Over the last three years, pure-play security start-ups have been the most innovative bunch within the technology industry. On the other hand, Content Delivery Networks have been a group innovating at an average pace, building features upon existing features. Finally,
Over the last few months, we’ve analyzed dozens of CDNs, WAN as-a-service providers, CyberSecurity startups, OVPs, B2B Video File Delivery Networks and others. With all the research and analysis in-hand, we can now try to predict the future CDN business
Bizety continues to update the CDN Ecosystem Diagram as new information is received. Below is the latest visualization of CDN and CDN-like players in the Ecosystem. The purpose of the diagram is to illustrate where each company stands in the
In the CDN Ecosystem, there are leaders, followers, innovators and disruptors. Akamai, EdgeCast and Limelight Networks are leaders. Fastly, Yottaa and CloudFlare are innovators. Internap and others are followers. Then there are the disruptors. Out of all the bunch, the
We are witnessing CDN Business Model Chaos. Finally, after all these years, the CDN industry is changing for good, and going in a new direction. And no one in the industry knows what is that direction, and we can only
Instart Logic pioneered the Software Defined Application Delivery Network, by introducing an intelligent software layer that sits on top of the browser in the form of a VM, and communicates back to the Instart Logic Cloud (CDN POP), and customer
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
Instart Logic, the leading startup offering Software Defined Application Delivery (SDAD) services, and with more than 25 patents to its name, just rolled out two new industry-first features. The new features improve application delivery performance by 50%, further disrupting the
A few days ago, I had the privilege of speaking to Manav Mitel, CEO and Founder of Instart Logic. During the first half of the call, he presented the roadmap and vision for Instart Logic. Thereafter, we had a productive
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
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
There has been lots of activities over the last two months in the CDN industry. A few notable accomplishments: Aryaka raises $10M, Incapsula builds an extensive DDoS Platform and Scrubbing Center, and Limelight wins lawsuit against Akamai. The rest of
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
Starting in June, we’ll start selecting our Top 2 CDNs for the month, in order to give them recognition for their accomplishments, vision and innovation. For June, we would like to congratulate Instart Logic and Incapsula. Both companies have made
What does Apple CDN, Akamai, and Limelight have in common? Plenty. Netflix and Comcast built a CDN to support their own content delivery needs, with Comcast going the way of Amazon, not only being a CDN consumer, but a seller
