Watch out, big CDNs: OnApp and its federation are coming for your resellers
OnApp now offers both real and virtual service providers a CDN business-in-a-box. And this is just the start: expect the same with storage and compute later this year.
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Cloud Storage, Big Data and Collaboration: Connecting The Dots
As enterprises begin to adopt cloud services and with big data evolving fast, there are hurdles to incorporating these new capabilities into the business.
3Crowd is now XDN, launches federated CDN
3Crowd is rebranding itself XDN — which stands for eXchange Delivery Network — and finally coming out of beta. The startup founded by BitGravity’s former CTO plans to offer content delivery services to anyone at a steep discount when compared to providers like Akamai and Limelight.
World IPv6 switch-over event scheduled for June 6
The Internet Society is organizing a pow wow of big ISPs, web companies and networking equipment providers on June 6 to ceremonially bury the world’s current Internet protocol, IPv4, and permanently implement its successor, IPv6.
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Limelight Buys Web Content Management System Clickability
Limelight Networks (NSDQ: LLNW), the publicly-traded content delivery network, has bought up Clickability, which is behind a popular web con…
Royal Wedding Breaks Records, Not the Internet
The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton was a very gallant affair, and one that amassed huge global audiences online. Due to a large number of live streams available, viewers from all over were able to tune in live from wherever they were.
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Limelight Acquires Cloud-Based Video Platform Delve Networks
Content delivery network Limelight Networks has bought Delve Networks, a company that runs cloud-based video publishing and analytics servic…
Limelight Gets Into Video Management With Delve Networks Purchase
Limelight Networks is adding video management and syndication to its suite of offerings for media and enterprise customers, acquiring Delve Networks for an undisclosed mix of cash and stock. With the purchase, Limelight will begin offering services that compete with offerings from Brightcove, Ooyala and thePlatform.
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Vid-Biz: Limelight, Irdeto, RipCode
Limelight Shows Off Adobe’s HTTP Dynamic Streaming; at NAB this week, Limelight and DirecTV provided a joint demo of Adobe’s new HTTP…
Edgecast Raises Another $10M for CDN Expansion
Content delivery network Edgecast Networks has raised $10 million in a Series C financing round that was led by Menlo Ventures and…
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Curling on Mobiles: The Winter Olympics By the Numbers
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Games were a major hit on the Net, as outlined on NewTeeVee earlier today. NBCOlympics.com clocked 710 million page views and 46 million unique visits. They were equally big on mobiles, too — far more than when they were held in Beijing.
Vid-Biz: Hulu, Boxee, Sky
At Hulu, ‘Free’ May Turn into ‘Fee’; one plan that the site is considering would allow users to view the five most…
SEC Watch: More Details on Limelight’s Acquisition of EyeWonder
Limelight (NSDQ: LLNW) filed some more details with SEC on its EyeWonder acquisition, officially announced this morning. From the filing:
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Limelight Networks Acquires EyeWonder For $110 Million
Content management company Limelight Networks has bought interactive ad shop EyeWonder for $110 million. About $62 million of that will be i…
Limelight Agrees to Buy Up EyeWonder for $110M
Limelight Networks (s LLNW), in a bid to get into the fast-growing online ad-serving business, has agreed to purchase EyeWonder for $110…
Vid-Biz: Jinni, Anne Frank, TiVo
Jinni Enters Public Beta; recommendation service lets you search for movies based on your mood. (TechCrunch UK) Anne Frank Video Draws Viewers;…
Limelight Co-Founder Chooses Akamai
Remember how last week we talked about white-label video providers clamoring to align themselves with Akamai (s AKAM)? Contentinople has the eye-catching…
Limelight, Looking to Add Value, Buys Ad Startup Kiptronic
[qi:_newteevee] As CDNs try to evade commodification, they’re looking outward to bring more value-added services to their clients. To that end, Limelight…
Limelight Makes First Acquisition: Kiptronic
Limelight Networks (s LLNW) today announced it’s acquired dynamic video and audio ad insertion startup Kiptronic. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.…
Court Says Limelight Doesn't Infringe Patent, Akamai Disagrees
[qi:105] In what has to be a much-needed shot in the arm for content delivery services provider Limelight Networks (s LLNW), the…
Voxel Adds Cloud Computing With SilverLining
Voxel, the managed hosting provider, has built its own cloud computing product called SilverLining that will compete with Amazon’s (s AMZN) Elastic…
UPDATED: Is the Web Breaking Under the Inaugural Strain?
Updated throughout: Om just emailed that the web may be breaking under the strain of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, noting that several…
Amazon's CloudFront Could Storm Rival CDNs
Today Amazon Web Services launched the beta version of its content delivery network service called CloudFront. This is a good move for Amazon, and something that may put the hurt on fellow CDNs such as Limelight and Akamai.
Rackspace Buys Two Startups to Beat Amazon's Cloud
Hosting company, turned cloud computing operator Rackspace Hosting (s RAX) said today it will buy startups Slicehost and Jungle Disk to boost its Mosso cloud offerings, and step up its competition with Amazon’s Web Services.
Earnings: Limelight Grows Q2 Revs 22 Percent; Losses Higher On Legal Fees
Limelight (NSDQ: LLNW), the troubled CDN faced with an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit, reported Q2 revenue of $30.3 million, a 22 perce…
Industry Moves: LimeLight CFO Matthew Hale Leaving At Year’s End
LimeLight, the deeply troubled content delivery network, said its CFO Matthew Hale will be leaving at the end of the year. The company has b…
Court Denies Akamai’s Request For Permanent Injunction Against Limelight
The fight in the CDN space continues: In a mixed verdict for Limelight Networks (NSDQ: LLNW), the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts refu…
Limelight’s Still Shining
Limelight may soon be out of the frying pan and into the fire. Katherine Egbert, an analyst with the investment bank Jefferies,…
Here Come the Mobile CDNs
Today, telco gear maker Dilithium Networks launched a software product for carriers, content publishers and content delivery networks that can handle all…
Limelight Getting Dimmer?
After losing an infringement case brought against it by fellow content delivery network Akamai, Limelight Networks is going all out to reassure…
Updated: Akamai Prevails In Court Over Limelight; $45 Million Award; Limelight Shares Crushed
This case has been wending its way through the courts for awhile, but Akamai (NSDQ: AKAM) has won the latest round in its longstanding paten…
Earnings: Limelight Networks Q4 Revs Up 31 Percent; Claims Gains On Social Media; Hurt By Strike?
CDN Limelight Networks (NSDQ: LLNW) has reported Q4 revenues of $29.1 million, up 31 percent year-over-year from $22.1 million. Net loss exp…
Limelight's Share Surge: Don't Celebrate Yet
Content delivery network Limelight Networks’ shares surged nearly 20 percent Friday after saying it expects fourth-quarter revenue to come in at the…
Earnings: Limelight Q3 Revenue Up 67 Percent; Profit Turned Excluding Items
Content delivery network Limelight (NSDQ: LLNW) reported Q3 revenues of $29.2 million, 67 percent higher than last year’s $17.5 million. The…
