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VMWare ex-CTO Joins CloudFlare – Does CloudFlare Plans to take on AWS
Who knew Matthew Prince had it in him, because CloudFlare just reeled in a big fish, more like a whale. Ben Fathi, ex-CTO of VMWare has joined CloudFlare as Head of Engineering. Prior to VMWare, Ben worked as SVP of
Cool CDN Features
Over the last year, we’ve been tracking some of the new and exciting customer-facing features that CDNs have been rolling out, as CDNs continue the quest to differentiate themselves from forty other CDNs. Although the list below does not include
Latest GAFAN Update
For the last few months now, we’ve been tracking the total market cap for GAFAN (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix) – who are the largest Internet companies in their respective industries. From July 2015 to October 2015, GAFAN’s total market
Will Amazon Figure it Out the Security Thing
It’s been a few days since Amazon reported Q3 2015 earnings, and the financial results for AWS were staggering. Amazon defines AWS as “compute, storage, database, and other AWS service offerings”. As we can see in the numbers below, AWS
Amazon’s Impact On the Appliance Market
At one time, the market for technical appliances such as firewalls, Application Delivery Controllers, Load Balancers and DDoS Mitigation hardware was the “in” thing to do, and many folks made a great living at it. Unfortunately, all highly profitable business
Google Invest in Zscaler and Expands its Cyber Security Empire
Google Capital invested $25M in Zscaler, a leading cloud security company that secures more than 15M users around the world. Gene Frantz, Partner at Google Capital stated “we’re are big believers in two unstoppable technology trends that Zscaler is riding
Cool Company – LiveQoS (RAN Optimization)
LiveQoS, a startup based in Ottawa, Canada is a pioneer in the mobile optimization space. They are one of the very few companies providing a high performance file transfer service (UDP, TCP) for video delivery over mobile. They are like
Interview with Sonal Puri, CEO of Lagrange Systems
Lagrange Systems, a pioneer in Cloud-based Application Delivery, Load Balancing and Edge Security, is working hard to become the leader in the ADC market. Presently, Lagrange has thirty customers, with plenty more coming on board soon. Their CloudMaestro is a
Amazon Introduces WAF and Web App Scanner
Finally, after all this time Amazon has finally thrown its gloves into the security ring, introducing the AWS WAF and Amazon Inspector. The AWS WAF is the best feature Amazon has rolled out in years, with the last one being
Google CyberSec Wall = CloudFlare + Shape Security + CrowdStrike
If Google really wanted to, they could probably kill two birds with one stone. First, they could radically transform the competitive landscape within the security industry. Next, they could reduce the impact of DDoS Attacks, Bot Attacks and Malware by
Three Pillar of Cloud – Compute, Delivery and Security
Back in early 2013, the COO of VMWare once said the following about Amazon “I find it really hard to believe that we cannot collectively beat a company that sells books”. Well, it wasn’t a happy ending for the COO
CDN Eco-Graph
The CDN market continues to expand – in the next month or two, we are going to introduce four more CDNs. One is focused on video delivery, the other in Edge Security, the third serves a specific region, and the
In a week or two, Fastly becomes a Tbps CDN
In a couple of weeks, Fastly will become a newly minted Tbps CDN. We’ve been tracking Fastly’s Bandwidth Speedometer for the last eighteen months. They have come a long way in such a short period of time. On June 15,
True CDN Sales Stories
CDN Sales is tough, but its also fun. Every deal you close has a story behind it. Many years ago, CDN Sales were easier to close, since there were fewer CDNs. Akamai, Limelight and Internap were the rain makers back
Cogent vs Level 3
It appears that Cogent has finally shed its “Skeletons from the Closet” and has emerged as a new force in the CDN Ecosystem. Cogent is now providing “High Quality Transit” that rivals Level 3. For many years, Cogent was perceived
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