Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare, has been quoted in the press about the heated competition between CloudFlare and Amazon Cloudfront. But is CloudFlare really like Amazon Cloudfront, even though they compete for the same type of customer? Before the question
Akamai dominates the Fortune 1000, and serves the majority of the Top Ranked Alexa websites in one capacity or another. CloudFlare is one of the leaders of the SMB (Small & Medium Businesses) sector, and serves a few Top Alexa
Akamai is the #1 CDN in the ecosystem, followed by EdgeCast and Limelight Networks, respectively. Akamai is the only CDN in the ecosystem that offers every type of CDN functionality, as displayed in the diagram below. EdgeCast is a close
What is the impact to Limelight Networks (LLNW) if they acquire Alert Logic? In this post, we’ll do a deep dive discussion into that scenario. First, let’s start off by evaluating LLNW’s position in the CDN ecosystem. On the last
There is a thriving market place for DDoS-for-hire services. Some characters are even offering free trial accounts, and refunds if not satisfied with the bot rental services. CDNs must prepare for the new cyber war frontier involving DDoS attacks. CloudFlare
Today, there is only one CDN that can challenge Akamai on its features set, scale, and performance, and that’s EdgeCast. Presently, Akamai has one feature that EdgeCast doesn’t, the WAF (web application firewall). However, in the coming months Edgecast is
What’s the impact to the CDN Industry if Limelight Networks (LLNW) acquires Alert Logic? Based on history, we can make some educated guesses. Let’s do a quick deep dive analysis into possible outcomes. For starters, the acquisition will go down
Do content delivery networks need a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)? Cachefly, Mirror Image, and others private CDNs don’t really need a CISO, since ownership is in the hands of one individual, or handful of individuals. If a breach occurs
What is Stuxnet? According to Security Guru Mikko Hypponen, it is a historical game changer in the history of malware. Stuxnet is to malware, what Apple mobile was to Blackberry. Before it was discovered around 2010, many security experts had
The first quarter of 2014 is over and we have the latest updates from Netcraft and Prolexic. In April 2014, there were 958M websites, almost crossing the one billion mark. Next, Prolexic published its 36 page DDoS Report for Q1
Limelight Networks (LLNW) has been adding executive leadership to the ranks over the last month. A few weeks ago, they hired an SVP with experience in mergers and acquisitions. On April 10, 2014, LLNW appointed Gray Hall to the Board
The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort driven by a dozen volunteers. They are responsible for developing, maintaining, securing, and managing the OpenSSL software stack. As everyone found out last week, their work is extremely important to all businesses transacting
The security industry is in deep trouble right now. Billion dollar enterprises investing hundreds of millions of dollars in security infrastructure are losing the game. The security companies developing the latest and greatest products are falling behind. Even the security
Veracode is a security startup offering cloud-based vulnerability testing services for applications. They are recognized by Gartner as a Magic Quadrant Leader in their respective niche, and have generated $29.4M in revenue 2012. Veracode has more than 500 customers, including
Varnish Software is one of the leading open source HTTP Web Accelerators on the market today. Varnish was founded by Per Buer in the mid 2000’s, and more than 1.7M websites use Varnish Cache, as it is known. The impressive
