As businesses demand faster user experiences, the nature of the internet is going to change.…
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Clarifying net neutrality
What the Comcast deal really reinforces is what an awkward poster child for the cause of net neutrality Netflix has always been, even when it volunteers for the part.…
Read MoreIn a non-neutrality world, it’s every content provider for itself
With the FCC's net neutrality rules now gone, the relationship between big content providers and ISPs and other network operators is about to get a lot more complicated.…
Read MoreYottaa gets $9M to speed up more websites
Yottaa, the startup which aims to accelerate website performance, netted $9 million in Series B funding from existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Stata Venture Partners and Cambridge West Ventures as well as some new-but-unnamed backers. That company will use the new funding to bankroll customer recruitment..…
Read MoreWorried you’ll outgrow the cloud? You’re not alone.
If you think about it, Netflix's metamorphosis into a company that runs its infrastructure completely atop cloud-based resources is truly remarkable. For many companies, such as site-optimization and CDN provider Yottaa, the bigger they get, the harder it is to justify the cloud's cost and performance.…
Read MoreWhich cloud and CDN is best for you? Ask Cedexis
A new visual dashboard by Cedexis provides a glimpse into what clouds and content delivery networks are performing best at a given point in time. Cedexis' aims to help content owners pick the best infrastructure for their cloud workload on an ongoing basis.…
Read MoreCarriers must prepare for the flood of online video
It’s no secret that we're watching more online videos. What’s not so well understood is just how dramatically this consumption will soon increase — and the pain that is going to inflict on Internet service providers. Alon Maor, the CEO of Qwilt, offers his solution.…
Read MoreCisco powers video in the cloud with new Videoscape products
Cisco's new Videoscape products announced at the 2012 CES will provide more functionality both for managing assets in the cloud, as well as new client-based technology for a wider range of connected devices. That will add new immersive features for pay TV subscribers.…
Read MoreAkamai, CDNs face ‘hyperconnected’ world of devices
The exploding number of devices sucking up rich content poses a challenge for CDN players like Akamai, which previewed technologies to address this issue at a customer event. In this "hyperconnected" era, any device that can be connected is connected, said Akamai Chief Scientist Tom Leighton.…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s VidLab Shares Its Tricks to Killing Latency
Uploading video to the web can be a painfully long process even with a high-speed connection. I spoke with Shane Russell of Microsoft's VidLab, who shared with me how his team delivers content to the Zune Marketplace and the Xbox LIVE service while slashing network latency.…
Read MoreYottaa Uses the Cloud to Boost Site Speed
Yottaa today announced its Yottaa Optimizer service, which promises to improve website performance by leveraging a global network of cloud servers. Yotta claims the service delivers results "with just a few clicks," which would make it a welcome alternative to CDN technologies.…
Read MoreCotendo Offers a CDN for the Future With Cloudlet
Cotendo is mixing the benefits of both cloud computing and content-delivery networks (CDN) in an attempt to boost performance and speed when delivering dynamic content to users. Cloudlet could be a boon for Cotendo in the cutthroat CDN market against Akamai and Limelight Networks.…
Read MoreRackspace Shares Its CDN Love With Akamai
Rackspace and Akamai have entered into a relationship through which Rackspace will resell a wide range of Akamai's CDN services across Rackspace's business lines. The partnership appears to be another indicator that Rackspace is doing everything it can to put pressure on Amazon Web Services.…
Read MoreBT to Test Network Neutrality With Its Own CDN
BT has come under a good deal of criticism from net neutrality proponents for the launch of a new CDN service called Content Connect. But despite claims that the U.K. network operator is creating a "two-tier web," BT is merely offering services that are already well-established.…
Read MoreNov. 18: What We’re Reading About the Cloud
It was a bittersweet day: The FCC moved to Terremark's cloud, while some discussed why users aren't embracing it; Juniper bought Blackwave, which doesn't bode well for CDNs; NetApp had a good Q2 but a questionable forecast; and Gear6's fall means great product for Violin Memory.…
Read MoreNov. 11: What We’re Reading About the Cloud
With computing figured out, the next frontier of innovation in cloud computing looks to be a t the network level. Today, for example, we see lots of competition for Akamai, AWS improving the upload process to overcome network reliability, and Extreme Networks winning VMware's business.…
Read MoreFormer CDN Founder Launches Plan to Disrupt the CDN Market
3Crowd Technologies, the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, has come out of stealth with new products that the company believes…
Read MoreClouds and CDNs: a Match Made in Heaven?
Not only are there numerous synergies between the content delivery and cloud computing markets, but the two are set to become increasingly intertwined, according to a new GigaOM Pro report. It's a relationship both CDN and cloud providers are trying to cash in on.…
Read More4 Out of 5 Viewers Leave If a Stream Buffers Once
Whatever happened to patience? More than 81 percent of all online video viewers click away if they encounter a clip rebuffering, according…
Read MoreVideo Helps Grow CDN Market, But Long-term Outlook Uncertain
Online video has significantly contributed to the growth of the market for content-delivery networks, two new research reports show, but it’s unclear…
Read MoreIM+: Web-Based Skype for the Palm Pre
All you Palm (s palm) Pre owners out there who’ve been wishing you could use Skype on your handset can stand down.…
Read MoreReport: CDN Market Worth $2B by 2013
While Chris laid out in convincing fashion this morning why DVRs offer a preferable experience to Comcast VOD, what about the encroachment…
Read MorePanther, CDN Networks Merge. More CDN Consolidation Ahead?
Updated: Quietly, CD Networks and Panther Express, two also-ran content delivery networks, have merged their businesses. The terms of the deal were…
Read MoreVoxel Takes Aim at CDNs, Amazon S3 Service
Voxel, a New York-based startup, wants to upend the content delivery network business by offering an ultra low-cost service that rides on…
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