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
Incapsula and CloudFlare, the leading security-based CDNs are growing rapidly, adding POP’s, fighting large DDoS attacks, expanding their feature sets, and acquiring many new customers along the way. Each one caters to a particular demographic in the CDN ecosystem. CloudFlare
It seems like Incapsula is growing up quickly, having recently added points of presence (POPs) in Paris, Seattle and Dallas, bringing its total to sixteen data centers. Today, there is no disputing the fact that Incapsula is now a global
Incapsula, the CDN that’s now part of Imperva, introduced a new CDN business model that’s going to change the CDN ecosystem. The CDN industry is very feature driven, as soon as one CDN develops a new feature, all other CDNs
Akamai and Incapsula offer the most extensive security feature set in the CDN ecosystem today, including a web application firewall, DDoS protections for the different layer attacks, and botnet protection tools. However, there is one missing piece to the security
Here is a snapshot of the 4 pillars of security, starting from the endpoint, to the network, to the data center, and to the global edge. Akamai and Incapsula offer a comprehensive security platform to thwart DDoS attacks, at the
According to Sholmo Kramer, the CEO of Imperva, there are three pillars of enterprise security: endpoint security, network security, and data center security. Symantec and McAfee are the leaders in endpoint security, Palo Alto in network security, and Imperva in
CloudFlare rocks. Their decision to acquire StoptheHacker.com is a brilliant move. The acquisition catapults CloudFlare out of the CDN silo, and into the ecosystem of the cloud security industry. The next step for CloudFlare is to integrate the malware scanning
The next battle in the CDN industry is taking place now. The cloud security industry and CDN market are collapsing. Akamai and Imperva are at the forefront of this change. The era of the next generation firewall appliance is becoming
Incapsula and Akamai are changing the CDN landscape. In two years, the primary growth engine for CDNs will be their security offering. Incapsula, the security based CDN that is now part of Imperva, is focused on serving the SMB market.
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
Akamai Akamai knocked it out of the ball park today. They exceeded expectations and their stock price jumped 20% . For a company the size of Akamai, especially a CDN, this is a rarity. In one day they surpassed the
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
