Nginx Plus vs. F5 Big IP and Citrix Net Scaler Nginx has posted two cost-benefit analyses of its Nginx Plus versus other hardware application delivery controllers (ADC), namely F5 Big IP and Citrix Net Scaler. Unsurprisingly, it found that Nginx
Akamai and Limelight Networks Create a New Chapter in Their Relationship With Licensing Agreement Global CDN leader Limelight Networks, Inc. has ended a long and costly legal battle of attrition with Akamai Technologies over the disputed ‘703 patent. The two
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
Google Uses DeepMind to Run Its Data Centers Efficiently DeepMind famously came to the fore when its AI, AlphaGo, beat Lee Sedol in a series of Go matches, the first time in which a program beat a human professional at
AT&T Unveils New Hadoop-Based Security Platform AT&T’s latest security platform uses big data analytics on top of Hadoop to assess billions of security threats in mere seconds. It collects information from every corner of its network, leveraging the data sent
NGINX Prepares for the IoT with UDP Load Balancing User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which is used by many IoT devices, is now supported by NGINX’s load balancing engine. NGINX works as an application delivery platform, and as the proliferation of
Last week, Microsoft and Facebook announced they’re building a 4,000 mile transatlantic cable from Virginia Beach to Bilboa Spain. The venture is called MAREA and it will be operated by Telxius, a Telefonica infrastructure subsidiary. The undersea cable is billed
Facebook’s Expose on Caching in Their CDN Facebook recently published a description of their CDN caching upgrade process, outlining the evolution from McDipper to BlockCache to RIPQ. Facebook is striving to utilize its CDN to deliver photos and videos to
Is DIY An Emerging Trend Is the Do-it-Yourself model the next big trend, a game changer and disruptor of legacy business models? Or is it a blip on the radar and anomaly. Before we answer, lets agree that DIY is
Backbone.js vs. Angular.js Both Backbone.js and Angular.js are similar frameworks that address the same problem–how to simplify the creation of a single page web application. They both have a lot in common, built with open sourced software released under the
Fastly Now Offering Service and Support Plans Fastly, the CDN that markets itself as “built by developers, for developers,” has now released several options for service and support plans. These plans aim to help companies ease the transition to Fastly
Netflix Deploys Arista’s 115Tbps Switch Arista, provider of Netflix’s switching and routing platform, has announced the introduction of their 7500R Series switch. The 7500R Series is specialized for cloud service providers and offers a fabric that can provide speeds up
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,
M=Market Cap and S=2015 revenues In the early 1900’s, the business pioneers that changed the world were Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller. In the early 2000’s, their equivalent is The Mighty GAFAN+M Clan,
