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The Tragic Conclusion of CDN Startup Instart
Ernie
February 20, 2020
Instart, once a product innovation leader in the CDN industry has been acquired. Their website states “Instart is in the process of transitioning our technology and customers to an industry‑leading platform”. Read between the lines and there are two takeaways.
CDN-WAN To Conquer Them All
Ernie
January 7, 2020
Just what the market needed, another WAN product. Today, there are 30+ vendors providing SD-WAN solutions. Some are well-funded startups like CloudGenix, while others merely point products from the giants like Cisco and VMWare. Within this group, there are differences
Russian Police Arrest Nginx Co-Founders Over Copyright Infringement
Ernie
December 30, 2019
According to various reports, Russian police have raided the Moscow office of Nginx, arresting, detaining, and interrogating the co-founders of the company, then releasing them. Nginx is a popular software used by hundreds of millions of websites and infrastructure companies
CDN Market Overview: Looking Back at 2019
Ernie
December 29, 2019
This month, we’re celebrating our 6th year anniversary of reporting on the CDN industry and 12 years of working in it. It’s been quite a ride. When we first started, the CDN industry was boring because there was very little
Limelight Networks Launches Edge Computing
Ernie
September 30, 2019
Limelight Networks has officially launched its edge computing product line. It joins Cloudflare, Fastly, StackPath, and CenturyLink in this new segment. In our industry, edge computing is defined as having the capabilities to ingest, process, store, and deliver data from
CDN Industry Buzz for Q4 2019
Ernie
September 16, 2019
2019 has turned out to be an epic year for the CDN industry. The top news, Cloudflare joins Akamai and Fastly as publicly-traded multi-billion dollar companies. In other news, some vendors are modernizing their tech stack, incorporating edge computing capabilities
CenturyLink Introduces CDN Edge Computing
Ernie
September 10, 2019
CenturyLink has been busy lately. The top two announcements coming from the company: 1) they’re now focused on edge computing and 2) the acquisition of Streamroot. If we put certain pieces of the puzzle together we can see a strategy
Verizon Media (CDN) Develops AI for Cloud Security
Ernie
September 9, 2019
Verizon Media, formerly VDMS is no longer just a media-based CDN. They’ve embraced cloud security product innovation and are focused on becoming a leader in this area. The current industry trend is to build your own security stack, then integrate
Cloudflare Competitive Snapshot
Ernie
September 3, 2019
Cloudflare is the 2nd unicorn to IPO in our industry in 2019. It joins the chorus of Akamai, Fastly, and Limelight Networks in the public market. Combined, these four deliver a significant volume of the world’s content, video, and applications
Cloudflare Is Officially Going IPO
Ernie
August 15, 2019
Cloudflare is officially going IPO. The S-1 has just been made public. The most important take away, Cloudflare isn’t solely focused on the SMB market. They have 100 of the Fortune 1000 as paying customers and growing. Cloudflare going IPO
Who’s in the Exclusive Edge Computing CDN Club
Ernie
August 13, 2019
Edge computing is taking the world by storm. Although the term means different things to different industries, when used in the context of a CDN, it has a very specific meaning. Edge computing is a set of AWS-like capabilities invented
Q3 2019 Buzz on Fastly, Cloudflare, Limelight, and Akamai
Ernie
August 8, 2019
Earlier today, Fastly announced earnings for the first time and the market reacted favorably, pushing up their stock price. Fastly joins Akamai and Limelight Networks as publicly-traded companies that compete in the market for application and content delivery, cloud security,
2019 CDN Landscape Report Now Available
Ernie
July 24, 2019
The 4th edition CDN Landscape Report is now available. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the industry in 2019 and offers our views on where the market is headed in 2020 and beyond. For more details click here. Report Highlights