Last week, the public CDNs announced earnings, and the overall market reaction was brutal. Although some exceeded expectations, the gloomy economy was to blame. External forces like inflation, fears of a recession, war, and supply chain issues impacted the industry.
Suddenly, Limelight Networks is the most exciting CDN in our entire ecosystem for the first time in years. How did they manage to pull this off? Two strategic acquisitions have enabled the company to transform itself and impact the industry.
After an 18-month hiatus, we’re back in business. A lot has happened in that time. Eighteen months ago, Fastly’s stock was ~$94 per share, Cloudflare’s was ~$39, and Akamai’s top brass was making bold statements on its earning call about
Limelight Networks recently launched Limelight Realtime Video Streaming, an industry-first sub-second, globally scalable live video streaming solution that is supported by major browsers and devices. It also supports integrated realtime data, enabling the creation of interactive live online experiences that
This week, Limelight announced the introduction of two new additions to its Cloud Security services: Security Alert, which provides alert notifications, DDoS detection, and configuration to protect sites against large attacks, and WAF Express, a security alert and website protection
There are some CDNs out there that have introduced a “1 cent/GB” data transfer model from day 1. In fact, one of them clearly touts the following on their homepage: “The lowest cost CDN on the planet: $01/GB”. To add
Top Weekly Updates 1. Limelight Networks Provides Video Platform for OTT Streaming Service CuriosityStream Limelight Networks is making it easier for users to view a vast variety of video content by partnering up with CuriosityStream, the first streaming service for nonfiction
The CDN market continues to expand – in the next month or two, we are going to introduce four more CDNs. One is focused on video delivery, the other in Edge Security, the third serves a specific region, and the
According to MarketsandMarkets, the CDN market is “expected to grow from $3.71B in 2014 to $12.16B by 2019” at an annual compound growth rate of 26.8%. If that’s the case, than Akamai represents 53% of the market in 2014, based
The CDN Ecosystem continues to churn out new business models. No single CDN can be all things to all industries, hence the need for specialization. Most business models reflect the type of service a CDN offers, with the exception of
The CDN Ecosystem continues to flourish, as new players enter the industry with unique features and business models. The latest trio of entrants are the RAN based CDN innovators. They include Rev Software, Twin Prime and Kwicr. Rev Software has
The transparent caching industry is alive and doing well. According to Frost & Sullivan, the market is set to grow to $350M by 2016. Qwilt and PeerApp are the pure-play companies in the industry. PeerApp declares itself a leader in
Should start-up CDNs offer Professional Services (ProServ)? A VP of Sales once said that customers only value the things they pay for, not the things they don’t pay for. Give away ProServ at no cost, and companies won’t value the
Bizety is presenting the next update to the popular CDN Ecosystem diagram. The space continues to evolve as new start-ups enter it. The collapsing of the Security and CDN sectors are blurring the lines further between CDNs and non-CDNs, as
Akamai has previously reported that prices were under pressure. In fact, many in the industry have stated the same thing. However, analyzing CDN price drops by themselves in a vacuum can lead to faulty analysis. CDN prices only represent a
