Global SD-WAN provider Aryaka and cybersecurity and application delivery firm Radware are partnering to offer multi-layer application security and distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack detection and mitigation capabilities for its global enterprise services. DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly frequent, more sophisticated and
Cloud-based private networks provider Aryaka Networks has announced its intentions to IPO in 2018, aiming for a $1 billion valuation. Aryaka currently builds private cloud networks for more than 500 enterprises, enabling them to link branch offices globally. Notable customers
CloudFlare is currently hosting 2M websites, and is handling 5% of the Internet traffic. EdgeCast has about 6,000 customers, and is handling about 5% of the Internet traffic. Both have similar POP footprints. CloudFlare has raised $72M in funding, and
Aryaka Networks, the leading provider of WAN as-a-service is on to something big. They’ve signed up hundreds of customers, and are growing rapidly, to the tune 416% in 2013. Critics might argue that it’s easy to accomplish spectacular growth when
Aryaka Networks, is the Akamai of the WAN as-a-service Industry. It’s years ahead of the competition in its segment. Ajit Gupta (CEO) and Sonal Puri (VP Marketing), have created something very special, and extremely disruptive. There is only one company
Over the last month, I’ve researched more than a dozen startups, that partake in the CDN ecosystem. The startups included CDNs, OVPs, File Transfer Platforms, WAN as-a-service, and Cloud Security companies. All startups mentioned in my blog are disruptive, offering
Glue Networks, a cloud-based Software-defined WAN (SDWAN) based in Sacramento CA, has raised $29M in funding. The company was founded in 2007, making them one of the first cloud-based WAN Service Providers, also known as WAN as-a-service. The executive team
Pertino, a cloud-based WAN platform based in Los Gatos CA, started in 2011 and has raised $29M in funding. The founding team are from Packeteer, a network appliance company acquired by Blue Coat Systems. Pertino identifies itself as a cloud
It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to Riverbed, whether it remains a public company, or it is acquired in a leveraged buy-out by a private equity firm. Regardless, Riverbed remains on the path to innovation, and it’s
Akamai and Cisco formed a partnership in October 2013, to integrate Akamai functionality into the Cisco branch routers, thus extending the Akamai CDN to the last mile & first mile. It’s a very innovative project. However, Aryaka beat them to
Aryaka Networks, the first and only WAN Optimization as-a-Service company, is shredding the competition. It has received $54M in funding, and is backed by the top VCs. The question arises, who is going to acquire Aryaka? Aryaka is not a
Lately, there has been much in the press regarding MPLS and its future. Is it dead or is it a dying breed in the WAN ecosystem? Instead of generalizing about MPLS in the enterprise, it would be more useful to
Riverbed has 2500 employees, generated $261M of revenue last quarter, is on a run-rate to surpass $1B in revenue in 2013, and yet only has a market cap of $2.79B (as of today). What gives? On top of that, Riverbed’s
Watching the public fight between Aryaka and Riverbed brings back good old memories. It feels like the days of Oracle vs. Microsoft, Oracle vs. SAP and Oracle vs. Peoplesoft. Sometimes it got nasty but it was a boatload of fun
