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Interview with Bob Lento, CEO of Limelight Networks
Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Bob Lento, CEO of Limelight Networks, and he gave us the current state of affairs. We discussed several topics, including growing the business, long term planning, product roadmap, the next steps on the
CDN Updates – Sept 2015
MaxCDN Deploys TokuMX and VoltDBÂ MaxCDN, the highly innovative next-gen CDN based in the City of Angels is breaking all sort of internal records. They’ve doubled headcount over the last year, and it wouldn’t be surprising if they do so
Ericsson’s Mission To Redefine The SuperRack and SuperPoP
Over the last couple of years, Intel has been working on the Rack Scale Architecture (RSA), a next generation data center architecture incorporating software defined elements. Intel RSA plugs a gap in the Facebook’s Open Compute Project in the areas
Amazon Acquires Elemental Technologies
Elemental Technologies, a pioneer in the encoding / video processing industry sold to Amazon for $500M, according to one source. Elemental raised $44M in venture capital, with the last round coming in at $14.5M back in December 2014. The founders
Hybrid CDN PoP Architecture: SuperPoP + MiniPoP, Part 2
The new “Hybrid CDN PoP Architecture” will disrupt existing infrastructure business models involved in the compute, storage, and delivery of content. Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Facebook, Netflix, CDNs, and so on, will need to rethink the infrastructure strategy. Some more
Interview with Eitan Koter, Co-CEO of Vimmi
Recently, we had the opportunity to catch up to Eitan Koter, Co-CEO of Vimmi Communications, an innovative startup focused on disrupting the way video is ingested, transformed and delivered over operator networks. Although the market is very competitive, Vimmi has
Cool Startup: Lagrange Systems
Lagrange Systems (LS), a Menlo Park based startup is a new breed of company referred to as a Cloud-based Application Delivery Controller. They have raised $7.5M to date, and seek to compliment or replace next generation CDNs in the areas
New CDN Paradigm: SuperPoP + MiniPoP Network Architecture
The CDN market is one of the most innovative verticals in all of tech. Many of the infrastructure pieces that make up the CDN, such as bare-metal hardware and open source software have enabled CDNs to become creative in the
Welcome CDN Mini-PoP Architecture, Courtesy of EdgeConnex
Confession: I totally underestimated EdgeConneX. They aren’t a Cool Startup as I recently wrote, they are a game changer to CDN Network Footprint Architecture. And who are CDNs? Pure-plays, Netflix, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook, Mobile Operators, Cable Operators and Network Operators.
Cool Startup: EdgeConneX
EdgeConnex is an innovative data center startup based in Herndon Virginia, founded by Edmund Wilson in 2009-2010. They have raised $150M to date, and count CloudFlare as a customer. An anonymous quote on the website makes it seem that Akamai
CDN Ecosystem Diagram v21
Here we go again, it seems the CDN industry is changing by the week, and its our job to keep an eye on it. Bizety is publishing CDN Ecosystem Diagram v21, which includes the new entrant to the industry “ClearSky
VC Funding for CDN Industry: Business Model Explosion
Here is the latest VC Funding matrix for the CDN industry. PubNub and ClearSky Data have been added to the matrix, bringing our total to fourteen startups. ClearSky is a SAN CDN that offers on-prem caching and cloud-based network storage,
Cool Startup: Clearsky Data
ClearSky Data, a Boston based startup just came out of stealth mode a few days ago, and provides a fully managed “Global Storage Network” solution. Looking more deeply into their business model, we realize they are akin to a SAN-based
Cisco vs Viptela – The Hottest SD-WAN Startup In The World
Is Viptela the next Palo Alto and Arista Networks The word on the street is “Viptela is the hottest SD-WAN startup in the world”. They are winning large enterprise accounts left and right, including beating Cisco in the Gap account,
Comcast To Alter the Competitive Landscape of the Last Mile
Comcast is serious about altering the competitive landscape in the US last mile. First, they roll out a large scale 100 PoP Media based CDN across the US. Thereafter, they announced their plans to upgrade the entire US Network footprint,
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