provides live and on-demand streaming services across a content delivery network to Adobe Flash Player. ChinaCache is the first Adobe Flash Vide Streaming Service partner in the China market.

In 2008, ChinaCache announced support for Microsoft Silverlight, a cross-platform and cross-browser plug-in.

ChinaCache provided CDN services to support the 2008 Olympic Games. ChinaCache provided CDN services during the Games such as Web Caching
Web cache
A web cache is a mechanism for the temporary storage of web documents, such as HTML pages and images, to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag...

, Flash Video (FLV) acceleration, Live Streaming, P2SP Live Streaming and Video-on-Demand(VOD). All CDN services were provided to cover both opening and closing ceremonies, as well as all games between August 6 and 24.

In July 2009, ChinaCache announced that it was selected by Mozilla
Mozilla
Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....

Online Ltd, the provider of Firefox in the Chinese mainland, to deliver downloads in the region. The Firefox browser and related Mozilla downloads will be cached and distributed in China utilizing ChinaCache's edge servers in "more than 80 cities".

In October 2010, ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. goes public and announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ Global Market.The initial public offering of 6,060,980 American depositary shares ("ADSs"), each representing 16 ordinary shares of the Company, was priced at $13.90 per ADS. The ADSs began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "CCIH."
Of the 6,060,980 ADSs being offered, 5,014,100 ADSs are offered by ChinaCache, and 1,046,880 ADSs are offered by the selling shareholders. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 909,147 ADSs from ChinaCache.
In November 2010, ClickStreamTV Partners With ChinaCache To Provide Online Video Solution To Their Customers
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In December 2010, ChinaCache Further Expands Its Presence in the Network Convergence Market by signing a service agreement with Zhejiang Radio and Television Group (ZTV), a leading local TV station in Zhejiang province, China, for content and application delivery services.

In January 2011, ChinaCache Signs Multiple Service Agreements With China Mobile Subsidiaries. ChinaCache signed service agreements with three provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile, including China Mobile Guizhou, China Mobile Xinjiang and China Mobile Henan, as well as three of China Mobile's municipal operators in the province of Jiangsu, China Mobile Suzhou, China Mobile Nanjing and China Mobile Yancheng, for content and application delivery services.

In February 2011, ChinaCache and QIYI Reach Content and Application Delivery Service Agreement. QIYI.com (QIYI),a leading Internet video company in China.

Coverage Networks

North America
  • Los Angeles, California
  • New York, New York
  • Miami, Florida
  • Ashburn, Washington
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Dallas, Texas
  • San Jose, California
  • Seattle, California

Europe
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Frankfurt, Germany
  • Paris, France

Asia
  • Seoul, Korea
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • Qatar
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