http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/2010-world-cup/

SBS works to connect audiences consistently to a broad range of high engagement platforms, with an ever-expanding presence in all media environments. A unique multi-platform content provider and public broadcaster in Australia, SBS Online provides unique quality content to around 950,000 unique browsers per month. The SBS portal gives access to 30 special interest websites including The World Game.

SBS signed Hostworks to underpin its hosting platform for the delivery of the World Game site in association with the 2010 Soccer World Cup. During the course of the 2010 competition, the World Game site saw 1.5 million unique visitors and recorded between 25 million and 30 million page impressions and 2 million video views (source: The Australian, 19th July, 2010).

Traditionally large online platforms are delivered through a farm of dedicated hardware; time consuming to deploy, very expensive, and with limited capacity. Hostworks recognised that this did not meet today’s online “peaky” demand profile. In order to remove these barriers for our online customers, including SBS, Hostworks invested in a project to deliver an on-demand platform which we term ‘Utility Computing’.

This means:

• Environments can be made readily available to customers, allowing early testing and proving, hence minimising risk.
• Removes the need for capital outlay, the customer pays only for what they use.
• Removes limitation of capacity, delivering the required capacity no matter how popular an event may be.

Technology

Hostworks partnered with Hewlett Packard to underpin the “utility compute” environment for SBS. The Hostworks utility managed service (comprising of infrastructure, management and tools) ensured a premier user experience at all times.

Automation

In late 2008, Hostworks entered into a program of automation. This program revisited our core toolset and processes with the aim of meeting our future growth. Hostworks uses automation as the foundation of our “utility computing” offering, rapidly deploying additional environments as demand grows.

Foundation of Cloud

Hostworks adheres to the Gartner definition of cloud computing: “computing where massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered ‘as a service’ to external customers using internet technologies.”

If you would like to know more about how Hostworks can assist with your special events, please contact sales@hostworks.com.au.

http://www.austar.com.au/tv/online-tv/online-tv.aspx

AUSTAR has partnered with Hostworks and Switch Media to launch Australia’s first streaming and downloadable on demand TV service - AUSTAR AnyWhere TM.

Head of Technology and Innovation at Hostworks Adrian Britton says: “Hostworks is proud to be working with Switch Media on the AUSTAR AnyWhere TM service. Hostworks utilises multiple venues, multiple carriers, an arsenal of tools and a deep knowledge of the internet landscape to deliver AUSTAR and other prominent Australia based media organisations the reach and capability they demand.”

The online TV portal is available only on the AUSTAR AnyWhere TM service at www.austar.com.au/onlinetv.

About AUSTAR

AUSTAR (Australian Stock Exchange “AUN”) is a leading provider of subscription television services in regional and rural Australia, with more than 740,000 customers enjoying principally satellite digital television services. Internet and mobile telephony services complete AUSTAR’s product offering. AUSTAR is also a significant provider of programming in the Australian television market through its 50% owned joint venture, XYZnetworks, which owns and/or distributes Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Discovery Channel, Channel [V], [V]Hits, MAX, Arena, The Lifestyle Channel, Lifestyle Food, LifeStyle You, CountryMusic Channel and The Weather Channel. Liberty Global, Inc., the largest international broadband cable operator in terms of Subscribers, holds an indirect controlling stake in AUSTAR.

http://ninemsn.com.au

ninemsn is Australia's number one online publisher with over 9.7 million people (as at July 2009) visiting each month, representing 69 per cent of Australia's active internet audience. Hostworks has provided application management and hosting services to ninemsn since Hostworks' inception.

http://www.seek.com.au

SEEK is Australia's most popular choice for advertisers searching for the right candidate, and job seekers looking for the right job. SEEK is owned and operated in Australia and also has offices across New Zealand and the UK.  Hostworks has provided hosting and web site hosting services to SEEK since 2006.

http://www.ten.com.au

Network Ten operates two free-to-air television channels in the Australian metropolitan markets of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth:

• TEN has a highly distinctive programming line-up which makes it the network of choice for viewers under 50; TEN is broadcast in standard definition digital and analogue; and
• ONE is Australia's only free-to-air 24-hour digital sports channel; ONE is available in both high definition digital and standard definition digital.

Hostworks has provided application management, virtualisation and web hosting services to Network Ten since 2006.

http://jetstar.com.au

Australia’s low fares airline Jetstar has outsourced the hosting of parts of its public-facing website Jetstar.com to Hostworks to bolster its online infrastructure for anticipated growth over the next two years. To meet the demands of more than 100,000 unique visitors to its website each day, Jetstar chose Hostworks because of its specialist skills and demonstrated experience in providing some of the most high-availability web presences in the Asia Pacific region. Hostworks is managing part of the front face of the Jetstar. com website, which is powered Jetstar’s booking engine hosted by Navitaire, its reservations system provider. The Jetstar site addresses the flight needs of people in eight South East Asian regions, covering five languages.
Jetstar’s Head of Distribution and eCommerce, Jamie Perry said the company had selected Hostworks because of its specialist skills. “Hostworks impressed us as a purely corporate provider that could give us the level of service we required,” he said. “The process of implementation has run very well. Hostworks has a lot of depth and specialisation there. We need that depth: That’s why we chose Hostworks.” Mr. Perry said growth was the key driver for the Jetstar outsourcing decision. “As the business grows, this platform prepares us for growth in a structured and planned way,” he said. “Through the new Hostworks contract, we are in a virtualised environment. If we need more capacity than we currently have, virtualisation means it’s a straightforward process to bring them on. Hostworks has the specialists on board to make it happen. We also have our mobile website hosted by Hostworks as mobile is a high growth area of the Internet."