Last week, AWS introduced Lambda@Edge and AWS Step Functions (plus a few more), which enable enterprises to build the next generation of distributed applications using micro-services, edge compute functionality, server-less functions, APIs, content delivery, container and VM technologies. The bad
Larry Ellison used his recent keynote presentation at Oracle OpenWorld 2016 in San Francisco as an opportunity to fire a shot across Amazon’s bow. He cited benchmark test results showing that Oracle’s DBaas performed 105 times faster for analytics workloads
Amazon Route 53 aims to provide low-latency DNS resolution to clients, in party by broadcasting IP addresses using anycast from its 50+ edge locations scattered around the globe. Anycast routes packets to the closest network location that is “advertising” a
Mid-last year, AWS information security executive Stephen Schmidt unveiled AWS’s open source implementation of SSL/TLS network encryption protocols, dubbed Amazon s2n, a sleek, nimble, and more intuitive means of encrypting a network.
Akamai Raises The Bar of Vulnerability Management Akamai has written the blueprint on threat mitigation and InfoSec, at least according to its blog post about the Akamai Intelligent Platform. The Platform is actually comprised of a globally distributed network of
Fastly Introduces Cutting Edge Next-Gen Control Panel Fastly’s next generation control panel is a response to the need for complete visibility and instant feedback on applications, allowing customers to respond and innovate instantaneously. As its customer base has increased and
It should come as no surprise that 2017 is going to be “The Year of The Bloodbath” for the CDN industry. Many pure-plays will exit the industry, most by acquisition or merger. The writing is on the wall for CDNs
Section.io, a startup founded in 2012, is a pioneer in the emerging DIY CDN (“DIYs” ) sector, enabling enterprises of all sizes to build localized or global content delivery functionality into their web application test and production environments. Prior to
In October of 2015, Amazon introduced two new security features: AWS WAF and Amazon Inspector. Amazon Inspector is a web application scanner that scans for vulnerabilities within the AWS environment. From a competitive standpoint, the Inspector tool is one of
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
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
The last few days have been really interesting watching Amazon get all this love from the media, investors and practically the whole world. The latest one to fall in love is Mr. Morgan Stanley himself, smitten by stunning beauty of
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
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
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
