SlashGear.com, a Technorati Top 100 site and part of the R3 Media network, announces today that they have selected the VPS.net content delivery network (CDN) to power SlashGear. VPS.net, part of the UK2 Group, provides static file acceleration and compression, together with the flexibility and scalability to distribute video around the world.

SlashGear.TV, their fast-growing digital media arm, currently serves up to 12TB per month in bandwidth of streaming video, covering product reviews and high-profile launch events in the technology industry. Since implementation of VPS.net’s CDN service, SlashGear.TV video has demonstrated reduced loading times, lower latency and improved bandwidth use.

“Thanks to VPS.net’s bandwidth monitoring tools, we have a greater insight into video consumption among our viewers,” said Ewdison Then, Executive Editor of SlashGear. “These analytics are invaluable in helping us understand what viewers are primarily interested in, so that we can tailor our content in future.”

About UK2.net and UK2 Group

UK2.net has been a significant player in the British and European hosting markets since 1998, and is the founder brand of the UK2 Group. UK2 Group provides domain name registration and web hosting services to many global customers through its family of hosting brands – UK2.net, midPhase, WestHost, 10TB.com, AN Hosting, Autica, Resell.biz, US2.net, WingSix, Supreme Support, Dotable and the most recent acquisition, VI.net. The group operates its services out of several state of the art, multi million pound data centres in the UK and US, and are committed to providing reliable, secure and great value products and services underpinned with excellent support.

About SlashGear

SlashGear is the nucleus of the personal technology information galaxy. Covering off on everything from consumer electronic products to digital lifestyle and trend, SlashGear aims to be the first site to tempt readers with the most enchanting new gear on the market. Distinctive, informative and fresh, SlashGear never fails to engage readers.