EdgeCast Verizon is in the midst of expanding its entire infrastructure and feature set. No surprises there, since they are now Verizon, and have access to Verizon’s deep pockets. EdgeCast is in the process of adding 17 new POPs, doubling
Limelight Networks hit a major milestone today, in that their stock price is $3+ per share. Four positive activities helped push LLNW stock up $1 per share over the last week: LLNW wins lawsuit against Akamai, LLNW SVP buys 100,000
The Era of CDN Specialization is more relevant now, than it ever was before. Instart Logic, Incapsula, Aryaka Networks, and others are fragmenting the CDN Ecosystem more and more, by focusing and specializing in a specific set of services, being
Content Delivery Networks are defined by many things, but the feature set is one of importance. The CDNs that continue to lead the charge in product innovation increase their chances of long term survival and success. Some CDNs like Instart Logic
What does Instart Logic, EdgeCast, Akamai, and Level 3 have in common? All four content delivery networks offer a PCI Compliant CDN solution that treats SSL (secure) and http content (non-secured) differently. Currently, CDNs offer three different flavors of non-secure/secure
Neustar UltraDNS recently experienced a major DDoS attack. Fortunately, UltraDNS stated it mitigated the attack, and that only a certain segment of their name servers experienced network saturation. However, unfortunately, the customers using that specific segment included Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, advertising.com
Although Akamai, Fastly, EdgeCast and Limelight are bitter enemies that hate to lose to each other, they all have one common enemy, hardware obsolescence. Akamai might be the fastest content delivery network today, but that doesn’t mean it will be
There are approximately seventeen US based content delivery networks in the bizety CDN Ecosystem diagram. The annual revenues for Akamai and Limelight Networks are public information. The revenues for the remaining CDNs are guesstimates. Based on the information below the
The multi-CDN strategy has been in play for only a few years. Seven years ago, very few companies used dual CDNs. I rarely encountered high Alexa ranked websites using two or more CDNs, and that includes Tumblr and LinkedIn. That
Previously, we stated that CDN Ecosystem Diagram 6.0 was the last diagram of its kind. However, since we have new information, the CDN Ecosystem Diagram has been updated accordingly. The diagram visualizes where each CDN lies within the ecosystem. Akamai
The CDN Ecosystem diagram has been updated, and now includes the only two Telco CDNs in the US, EdgeCast Verizon and Level 3. These two are different from all other CDNs in that they are part of a Carrier. EdgeCast
What’s going to be the fuel that drives the CDN ecosystem growth in 2014 onward, the video streaming product portfolio or the security feature set? I’ll do a quick deep dive analysis into the comparison of video delivery vs security,
Is the industry witnessing a new CDN era in which specialization is becoming the norm? It seems like the era of CDN specialization is upon us. We have the Big Three CDNs (Akamai, EdgeCast & Limelight), and the CDN specialist.
Amazon Cloudfront has come a long way in the CDN business over the last 5-6 years. Remembering back in 2009 when Cloudfront first entered the stage, there was a lot fear in the hearts and minds of the competition including
A couple of weeks back, Andy Ellis, Chief Security Officer of Akamai, published a detailed blog post on the heartbleed incident, and so did EdgeCast, Limelight, and most other CDNs. Also, Andy responded to my email when I requested an
