Avi Networks is a networking start-up offering SDN+NFV software solutions that run on bare-metal hardware. They have raised $33M from Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures and other top VC’s. Their mission is to disrupt the enterprise networking sector with its virtualization
Akamai is going through a major transformation of sorts, mainly in the innovation department. Not that they were ever behind, but they have now gone to market with a whole new slate of feature-sets, including one which is tailored to
Bizety is celebrating its one year anniversary. Initially, the blog started out as a hobby. I had no clue where it would go. I just posted my take on various CDN topics, and gave a brief analysis on the subject.
Cyan started in 2006 and offers a comprehensive suite of SDN applications for carriers, network operators, cable operators, and data center companies. Cyan is a Silver Member of the OpenDaylight project, the largest global SDN open source organization, which includes
100% Bare Metal CDN Google, Facebook, and Amazon are open source machines using bare metal hardware throughout their infrastructure. However, they got company in the next generation CDN. The infrastructure for the large CDN and start-up CDN slightly differ in
6WIND founded in 2000, is an emerging leader in the commercial SDN + NFV industry. They are based near Paris, France and count some of the world’s largest network manufacturers, carriers and technology companies as customers including Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, and
Bizety is publishing version 13 of the CDN Ecosystem Diagram. Rev Software has been added, and also a handful of SDN+NFV vendors, most notably Big Switch Networks, one of the leading pioneers of SDN. Recently, Akamai and Juniper formed a
Big Switch Networks (“BSN”) is an SDN start-up that is aiming to disrupt the networking industry with its hyperscale networking solutions. They started in 2010 and have raised $44M in VC from the likes of Khosla Ventures. The up-and-comer offers
The CDN industry is an interesting place right now, as CDNs are partly responsible for disrupting many industries including security, broadcasting, OTT, OVP, ADC and others. In a nutshell, CDNs are global infrastructure companies that deliver content to the furthest
