Comments on: CDN Madness Cometh?

By: Yes, VeriSign CDN Business Is Indeed On The Block « NewTeeVee

Yes, VeriSign CDN Business Is Indeed On The Block « NewTeeVee — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:01:01 +0000

[...] While, I have been able to confirm that Kontiki business is on the block, I have come up empty on the identity of a likely buyer. Kontiki is based on Peer2Peer technology and could be a good fit for any number of CDN-operators out in the market. A source familiar with VeriSign told me that the reason this business is one block is because company realizes that CDNs are a highly competitive business and it would need a lot of money if the company wants to compete with powerhouses like Akamai. Others like Level 3 are taking even more aggressive scorched earth approach, which could become a problem for some of the smaller players. (Related: CDN Madness Cometh?) [...]

By: Level 3 Throws a Wrench in the CDN Business « GigaOM

Level 3 Throws a Wrench in the CDN Business « GigaOM — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:07:53 +0000

[...] for the low price of $135 million late last year. Another diversified provider is Internap, which bought Vitalstream last [...]

By: GigaOM Akamai & the CDN Price Wars «

GigaOM Akamai & the CDN Price Wars « — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:29:17 +0000

[...] burp has come with the increase in the number of competitors, each one trying to cash in on the boom in online video and other digital content. Limelight [...]

By: oliver_twist

oliver_twist — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:15:20 +0000

One of the reason’s why Akamai’s product is so successful is because they use InterNap’s route optimization service to handle thier CDN data. Without InterNap Akamai’s network would suffer quite a bit.

If you think about it like this…InterNap is in a unique position, to start branching out to all the services that thrive due to thier unique service. This could translate into InterNap Networks being a goliath in the Internet Infrastructure space.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:56:36 +0000

CDN = Content Delivery Network (For those like me who didn’t know)

By: Gigaom Reader

Gigaom Reader — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:20:17 +0000

This makes a lot of sense for Internap. They have very successfully sold CDN services alongside b/w for years, including as a reseller of Akamai and Speedera.

By: Techno Tim

Techno Tim — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:18:13 +0000

It took years for the promise of Video/Audio, YEARS, to become mainstream web content.

Now we see Vital Stream, Kontiki, snacked up…

PANs and mobile devices are the next wave with intelligent caching and personal publishing systems that bust bottle necks are next.

China mobile porn is hot. Just you wait! Techno Tim.

By: Allan Leinwand

Allan Leinwand — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:17:19 +0000

It will definitely be interesting to see if InterNAP can find a way to sell the VitalStream CDN streaming products alongside their traditional bandwidth, data center and peering products. Past experience tells me that one sales force will find it difficult selling these vastly different services in the long-term as the buyers are typically different customers in an organization.

By: Boris Mann

Boris Mann — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:39:14 +0000

CDNs are a space and technology I've been tracking for a bit now. I agree…there is much froth coming.

The key takeaway is that the barrier to entry for creating a CDN is very low. The quality of the network and the different ways one can interact with a CDN (imagine mounting a CDN as FUSE filesystem component…) are the differentiators.

Just like S3-enabling your app, it should be that simple to CDN enable your app. You say consolidation, which may true as well, but I believe there will be more CDNs appearing as well.