Solutionary, a leading MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) owned by NTT, reported in its Q2 – 2014 Threat Intelligence Report, that Amazon hosted 41% of the malware it detected through its SERT honeynet network. The honeynet is a honeypot network
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
Who is the most important CDN in the ecosystem? It’s not Akamai, and it’s not CloudFlare. Akamai is too big and too dominant. They operate in their own private ecosystem. Akamai’s only competition is itself. When Akamai’s makes a profound
Shape Security, based in Mountain View CA, has received $26M in VC funding, and is backed by Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins. It currently has about 58 employees, many with extensive security backgrounds. In a nutshell, they offer security appliances
F5 Networks, the leading provider of application delivery network appliances, is a great success story. It has seen steady growth over the last decade. In the last three years, revenue and net income has increased year-over-year. As of September 30,
The lifecycle for CDN features are short lived. A new feature might be key differentiator, that helps in winning business against the competition, but it only last for a while. The CDN feature lifecycle is 2 years max. CDNs must
In my previous post, I discussed Limelight Networks’ (LLNW) OVP/CMS offering. Today, I just read that LLNW has sold off its web content management business to Upland Software. This is an excellent move. LLNW can now focus on re-inventing itself.
Incapsula, based in Redwood Shores, started in 2008 and currently has about 30 employees. It looks like their privately funded for now. They offer cloud based security services and website acceleration to small and medium size businesses, once the domain
Akamai’s recent acquisition of Prolexic is right on the money. It’s a great buy that extends their existing security portfolio by a magnitude of 3x. Prolexic is a heavy hitter in the DDOS protection space and miles ahead of the
