Limelight has entered into a major new technology and services agreement with Microsoft under which Limelight will help improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of Internet delivery of media content and online services, including video, music, games, software, and social media, across Microsoft’s global Internet properties. Under the agreement, Microsoft and Limelight will cross-license certain technologies, consider joint development projects in the future, and cooperate on extending and improving their respective technology infrastructures. Microsoft and Limelight have also entered into a multi-year relationship under which Limelight Networks will continue to provide global media streaming and content delivery services to Microsoft.

The new technology and services agreement is aimed at radically improving user experiences across Internet media properties of Microsoft’s globally scaled internet services, which today serve over 460 million unique users per month worldwide. By working together to solve, over time, the Internet’s challenges of media content performance, scale and reliability, Microsoft and Limelight intend to deliver true globally scaled media-caliber experiences to Internet-connected users, to any device in any format anywhere in the world.