Netflix Deploys Arista’s 115Tbps Switch Arista, provider of Netflix’s switching and routing platform, has announced the introduction of their 7500R Series switch. The 7500R Series is specialized for cloud service providers and offers a fabric that can provide speeds up
M=Market Cap and S=2015 revenues In the early 1900’s, the business pioneers that changed the world were Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller. In the early 2000’s, their equivalent is The Mighty GAFAN+M Clan,
Facebook vs Netflix Slowly but surely, Facebook is becoming a video streaming juggernaut. At last count, FB had something like 1.6B users and 900M/mo active Messenger users. Recently, they introduced Facebook Live, a tool that enables tribes from all
The Mantis shrimp is an oxymoron in its own right. It’s a small, yet immensely strong and powerful shrimp, able to support weight far greater than their body size might make you think, but above all else it has incredible
There’s no doubt that Netflix is at the top of their game, serving over 75 million global members. But the remarkable thing for the streaming industry is that they built the foundation of their site using open source code. This
Netflix Malware and Phishing Scams Steal Users’ Passwords and Bank Details Researchers at Symantec discovered two unique attack campaigns targeting Netflix users. Researchers explained that malicious files are posing as Netflix software on compromised computers’ desktops. The files are downloaders
Efficiency of HTTPS Long Polling and MQTT with SSL on Android According to Stephen Nicholas, a Super Geek and “IBMer” – MQTT, designed to provide mobile users with low-latency and low power usage messaging over fragile networks, and secure request-response
Malware Attacks Hundreds of Security Cameras Using Botnets With the Internet of Things (IoT) emerging as the next big technology to watch, Incapsula observes that one of the most common IoT botnet vulnerabilities are closed-circuit security cameras (CCTV), where a
If Netflix grows its subscriber base to 100M by 2020, would that be considered a major accomplishment? Not really. However, if Netflix grows its subscribers to 200M, that would be major. A couple of days ago at CES, Netflix announced
Semiweekly Tech Updates  Facebook Open Sources their Big Sur AI hardware Deep learning, while a small academic field for computational science, is garnering huge interest from companies such as Google, Facebook, and IBM. Deep learning trains machines to recognize patterns
Sometimes the research results get interesting when conducting analysis on various metrics in the industry. Over the last few months, we’ve been talking about the big bad wolf called GAFAN+M. Shockingly, the market valuation for the GAFAN+M jumped about $500B
We’re starting a new blog post series called “The Ugly Truth”, and the purpose of each post is to ask and answer the most difficult question pertaining to our industry. The question is carefully selected, and it reflects the question
For the last few months now, we’ve been tracking the total market cap for GAFAN (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix) – who are the largest Internet companies in their respective industries. From July 2015 to October 2015, GAFAN’s total market
Let’s put a check mark next to Apple, as they join Google in their quest to control the wireless last mile. According to Business Insider, Apple is in talks with carriers to launch an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) in
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
