Tucows Inc. (www.tucowsinc.com), a leading provider of wholesale Internet services and the largest ICANN-accredited wholesale domain name registrar, announced on May 31 the launch of the new design and mirror network architecture for its pioneering software download site www.tucows.com. New library categories can be easily supported. Software for iPods is now available and PSP software will soon be added. The editorial content has been increased and RSS feeds have been added. In order to ensure the site continues to be easy to use, the navigation has been completely redesigned, taking advantage of current usability best practices. The mirroring system has been reengineered to increase download capacity and speed without increasing the capacity required of any single mirror partner.
Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows Inc., said that Tucows.com provides services to four distinct constituencies: software users, software developers, advertisers and the global network of ISPs that mirror the site to their customers, and that this significant redesign of the site and of the mirroring process was precipitated by growing demands from each of these constituents, such as, the growth in the average file size of a software title, the increase in the number of titles requesting distribution, the variety of applications demanded by users and the growing attractiveness of the site's technically sophisticated audience to advertisers.
