Radiance's Managed Delivery NetworkWorldFusion, June 25, 2002 By Jennifer Mears     As you consider Web acceleration products, your primary concern undoubtedly is speed. But what about getting data where it needs to go, when it needs to get there? An emerging segment of the content distribution market is what Aberdeen Group refers to as "managed delivery solutions," a product category which focuses on guaranteed distribution of data to specific recipients. Aberdeen analyst Michael Hoch says he expects established content delivery network and streaming companies to start adding managed delivery capabilities in the next year or so. In the meantime, new suppliers are emerging. One is Radiance Technologies, founded by executives from high- tech companies such as Oracle, Applied Materials, SGI, PictureTel and Netscape. Radiance launched in July 2000 and introduced its managed delivery software in March. It is upgrading the software this week. Called the TrueDelivery System, the software is intended to enable businesses to move huge, multimegabyte files to multiple recipients without clogging network resources. The TrueDelivery System uses algorithms to set up business rules that make the best use of network resources while getting data delivered when and where it needs to be. John McCrea, senior vice president of marketing at Radiance, says the software can more than double the capacity of an enterprise network. The new upgrade schedules delivery during off-peak network times, eliminates redundant transfers to specific links, and optimizes bandwidth. With bandwidth optimization, the software can tell the system to hold off on delivery if there is an unexpected spike in network traffic. Other upgrades include an easier-to-use interface for business users to create data packages and schedule them for delivery. McCrea says Radiance has more than a dozen large enterprise customers piloting the software. Most of these firms are replacing the manual task of copying and physically shipping multiple disks or tapes with the software distribution system. The TrueDelivery System includes several components that can run on standard hardware and operating systems. Pricing starts at $100,000.                     Radiance's Managed Delivery NetworkWorldFusion, June 25, 2002 By Jennifer Mears     As you consider Web acceleration products, your primary concern undoubtedly is speed. But what about getting data where it needs to go, when it needs to get there? An emerging segment of the content distribution market is what Aberdeen Group refers to as "managed delivery solutions," a product category which focuses on guaranteed distribution of data to specific recipients. Aberdeen analyst Michael Hoch says he expects established content delivery network and streaming companies to start adding managed delivery capabilities in the next year or so. In the meantime, new suppliers are emerging. One is Radiance Technologies, founded by executives from high- tech companies such as Oracle, Applied Materials, SGI, PictureTel and Netscape. Radiance launched in July 2000 and introduced its managed delivery software in March. It is upgrading the software this week. Called the TrueDelivery System, the software is intended to enable businesses to move huge, multimegabyte files to multiple recipients without clogging network resources. The TrueDelivery System uses algorithms to set up business rules that make the best use of network resources while getting data delivered when and where it needs to be. John McCrea, senior vice president of marketing at Radiance, says the software can more than double the capacity of an enterprise network. The new upgrade schedules delivery during off-peak network times, eliminates redundant transfers to specific links, and optimizes bandwidth. With bandwidth optimization, the software can tell the system to hold off on delivery if there is an unexpected spike in network traffic. Other upgrades include an easier-to-use interface for business users to create data packages and schedule them for delivery. McCrea says Radiance has more than a dozen large enterprise customers piloting the software. Most of these firms are replacing the manual task of copying and physically shipping multiple disks or tapes with the software distribution system. The TrueDelivery System includes several components that can run on standard hardware and operating systems. Pricing starts at $100,000.