Confession: I totally underestimated EdgeConneX. They aren’t a Cool Startup as I recently wrote, they are a game changer to CDN Network Footprint Architecture. And who are CDNs? Pure-plays, Netflix, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook, Mobile Operators, Cable Operators and Network Operators.
EdgeConnex is an innovative data center startup based in Herndon Virginia, founded by Edmund Wilson in 2009-2010. They have raised $150M to date, and count CloudFlare as a customer. An anonymous quote on the website makes it seem that Akamai
ClearSky Data, a Boston based startup just came out of stealth mode a few days ago, and provides a fully managed “Global Storage Network” solution. Looking more deeply into their business model, we realize they are akin to a SAN-based
Vimmi Communications, a four year old Israeli startup is an up-and-coming CDN focused on providing end-to-end video solutions to Network Operators and MSO’s. The founding team, Eitan Koter and Amon Sherf bring vast experience to the company, having worked for
PubNub, a San Francisco based startup just raised $20M in Series C, bringing its total to $35M. PubNub defines itself as a Data Stream Network, where they enable companies to sync their applications in real time, via WebRTC, WebSockets, SignaIR
DOSarrest, founded in 2007 is a leading pioneer in DDoS Mitigation. They currently have 25 employees, 300-400 customers, including many government agencies, and four scrubbing centers located in Los Angeles, New York, London and Singapore, with more on the way.
Just when you thought all CDN business models have been exhausted, here comes a new one. At Velocity, I came across Appcito, a Santa Clara based start-up founded in 2013, offering a very interesting service. Appecito raised $7.5M in Series
Teclo Networks, based in Zurich Switzerland is a five year old startup offering TCP Network Accelerator Appliances for Mobile Operators. The company was founded by Jane Walerud, a Standard Alumni, who worked at Telia and Ericsson, and Sean Hinde, an
Avi Networks is a networking start-up offering SDN+NFV software solutions that run on bare-metal hardware. They have raised $33M from Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures and other top VC’s. Their mission is to disrupt the enterprise networking sector with its virtualization
Cyan started in 2006 and offers a comprehensive suite of SDN applications for carriers, network operators, cable operators, and data center companies. Cyan is a Silver Member of the OpenDaylight project, the largest global SDN open source organization, which includes
6WIND founded in 2000, is an emerging leader in the commercial SDN + NFV industry. They are based near Paris, France and count some of the world’s largest network manufacturers, carriers and technology companies as customers including Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, and
Black Lotus, based in San Francisco with operations in LA is an up-and-coming DDoS Mitigation Provider focused on the Service Provider market. Its customers include OnApp and HubSpot. Black Lotus has five scrubbing centers in total, and protects companies against
Zenedge, the hot new CyberSecurity startup based in San Jose CA has just raised $3.5M in venture capital. Zenedge was founded by a veteran team of entrepreneurs who have vast experience working in the start-up ecosystem. Zenedge is a new
Bromium, the hot security start-up, was founded with its mission being to “restore trust in computing.” Bromium has pioneered the cyber security front with a unique approach; diverging from the traditional detection method, and instead focusing on a new tactic: isolation. Insisting that detection
Distil Networks is a leading security start-up founded in 2011 that has raised $10M in venture capital. Distil Networks offers an intelligent algorithm driven platform that detects and mitigates bot attacks, theft bots, click fraud, price scraping, content scraping and
