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The End Of The Traditional ILEC Business Model
Are we witnessing the end of the traditional ILEC business model? AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink are in the traditional ILEC business, in which they sell hundreds of products to customers in the wireline business. Even a simple product like MPLS
Interview with Marc Gaffan, Co-founder of Incapsula
Incapsula, acquired by Imperva in 2014, is a cloud security and acceleration service. The Incapsula network has grown to 26 PoPs, with more planned. Although Incapsula started around the same time as CloudFlare, their business models are different, as we’ll
EdgeConnex Opens New Data Center with Comcast as Anchor Tenant
EdgeConnex Opens New Data Center with Comcast as Anchor Tenant EdgeConnex, a data center operator that specializes in edge data centers, has landed Comcast as their anchor tenant for a new center opening in Jacksonville, Florida. Due to Comcast’s new
Java Zero-Day Attacked Again
Semiweekly Technical Updates Java Zero-Day Attacked Again The popular software companies WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, Jenkins, and OpenNMS were exposed as highly vulnerable to zero-day exploits and potentially Remote Code Execution attacks on application servers, according to FoxGlove security in November
Facebook Open Sources their Big Sur AI hardware
Semiweekly Tech Updates  Facebook Open Sources their Big Sur AI hardware Deep learning, while a small academic field for computational science, is garnering huge interest from companies such as Google, Facebook, and IBM. Deep learning trains machines to recognize patterns
Is Akamai Playing Tarzan Again, Rescuing BBC From DDoS Distress
Supposedly, BBC was knocked offline during the holidays by a DDoS Attack. Thereafter, Akamai, always the one wanting to play hero, rescued the damsel in distress. It wasn’t a massive volumetric attack, because in order to qualify as massive, it
Valve Explains What Happened With Steam’s Security Incident
Valve Corporation finally announced more details regarding the security breach that occurred during Christmas. Steam Database, an independent forum supporting the Steam community previously speculated that Valve pushed out a caching misconfiguration update to its production environment that resulted in
Is Level 3 The Next U.S. DoD’s CDN
Semiweekly Updates Is Level 3 The Next U.S. DoD’s CDN? The United States Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will be offering contracts worth up to $4.3 billion to AT&T, CenturyLink, Level 3, Verizon Business, Artel, BT, GTT
Ericsson and China Mobile Partner to Foster 5G Technology
Semiweekly Updates Ericsson and China Mobile Partner to Foster 5G Technology The world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile Ltd., has recently signed a memorandum of understanding under China Mobile Research Institute with Ericsson to develop innovative 5G mobile network technologies
Prediction #2: In 2017, Dramatic Change In How Video Is Delivered and Consumption
In the next two years, there will be an industry shakeout. First, we predict that ten companies in our market will exit the business, voluntarily or involuntarily, because of business model weakness. Next, in 2017, emerging technologies will create massive
Steam’s Self Inflicted Security Breach. Might Be Time To Ditch CDN Experiment
Recently, Valve Software, a global powerhouse in video game development and distribution experienced a weird security incident on its Steam platform over the holidays. Valve initially developed Steam back into 2002, and now it’s one of the largest platforms of
SkyparkCDN Shares Insight on the Russian CDN Market
SkyparkCDN, one of the leading pure-play CDNs in Russia and the CIS region is growing fast, in one of the fastest growing regions in the world. In 2015, the Russian CDN market doubled, and continues to grow at breakneck speed,
Comcast to Rollout Gigabit Broadband by End of 2016
Top Weekly Updates Comcast to Rollout Gigabit Broadband by End of 2016 After a successful test of a DOCSIS 3.1 modem in Philadelphia, Comcast said it will offer a new gigabit-speed service by the end of 2016. So far, one
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Are The Days Of Phone Company Owned Data Centers Coming To An End
Up until a few years ago, phone companies owning massive data centers all over the place made sense. When Qwest was around, the Cyber Centers or Super PoPs (as they were called) were a critical asset in the telecom portfolio
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