In the next couple of posts, we’ll try to determine what the CDN Ecosystem will look like in 2020. Before we do that, let’s quickly review CDN history, noting that the past is sometimes a good indicator of the future,
Palo Alto Networks (PAN) is on a high, with its stock trading at $79/share, and market valuation surpassing $6B. Revenue for 2013 was about $400M, and 2014 annual revenue is likely to surpass $600M. It’s an incredible growth story, along
The Target security breach exposed 70M customer records. A Russian cyber gang topped that number, and stole 1.2B username/passwords and 500M email addresses. That’s more than the US population. The attackers stole credentials from the Fortune 500, to businesses of
EdgeCast’s entrance into the CyberSecurity space signals a new era in cloud based security. Not only are the competition wars going to intensify in the next 12 months, but the market will see the “passing of the guard” from the
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
And without further ado, let me introduce EdgeCast, the new CyberSecurity CDN. It’s been a long time in the making, and EdgeCast is finally WAF enabled, ready to take on the bad guys at the application level, on behalf of
eToro, one of the leading online trading platforms for currency and commodities traders, with 2.75 million users in 140 countries was knocked offline by a DDoS attack. The eToro platform allows traders to share and discuss trades, positions and other
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
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
Incapsula is the third pillar of CDN disruption, alongside Instart Logic and Aryaka Networks. Move over Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Radware and Cisco, there’s a new start-up in town that’s disrupting the security market, and his name is Behemoth. Make
Since we’ve been discussing CDN business models over the last week, it’s time to turn our attention to CloudFlare. CloudFlare is doing well, and staying active in the community. Not only have they recently beefed up announcements in the press,
Instart Logic pioneered the Software Defined Application Delivery Network, by introducing an intelligent software layer that sits on top of the browser in the form of a VM, and communicates back to the Instart Logic Cloud (CDN POP), and customer
