It looks like Imperva plans on letting Incapsula run as an independent entity for the time being. I think its a good move, just like Verizon’s decision on letting EdgeCast operate independently for now. Why ruin a good thing, especially
Imperva, the pure-play security company, has agreed in principal to acquire Incapsula, the leading Security based CDN. Incapsula is different. Most CDNs in the ecosystem offer security as a subset of CDN services, whereas Incapsula offers CDN services as a
Zscaler, a pure play cloud security company based in San Jose CA, started in 2008 and has raised $38M in funding. The founding members have a long history of building and selling companies, including CipherTrust, which was sold to McAfee.
Incapsula, the pure-play cloud security company now in the CDN business, is very intriguing. I’m sure many are wondering where they fit in the CDN ecosystem, including myself. The Incapsula website, and press releases provide a great deal of intelligence;
Incapsula, the spinoff from Imperva, is a new breed of CDN. For starters, their security suite is more extensive, robust, and feature rich than all CDNs, maybe even Akamai. They go above and beyond, the typical CDN WAF offering, providing
Instart Logic and Shape Security are two of the hottest startups in the CDN ecosystem. Instart Logic, with its web application streaming technology, and Shape Security, for protecting websites from automated bot armies, are game changers. Traditional CDNs rarely deliver
Shape Security, based in Mountain View CA, has received $26M in VC funding, and is backed by Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins. It currently has about 58 employees, many with extensive security backgrounds. In a nutshell, they offer security appliances
Instart Logic & Incapsula are two super cool CDN startups. They have a lot of potential. Instart Logic is the candidate that is most likely to be acquired in the short term, earning good returns for its employees, and backers.
Limelight Networks (LLNW) offers CDN services, CMS, OVP, instructor-led classes and staff augmentation. At their core, they’re overwhelmingly a CDN. They have POPs, routers, thousands of servers, multi-carrier connectivity, caching software, and so on. The reason they’ve broadened their service
