It’s been two months since our last industry snapshot. Recently, there have been no industry-impacting events. But, in the sign of the times, Netlify has laid off 16% of its staff and Edgio 10%. We understand Edgio’s decision since the merger
Introduction JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), Protocol Buffers (also known as Protobuf), and Avro are all data serialization formats commonly used to transmit data between systems. These formats allow you to define the structure of the data that needs to be
Here is a comparison between Apache Traffic Server and Nginx. Each platform has a cult following. The bottom line, the best platform depends on the use case. Here is the difference between the two, according to ChatGPT. In a minimum
Recently, we asked ChatGPT a list of questions on edge computing, caching, and CDN, and the results were impressive. The biggest takeaway of using ChatGPT, it’s going to reduce the number of hours to write content by 50% to 75%. Â
The noise around ChatGPT has been annoying. It’s been so loud it’s gotten in the way of our research efforts. So how can we write about the next big technology trend in our industry when everyone talks about it? Everywhere
Qwilt was born between the inception of Cloudflare and Fastly. Instead of becoming a traditional CDN, they opted to become a CDN for service providers, also known as network operators. They have some indirect competition from the likes of Akamai,
We’re publishing our first industry report after a three-year hiatus. The report explores three industry-impacting trends of the last decade, two of which are still in play. The fate of the CDN industry and AWS are intertwined, the yin and
Render, the previous winner of the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, and Fly.io are our top picks for startups of the year in 2022. After looking at several startups, they stood out for two reasons: 1) their business model is the
Over the last year, Limelight Networks has been busy increasing efficiency and growing its global network. In fact, they increased server capacity by 50% and network capacity 39%, opened 12 new Points of Presence (PoPs), including three in India alone,
As new startups enter the CDN industry with innovative business models, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between the competition, especially since much of the messaging revolves around performance and security. Although there are a couple of
Akamai presented its state of the union during the investor summit earlier today. As always, the metrics presented are fascinating and important because they give us an in-depth pulse on the Internet and their business model. One of the most
The content delivery and edge security industry is experiencing strong growth. One important market indicator is the growth in infrastructure capacity, as in network and server capacity. At the end of Q1-2017, four of the largest CDNs now have a
CDN commoditization is coming to an end. There will be no more fighting for deals on price per GB, number of PoPs, reactive feature sets, and so on. The vendor value prop is going to shift from a price/performance conversation
We have to commend folks like Krebs because writing about hacks day-in and day-out requires a strong mental psychology. We stopped writing about hacks a while back, however, we’re going to break our own rule and write about the latest
Cisco has launched an innovative service called Cisco Umbrella, which is a Secure Internet Gateway that leverages the OpenDNS internet infrastructure. Umbrella is the closest Cisco will get to becoming an Edge Security CDN, as we don’t see them acquiring
