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
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Nikolai Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister for Communications, recently announced plans to launch a new mobile operating system across all the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) that will challenge the dominance of the US developed Android and iOS.
The Internet has been torn asunder at the news of Verizon buying AOL. The PR machines are on overdrive trying to figure out the reason “why Verizon acquired AOL”. There are dozens of theories on “why the acquisition” and most
Akamai and Amazon are similar in a few ways. Akamai dominates the CDN industry with about 53% market share. Amazon Web Services dominates the cloud industry with 30% market share. Each has three fierce competitors. Also, Akamai has a CDN
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
Dynamic Site Acceleration, Application Delivery Network, Front-End Optimization, and Mobile Content Optimization are some of the bread-and-butter protocol optimization services offered by most CDNs. Some are free, and others are available for a hefty price. Over the last decade, CDNs
Zscaler is on fire right now. They have 13M users from a base of 5k companies, doubled their bookings in Q1 2015 over last year, and recently closed a $10M deal with a Global 100 consumer goods company, which sounds
The CDN industry is growing at a healthy clip, and many CDNs are experiencing excellent revenue growth. Akamai recorded 24% growth year-over-year in 2014, and start-ups like Yottaa, Instart Logic, and LeaseWeb CDN continue to delivery triple digit growth. Akamai
