Mirror Image lets customers roll over unused monthly services

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
10/06/05
Today's focus: Mirror Image lets customers roll over unused
monthly services

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Today's focus: Mirror Image lets customers roll over unused
monthly services

By Denise Dubie

Industry watchers think IT managers should only pay for the
content delivery services they use. At least according to a
recent report from Current Analysis, which gave Mirror Image
kudos for designing a price structure that would let customers
better license services.

Under a new service dubbed TotalValuePlan, Mirror Image last
week announced it will let customers roll over unused monthly
services much like cell phone providers let customers carry over
their unused minutes from month to month.

The report states: "[Mirror Image's] flexible term length
contracts will be especially useful, providing clients with a
level of control that will let them pick a plan that meets their
needs," the report states. "Another key element of this pricing
change is that Mirror Image will not charge a penalty for
'bursting' over a commitment, making the service more appealing
to users that may be concerned about having to determine in
advance their changing net requirements for content."

TotalValuePlan allows users to pay for content delivery services
as they use them. Mirror Image offers services via its Content
Access Point (CAP) network, which can regionally store and
deliver content to customers worldwide. With 21 large POPs, the
company says it is able to speed the delivery of content
regardless of customer location, And because Mirror Image offers
its technologies as services
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7905>, customers do not have
to install any hardware or software on their nets or in their
data centers.

Mirror Image says TotalValuePlan provides customers with:
* No overage penalties or bursting fees.
* Roll over of unused dollars.
* "Buy As You Go," in which Mirror Image offers "flexible term
length contracts, giving customers the control to tailor a plan
that best suits their needs."

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Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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