Perfect Match, Google and Fastly Fastly scored a big win in its partnership with Google. Fastly has integrated their CDN into the Google Cloud platform, and so far, they are the only CDN on the planet doing so.  I’m no
Refining the Business Model Aryaka Networks is the global leader in WAN as-a-service, Network as-a-service and WAN Optimization as-a-service. They were the first-to-market with this offering, and have done a decent job maintaining their leadership position. Akamai took notice and
Venture funding in the CDN Ecosystem is healthy. More than $288M has been raised by Instart Logic, Aryaka Networks, Fastly, CloudFlare, and Yottaa. Four are them are located in Silicon Valley, and the other one in Boston. All five are
CDN Nugget: “A CDN can have one hundred of the best features in the market that blows away the competition, but if it’s not packaged properly, than the CDN is mediocre at best”. Developing the perfect product mix, feature set,
Today, the CDN Ecosystem is dramatically different than that of 2007. Not only is the current CDN market larger, but it’s bound to explode in the next five years from $3B to $12B+, due to the changes in the Internet
Limelight Networks (LLNW) is at a crossroads, and if they seize the opportunity in front of them, they will flourish. If not, they will be in the same bucket as Internap. Just about every CDN in the ecosystem, big and
There’s been lots of activity in the CDN industry over the last 30 days. At the top of the news – Akamai streamed the US-Belgium World Cup match which peaked at 5.7Tbps. Currently, there is no other CDN that can
Now with Prolexic acquisition behind them, Akamai is ready to embark on its next one. With $1B cash on the books, Akamai can afford to buy a few companies within a short period of time. Some acquisitions seem like no
Over the last three years, pure-play security start-ups have been the most innovative bunch within the technology industry. On the other hand, Content Delivery Networks have been a group innovating at an average pace, building features upon existing features. Finally,
Over the last few months, we’ve analyzed dozens of CDNs, WAN as-a-service providers, CyberSecurity startups, OVPs, B2B Video File Delivery Networks and others. With all the research and analysis in-hand, we can now try to predict the future CDN business
Bizety continues to update the CDN Ecosystem Diagram as new information is received. Below is the latest visualization of CDN and CDN-like players in the Ecosystem. The purpose of the diagram is to illustrate where each company stands in the
In the CDN Ecosystem, there are leaders, followers, innovators and disruptors. Akamai, EdgeCast and Limelight Networks are leaders. Fastly, Yottaa and CloudFlare are innovators. Internap and others are followers. Then there are the disruptors. Out of all the bunch, the
We are witnessing CDN Business Model Chaos. Finally, after all these years, the CDN industry is changing for good, and going in a new direction. And no one in the industry knows what is that direction, and we can only
Congratulations to Aryaka Networks, the most disruptive company in the CDN Ecosystem. Whereas, Instart Logic is the most innovative company in all of the CDN Ecosystem, Aryaka Networks is the most disruptive. What happens to the industry when the most
The arrival of Aryaka Networks split the CDN industry into two separate business models: B2B WAAS (WAN as-a-service) and B2C CDN. Both business models use similar POP architecture and infrastructure, however, both are completely different, satisfying the needs of different
