Earlier this month, the live-streaming company Red5 announced that they would partner with Limelight Networks to optimize and expand distribution of media to larger audiences. Their partnership combines Red5’s WebRTC-based low-latency streaming for real-time video delivery with Limelight’s extensive content
The content delivery and edge security industry is experiencing strong growth. One important market indicator is the growth in infrastructure capacity, as in network and server capacity. At the end of Q1-2017, four of the largest CDNs now have a
Akamai and Limelight Networks Create a New Chapter in Their Relationship With Licensing Agreement Global CDN leader Limelight Networks, Inc. has ended a long and costly legal battle of attrition with Akamai Technologies over the disputed ‘703 patent. The two
Has anyone ever wondered how much hardware is in CDN Ecosystem ? We have, so we’re going to make a futile effort of calculating a total. Keep in mind, its impossible to calculate the precise amount of servers + switches
Here’s the latest CDN Ecosystem diagram representing the movers and shakers within our industry. The diagram is an illustration of all the players who participate in the industry in one form or another, and includes the Pure-plays, Telco CDNs, Security
After an August upset where Akamai won an almost decade long infringement case with Limelight, Limelight is striking back with a counterpunch of their own. Â Limelight has announced that they will seek review by the US Supreme Court of the
We’ve reached a boiling point, and things are about to blow over for Akamai, Limelight Networks (LLNW) and the entire CDN industry. If you’ve been living in the bat cave for the last couple of days, there was some major
Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Bob Lento, CEO of Limelight Networks, and he gave us the current state of affairs. We discussed several topics, including growing the business, long term planning, product roadmap, the next steps on the
Limelight Networks has made incredible progress over the last two years. The progress came from two directions; first, LLNW managed to grow revenue consistently over the last four quarters, even though Netflix revenue disappeared. We personally thought this was an
Here we go again on the Akamai vs Limelight Networks lawsuit – it feels like being in a circus. I’m not an attorney, so take this with a grain of salt – one thing is for sure, the technology being
Sooner or later, startups in our ecosystem will reach a reflection point, where they’ll need to re-invent themselves and pivot in a new direction. Its incredibly difficult for any startup to create the perfect business model right out of the
The CDN industry has taken a turn for the dramatic, as Fastly raised a monster VC round bringing its total to $130M. Today, Fastly is the #1 CDN in terms of money raised, followed by Aryaka Networks and Instart Logic.
Akamai is the 800 pound gorilla in the land of giants. The global content delivery ecosystem is too vital for any one company to dominate. Just a few years back, none of these giants had a CDN. Eventually, they came
It’s been an interesting year for the CyberSecurity CDN business model, as new companies enter the space with their DDoS or DDoS+WAF security offering. There are a dozen CDNs providing this feature, and the number is growing every other month.
Bizety is presenting the latest CDN Ecosystem diagram, and this version is a complete re-arrangement of the previous one. The diagram reflects the latest changes; EdgeCast is no more, as it is now Verizon, and the RAN based CDNs continue
