Due to popular demand, we’re continuing with this series, publishing it quarterly. During our research efforts, we sometimes run into some interesting developments. When something happens to a startup in the CDN industry, we want to know about it, what
Fastly just announced its partnership with Microsoft Azure. It involves Fastly’s integration with a range of Azure services, such as Azure Blob Storage, Azure Event Grid, and Azure Data Explorer (ADX, formerly known as project “Kusto”), a big data cloud-based
The big cloud trio has each entered the Internet of Things (IoT) space and are each spending significant sums on new services and investing in their IoT platforms. All three are betting on the long-term potential for significant margins. The
Microsoft just launched the public preview of its own global CDN network, which is now available through ‘Azure CDN’. Azure customers will be able to use and deliver content from Microsoft’s own global CDN network. The Microsoft CDN will be
Akamai reported earnings yesterday and Cloud Security Solutions revenue was $110M, up 36% from Q1-2016, and Media Delivery Solutions revenue was down 9%, coming in at $187M. As the bellwether of the industry, Akamai’s performance is an indicator of what’s
We have a few more predictions to go for 2017. Next up is Google and CloudFlare. We predict that Google will acquire CloudFlare in 2017 for $1.5B to $3B. CloudFlare has raised a total of $182M and Google was an
We are going to make some bold predictions for 2017. First, let’s look back at 2016 – this year was the most innovative period in history, thanks to the convergence of 1) CDN + Cloud Security 2) CDN + WAN
The Azure Big Compute team has announced the launch of 1.0.0 of Batch Shipyard, which enables simple deployment of Dockerized workloads to Azure Batch compute pools and allows users to run parallel jobs in the cloud. The solution is optimized
Fastly Introduces Cutting Edge Next-Gen Control Panel Fastly’s next generation control panel is a response to the need for complete visibility and instant feedback on applications, allowing customers to respond and innovate instantaneously. As its customer base has increased and
It should come as no surprise that 2017 is going to be “The Year of The Bloodbath” for the CDN industry. Many pure-plays will exit the industry, most by acquisition or merger. The writing is on the wall for CDNs
Number of Cloud Products from Google, AWS & Azure Google (7 Products): Compute, Storage, Networking, Big Data, Machine Learning, Operations, Tools, and 37 sub-products Azure (12 Products): Compute, Web+Mobile, Data+Storage, Analytics, Networking, Hybrid Integration, IAM, Media+CDN, Developer Services, Management, Intelligence,
Connection Pooling and Late Binding to Reduce Roundtrip Latency A common concern in routing is determining how to obtain minimal roundtrip latency to a remote server. To control the number of concurrently established connections and avoid setup costs, connections are
Semiweekly Updates Is Level 3 The Next U.S. DoD’s CDN? The United States Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will be offering contracts worth up to $4.3 billion to AT&T, CenturyLink, Level 3, Verizon Business, Artel, BT, GTT
Top Weekly Updates Comcast to Rollout Gigabit Broadband by End of 2016 After a successful test of a DOCSIS 3.1 modem in Philadelphia, Comcast said it will offer a new gigabit-speed service by the end of 2016. So far, one
Top Weekly Updates Akamai Issues Q3 2015 State of Internet Report, Partners with Google and Microsoft Akamai, the global content delivery network (CDN) leader, has released its State of the Internet Report for the third quarter of 2015. Average global
