The web application firewall (WAF) has been around for many years. Some companies like F5 and Fortinet, have added WAF functionality to an existing line of security appliances. Others like Barracuda Networks, have built stand-alone WAFs from the ground up.
Akamai just released some interesting data on the World Cup. As most are aware, Akamai is streaming the World Cup matches, and publishing the streaming bandwidth numbers generated for each event. The bandwidth numbers are ridiculously high, with the Mexico
There’s been a ton of activity in the CDN Industry over the last three weeks. Incapsula garnered the leadership position in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report for its web application firewall, beating out all others including F5. CloudFlare acquired CryptoSeal, a
Instart Logic, the leading startup offering Software Defined Application Delivery (SDAD) services, and with more than 25 patents to its name, just rolled out two new industry-first features. The new features improve application delivery performance by 50%, further disrupting the
Ancestry.com, the global leader in family online history, and genealogy with 2+ million members was knocked offline for two days, starting on Monday. The company spokeswoman Heather Erickson said that bogus traffic flooded their servers, and their servers couldn’t keep
A few days ago, I had the privilege of speaking to Manav Mitel, CEO and Founder of Instart Logic. During the first half of the call, he presented the roadmap and vision for Instart Logic. Thereafter, we had a productive
It’s been fairly quiet in the land of Cloudfront and Internap. While AWS continues to push the envelope in the cloud computing game, it’s in cruise control when it comes to its CDN, along with Internap. As an outsider to
Aframe, one of the leading SaaS platforms for video production collaboration, has been going strong for the last 4+ years, winning some big media accounts like Fox Sports. Level 3 entered the same market a few months back, with its
Limelight Networks (LLNW) has rejected the suspicious $645M buyout offer from the private equity firm Tuition Build Inc. According to LLNW, Tuition Build “does not have the experience, credentials, financial resources or capability to complete the proposed transaction”. In another
Today, the CDN market is very competitive, more than in the past. However, the present competition is much stronger and smarter, than the past players. A few years ago, Akamai had to compete with the likes of Panther Express, Vital
Here are the latest 2014 annual revenue estimates for 18 US-based CDNs. Although Aryaka Networks is a “WAN as-a-service (WAAS)” provider, and Instart Logic a “Software-defined Application Delivery (SDAD)” company, we include them in our coverage, in order to analyze,
Here some big CDN news. The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that Tuition Build Inc. based in The Silicon Valley, has made a hostile offer for Limelight Networks (LLNW) for $644M, or $6.55/share, a nice premium over Friday’s closing price
Over the last couple of years, cyber warfare has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Today, when we come across a Stuxnet, Target, Adobe, Evernote, Google, Microsoft, or Meetup type breach, it’s just another sunny day in LA. It
Forter, a new security startup based in Tel Aviv raised $3M from Sequoia Capital. The founders, Michael Reitblat and Liron Damri, previously worked at Fraud Sciences, which was acquired by Paypay in 2008 for $169M. Forter offers an advanced anti-fraud
On January 1, 2014, I made my case why Brightcove should build its own CDN. Then on January 7, 2014, I recommended that Kaltura build a CDN. Low and behold, six months later, Kaltura builds a CDN. Recently, Kaltura formed
