Instart Logic, based in the Valley, went live in late 2011 and has landed $17M in funding from high-profile VCs Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners. Its three founders being from Aster Data and Google, they understand big data and big
Fastly, the cool startup from the Valley, has decided to throw in the towel and get into the streaming business. This is a big move for a CDN to take, especially one coming from delivering small files such as images,
Fastly, a next-generation CDN, started in early 2011 and has raised $14M+ in funds. They have grown incredibly fast in such a short period of time. Of all the CDNs that are three years old or younger, this is my
CloudFlare, based in San Francisco CA, started in 2009 and has 70 employees. They raised $50M in Series C exactly one year ago. That brings the total raised to $72M. For an up-and-coming CDN, that’s a lot of cash. They
The CDN and Broadcast Industry collided in 2013. Akamai, the largest pure-play CDN battled with Level 3, a leading Telco CDN with broadcast assets. In 2014, Verizon joins the fight with its recent acquisition. Now, there are two major Telco
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 acquisition of Prolexic was genius. Prolexic is one of the leading cloud-based security companies offering DDOS protection. Their infrastructure consist of the following: global POPs, Tier 1 connectivity with multiple carriers, massive hardware deployment, custom applications for monitoring, alerting
Verizon made a brilliant move in acquiring EdgeCast. It caught the industry off guard. I thought IBM, Google or even Akamai would purchase EdgeCast. Many are wondering, how this will impact the Content Delivery industry. First, keeping the EdgeCast team
MediaSilo was founded in 2008 and has received $2.25M in venture funding. It’s HQ is in Boston, MA. They are a “cloud based asset management, sharing and distribution” platform. They assist post production facilities and media companies the tools to
Akamai has acquired numerous companies over the years. The list includes Prolexic, Fastsoft, Blaze.io, Cotendo, Verivue, Netli, Speedera and a few others. The acquired companies usually offer services that falls under the CDN umbrella. The services have included video streaming,
Aframe started in March 2009 and has received $9.8M in venture funding. It’s HQ is in London with a US office in Burlington, MA. They are a cloud-based platform with 4 data centers in the US and UK. They assist
Riverbed has 2500 employees, generated $261M of revenue last quarter, is on a run-rate to surpass $1B in revenue in 2013, and yet only has a market cap of $2.79B (as of today). What gives? On top of that, Riverbed’s
Watching the public fight between Aryaka and Riverbed brings back good old memories. It feels like the days of Oracle vs. Microsoft, Oracle vs. SAP and Oracle vs. Peoplesoft. Sometimes it got nasty but it was a boatload of fun
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
