Today, there is only one CDN that can challenge Akamai on its features set, scale, and performance, and that’s EdgeCast. Presently, Akamai has one feature that EdgeCast doesn’t, the WAF (web application firewall). However, in the coming months Edgecast is
Bizety is rolling out the 4th update to the CDN Ecosystem diagram that plots the position of each CDN, or CDN like company in the content delivery network ecosystem. This update includes all 17 US based CDNs, including the Big
The heartbleed fiasco threw the entire CDN Industry into disarray. For the last couple of days, fixing the Heartbleed bug has the #1 concern for the C Level Execs at all of the CDNs. There has never been anything like
The heartbleed bug has impacted the entire CDN industry, including the heavy weights: Akamai, EdgeCast, Limelight, Fastly, CloudFlare and Incapsula. More than anything else, reissuing SSL certificates to all SSL customers is more of a headache than anything else. The
This is the third update to the CDN Ecosystem diagram which includes a new section for the infrastructure CDN. The Infrastructure CDN is the CDN that has 10,000+ caching servers in production, located at various POPs throughout the globe. The
This is part two of the Content Delivery Network Ecosystem diagram. The diagram below includes 16 of 17 USA based CDNs. The objective of the diagram is to visually represent each CDN in the ecosystem. In my original post, I
Over the last few months, we have researched, and reported on seventeen US based Content Delivery Networks. With the exception of Akamai, most CDNs can be grouped together by the type of functionality they offer customers. Most CDNs specialize in
CloudFlare is currently hosting 2M websites, and is handling 5% of the Internet traffic. EdgeCast has about 6,000 customers, and is handling about 5% of the Internet traffic. Both have similar POP footprints. CloudFlare has raised $72M in funding, and
Last week, Limelight Networks (LLNW) published a Cedexis performance report that demonstrated their DSA was faster than Akamai DSA, EdgeCast ADN/Transact and Fastly DSA. Thereafter, they hired a reputable research company to validate their claims. This week, LLNW ran a
In 2014, Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) acquired EdgeCast, one of the top 3 CDNs, and Uplynk, an innovative hybrid OVP platform running on Amazon. The acquisition will have some impact on the CDN industry, but more in the media
The first quarter of 2014 has been an extremely busy one for the CDN industry. There has been major activity across the entire spectrum, from the startups, all the way up to Akamai. The top three events for 2014 are
Limelight Networks (LLNW) is stepping up to the plate, in a big way. Enterprise Strategy Group, and established research company, validated LLNW’s claims that the performance of their dynamic content acceleration service is faster than Akamai, EdgeCast and Faslty, based
There are approximately fourteen CDNs based in the US. The annual revenues for Akamai and Limelight Networks are public information. The annual revenues listed below, for the remaining twelve CDNs are my best estimates. I don’t count ChinaCache and CDNetworks,
An article published by Barron’s stated that Akamai has 5,000 customers. The new data point allows me to update my previous estimate, in order to calculate the annual revenue per customer; then compare the metric across four CDNs, to see
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
