Digital Island

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Digital ISLAND Communications is an NZ owned full service business telecommunications provider based in Auckland, New Zealand. Winners of the Deloitte Fast 50 "Fastest growing telecommunications business" award in October 2007. Providers of toll calling, phone lines & systems, internet & data services, conference calling, phone cards and fax-to-email services. Began operating in 2004. see www.digitalisland.co.nz for more information.

Digital Island was a high-end managed web hosting, private networking and Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider. From its founding in 1996, Digital Island created a high-availability web application hosting network for top-tier customers throughout the world. Notably, Digital Island succeeded in delivering high-performance web services under a usage-based pricing model. Digital Island was purchased by Cable & Wireless America. The assets and customers of Cable & Wireless America were then purchased by SAVVIS, who sold the CDN product-line to Level 3 Communications in January 2007.