Are CDN prices dropping year over year? Are CDN services a commodity? Even if Akamai and Limelight report that CDN services are dropping by “x” percent every year, does that reflect the entire CDN industry? First, let’s address the question
Over the last three weeks Limelight Network’s (LLNW) stock has steadily declined, dropping from $3/share to $2.78/share. In a Seeking Alpha article published on July 23rd, an analyst named Adam gave his reasons why LLNW will eventually bottom out at
EdgeCast’s entrance into the CyberSecurity space signals a new era in cloud based security. Not only are the competition wars going to intensify in the next 12 months, but the market will see the “passing of the guard” from the
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are doing to Rackspace what EdgeCast, Amazon and Incapsula are going to do to F5 Networks. The EdgeCast “Defend” Solution is everything that F5 Appliances are not: cloud based, unlimited scalability and global deployment in minutes.
Bizety is presenting the next version of the CDN Ecosystem Diagram that incorporates the latest research and analysis. This diagram has been completely renovated taking into account the changes that have occurred in the industry over the last 60 days.
Finally got the chance to catch up with Anthony Citrano, the VP of Communications and Chief Evangelist for EdgeCast, and we had a productive conversation. For those who don’t know Anthony, let’s just say that what Jony Ive’s is to
Limelight Networks (LLNW) is at a crossroads, and if they seize the opportunity in front of them, they will flourish. If not, they will be in the same bucket as Internap. Just about every CDN in the ecosystem, big and
The CDN landscape in 2015 will be somewhat different than 2014, where general based services give way to service specialties that solve specific problems, whether it relates to wireless last mile delivery, security, microsecond application delivery, and so on. At
And without further ado, let me introduce EdgeCast, the new CyberSecurity CDN. It’s been a long time in the making, and EdgeCast is finally WAF enabled, ready to take on the bad guys at the application level, on behalf of
EdgeCast has made an announcement that it has added 20 POPs to its current POP count, bringing its total to about 45, give or take a few. Included in the build-out is a massive expansion to its Sao Paulo POP.
The CDN Edge Web Application Firewall (WAF) has matured greatly over the last couple of years, with Akamai leading the way. Today’s CDNs offering Edge WAF include Akamai, Incapsula, CloudFlare and Yottaa. There are many flavors of WAF, from on
There’s been a ton of activity in the CDN Industry over the last three weeks. Incapsula garnered the leadership position in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report for its web application firewall, beating out all others including F5. CloudFlare acquired CryptoSeal, a
Today, the CDN market is very competitive, more than in the past. However, the present competition is much stronger and smarter, than the past players. A few years ago, Akamai had to compete with the likes of Panther Express, Vital
Here are the latest 2014 annual revenue estimates for 18 US-based CDNs. Although Aryaka Networks is a “WAN as-a-service (WAAS)” provider, and Instart Logic a “Software-defined Application Delivery (SDAD)” company, we include them in our coverage, in order to analyze,
We are presenting the latest CDN Ecosystem Diagram. The purpose of the diagram is to visualize the spot each CDN occupies within the Ecosystem. As the CDN market matures, it’s fragmenting into highly specialized areas, where individual CDNs are building
