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Voxel, a New York-based startup, wants to upend the content delivery network business by offering an ultra low-cost service that rides on the back of Amazon’s S3 offering. It’s a move that is sure to further exacerbate the woes of the CDN business, which has already been wracked by price wars.
Raj Dutt, Voxel’s [...]

After losing an infringement case brought against it by fellow content delivery network Akamai, Limelight Networks is going all out to reassure its customers that the $45.5 million judgment against it was merely a flesh wound.
In a letter posted to the company’s web site (and sent around to the media), Limelight notes its $197 million [...]

Like a ballet, a patent lawsuit has dozens of carefully orchestrated steps, and today’s judgment against Limelight Networks marks the beginning of the exciting part of the show, which could drag on for years, or get cut short by a settlement. Earlier today a jury in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts found Limelight guilty [...]

Content delivery network Limelight Networks’ shares surged nearly 20 percent Friday after saying it expects fourth-quarter revenue to come in at the high end of its previous guidance. The bad news is that the sales are estimated to range from $29.3 million to $30 million, essentially flat compared with the previous quarter.
Given that there’s a [...]

Baris Karadogan makes a case for five big cloud computers.

Covad to be acquired by Providence Equity Platinum Equity Partners for $1.02 a share in cash, a 59 percent premium to its closing price on Friday. Covad is one of the handful of independent broadband service providers to have survived the telecom bust. Providence, I suspect, will have Covad focusing on wholesale and wireless [...]