Bizety is presenting the next update to the popular CDN Ecosystem diagram. The space continues to evolve as new start-ups enter it. The collapsing of the Security and CDN sectors are blurring the lines further between CDNs and non-CDNs, as
Over the last few months, there has been much press about CDN commoditization and what it means to the industry. Even Forbes published an article titled “Limelight: Trying to Drive Sales in Brutally Competitive Market“. Today, we are going to
Akamai has previously reported that prices were under pressure. In fact, many in the industry have stated the same thing. However, analyzing CDN price drops by themselves in a vacuum can lead to faulty analysis. CDN prices only represent a
What kind of revenues can CDN start-ups expect to generate over seven years? To answer that question, we need to look no further than CloudFlare, EdgeCast and Cotendo. Cotendo did a phenomenal job in quick revenue generation, reaching $30M in
We’re in the 3rd generation of DDoS Mitigation Services. The first gen DDoS Mitigation Services were defined by providers like Neustar, Prolexic and Verisign. Next, CDNs entered the landscape and were forced to offer DDoS Mitigation Services, due to the
It’s that time again, where we try to figure out the size of the global CDN market using sophisticated mathematics (adding). Trying to figure out the exact market size of the CDN industry is extremely difficult, since most private CDNs
Last year, Akamai generated $1.5B in annual revenue. This year, if Akamai grows as fast as they did in the 1st quarter of 2014, they are likely to reach $2B in annual revenue. In 2014, the number #2 CDN is
December marks the one year anniversary in which Prolexic and EdgeCast were acquired. Akamai paid $370M for Prolexic, and Verizon paid $350M for EdgeCast. Both were sound acquisitions, which expanded the feature sets of Akamai and Verizon, and plugged a
Pacnet, the entity formed after a merger between Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet, is not only a leading Carrier in APAC, but they have a history of working with different CDN business models. Pacnet began as a reseller of Internap
The Department of Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division (NIST) gives the Shellshock bug a score of 10 based on the “Common Vulnerability Scoring System Version 2 Calculator”. The score basically measures the severity of a security vulnerability. The score
Continuing with the CDN Product Management discussion, we’re now going to evaluate the next pillar of CDN Product Management, the “Marketing Mix”. In this case, the Marketing Mix refers to the CDN feature set. One of the challenges facing CDN
Timing is everything in life, especially in technology. On September 16th, Brightcove won the prestigious 2014 Frost & Sullivan award for Global Market Leadership for Online Video Platform. Three days later, Brightcove experienced a massive outage, and their platform was
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,
Over the last month, about a handful of European CDNs have shown a great interest in expanding to the US market. It makes total sense, since many US based CDNs have expanded into all large European cities, and have succeeded
The CyberSecurity CDNs are definitely in the right market, and must have their eyes fixated on the much bigger security pie, dominated by the likes of Cisco, Palo Alto, FireEye and Fortinet. In 2015, Gartner estimates the global cyber security
