Comments on: Akamai & the CDN Price Wars

By: Panther Express and CDNetworks Merger « SiliconAngle

Panther Express and CDNetworks Merger « SiliconAngle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:04:43 +0000

[...] of what it will require to take on CDN leader Akamai. Like anything else, when the competition is overloaded with many players, the companies that are leading the charge will usually evaluate and than combine [...]

By: More CDN Consolidation Ahead?

More CDN Consolidation Ahead? — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:12:11 +0000

[...] merger, once again brings into focus that CDN business has become highly commoditized thanks to the presence of too many players with very little value added [...]

By: Akamai Joins The Targeted Advertising Rush - GigaOM

Akamai Joins The Targeted Advertising Rush - GigaOM — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:43:52 +0000

[...] comes as Akamai’s core business of charging customers to deliver their web sites faster, is facing falling prices and increased competition. Akamai addresses privacy concerns by stressing that both aCerno and [...]

By: Jacob Rosenberg’s Blog » Blog Archive » SimpleCDN: Revolutionary Business Model or Just a Pyramid Scheme?

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:20:01 +0000

[...] services. Yes, you heard that right: from sites from the technical web-hosting to stock boards to commenting on industry sites he pops up, promoting SimpleCDN. Sometimes he identifies as an employee, other times he talks about [...]

By: Ad Manager

Ad Manager — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:01:27 +0000

This is natural for any business. The tastier the pie, the more players. and there should not be a monopolistic market.

By: Frank Wilson

Frank Wilson — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:44:44 +0000

It seems the price wars may have taken a different turn… Take a look at SimpleCDN, they offer flat-rate CDN delivery pricing. No bandwidth or usage charges… will this impact the big guys, and will they move to this model as well?

By: Amazon Content Delivery Network Web Service? « Rob’s Blog - Technology, Atlanta, Startups and Stuff

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:22:38 +0000

[...] large content), handling all of the scalability and geographical delivery optimization. This market has become fairly commoditized, and since it requires huge investment in hardware in many locations and software to glue it [...]

By: On CDNs - turned into CSSaaS ;) at DO

On CDNs - turned into CSSaaS ;) at DO — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:05:42 +0000

[...] They are an effective mean of getting your content to your client’s browser quickly (taking advantage of the CDN’s geographical coverage) and at a competitive cost. [...]

By: Limelight’s Share Surge: Don’t Celebrate Yet - GigaOM

Limelight’s Share Surge: Don’t Celebrate Yet - GigaOM — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:15:04 +0000

[...] that there’s a price war among the big CDNs, a war that last fall prompted Level 3 to announce it would take its CDN prices [...]

By: CDN Consultant

CDN Consultant — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:17:42 +0000

Excuse the late response, however I have enjoyed the thread resulting from Om Malik's post and wanted to comment. I am conducting market analysis in regards to the price and service break down among the CDN vendors. Their has been much recent discussion as price war debate continues to march onward however their seems to be limited factual information or details.

For example I would debate that the "price wars" are NOT the sole or even a key reason for Akamai's market decline. They are well diversified from web performance product standpoint, with CDN and web acceleration as core offering. They stand in a unique and strong position in the CDN space. Furthermore the markets have been turbulent over the past few months with many moving parts that contribute to the decline.

While the competition is fierce which will undoubtedly impact and contribute to shaping the marketplace, it is also important to understand that the CDNs range greatly in terms of core competence, service offerings, customers that they are targeting, etc. Thanks!

By: CDN Price Wars Dim Limelight « NewTeeVee

CDN Price Wars Dim Limelight « NewTeeVee — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:01:02 +0000

[...] Price Wars Dim Limelight I have often alluded to the brutal price wars that are raging in the content delivery network business, driven largely by the entry of newer [...]

By: Level 3’s Impact on Akamai? - Sramana Mitra on Strategy

Level 3’s Impact on Akamai? - Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:40:02 +0000

[...] Level 3 announcement that they would be offering CDN services at the same rate as normal bandwidth has thrown a lot of confusion in the market. Mostly, it is creating a negative perception in the [...]

By: Level 3 Throws A Wrench In The CDN Business « GigaOM

Level 3 Throws A Wrench In The CDN Business « GigaOM — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:46:27 +0000

[...] is the latest move in the rapidly escalating CDN price wars, despite the rising need for content delivery services for the huge amounts of video flying around [...]

By: Bill Gates » Competition Decimates Profits In CDN Space

Bill Gates » Competition Decimates Profits In CDN Space — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:04:18 +0000

[...] that all of this competition won’t be very good for profits. Indeed, it seems that a bitter price war has already broken out, as the core CDN product rapidly becomes a commodity. This trend [...]

By: NewTeeVee Online Video is Still Too Expensive «

NewTeeVee Online Video is Still Too Expensive « — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:00:58 +0000

[...] of them all. How expensive? Dan Rayburn recently took a look at CDN pricing, and while it is on the downswing, it’s still pretty expensive. For example, a customer who buys 100 terabytes at $0.15 a [...]

By: JIRA: A- IT Helpdesk

JIRA: A- IT Helpdesk — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:40:30 +0000

[ITHD-4180] Research Content Distribution Network for pgp.com

We are going to begin delivering a lot more rich media via pgp.com and it might be time to have the content distributed in order to ensure fast load times, particularly in Europe.

Dave has approved and agreed to this.

Akamai are the biggest play...