Agent Provocateur attracts a global audience with CDNetworks' Content Acceleration network

-- Improving webpage download time will enhance the British lingerie retailer's online shopping experience worldwide

LONDON, July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CDNetworks has been chosen by Agent Provocateur, the premium British lingerie retailer, to optimise website performance and help drive growth in international markets such as the US, China, and the Middle East. CDNetworks' content acceleration platform will enable Agent Provocateur to increase global online sales and avoid website downtime.

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A spokesperson from Agent Provocateur said: "Our customers expect outstanding customer service. A fast and efficient online shopping experience plays a huge role when it comes to our customers' satisfaction levels and we want to ensure that our customers in the US, Europe, China and the Middle East receive the same smooth online experience as those in the UK. With CDNetworks we are confident that our website will perform optimally across the world."

The partnership will see CDNetworks deliver on-demand Dynamic Website Acceleration services to accelerate Agent Provocateur's website performance, improving the end-user experience and growing the company's global online sales. In addition, it will ensure website availability by minimising the risk of disruption and downtime.

Agent Provocateur continued: "As we grow our sales operations and expand our offering into emerging markets such as China and the Middle East, CDNetworks will enable us to be more competitive in these markets. Using a content delivery network, we will be able to guarantee site speed and efficiency around the world."

Jeff Kim, President & COO of CDNetworks Americas/EMEA said: "Retailers are becoming increasingly aware of the power of the online shopping experience. A website with quick download times and a speedy checkout process is a must-have for increasingly discerning consumers. CDNetworks' infrastructure ensures a robust and resilient website performance, helping the world's most innovative retailers, such as Agent Provocateur, to deliver the best online shopping experience for their customers."

About CDNetworks

CDNetworks enables Global Cloud Acceleration.  Our mission is to transform the Internet into a secure, reliable, scalable and high performing Application Delivery Network.  CDNetworks' unique position as the only multinational CDN with expertise and infrastructure in China, Russia and other emerging markets, enables us to be trusted partners in local markets, while serving as foremost experts on extending into global markets.  Accelerating more than 40,000 global websites and cloud services over our 140 PoPs, CDNetworks serves its e-business customers across industries like finance, travel, ecommerce, learning management, high tech, manufacturing and media.  CDNetworks has been serving its enterprise customers for more than 13 years, and has offices in the U.S., Korea, China, Japan, and the UK. For more information, please visit: http://www.cdnetworks.com.

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