Actions may speak louder than words, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to talk about your actions either: Google just explained how Google Fiber does peering -- a clear stab at the big competitors that prefer paid peering deals.…
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Inside Aereo: new photos of the tech that’s changing how we watch TV
Upstart Aereo is taking on the TV industry from a single floor in Brooklyn where it has stuffed thousands of tiny antennas and top notch transcoders and servers. Here's a primer on how it works -- plus some pictures from the inside.…
Read MoreWow! Internet capacity has doubled to 77 Tbps in two years.
In the last two years global internet capacity has roughly doubled to reach 77 terabits per second, but the rate of capacity growth is now slowing. That doesn't mean investment in broadband networks will stop anytime soon, but maybe network operators can catch their breaths.…
Read MoreAmazon moves freak out partners and rivals alike
Amazon's Eucalyptus deal, which gives it a better hybrid cloud story and solidifies the dominance of the AWS API, plus the ever-growing AWS feature set, aren't necessarily all good news to PaaS and other partners that run their services on Amazon infrastructure.…
Read MoreThis is what it looks like when a $6.6B company pivots
Akamai's latest product lets operators take over their own content delivery network, using Akamai's software but not its boxes. This is a huge change in Akamai's business. The shift and the reasons for it offer clues about the evolution and domestication of the web.…
Read MoreAkamai to buy rival Cotendo in CDN consolidation move
In a consolidation of content delivery network players, Akamai is buying rival Cotendo. The $268 million cash deal is expected to close in the first half of 2012. Akamai is the legacy power in CDN, while Cotendo was seen as a leaner upstart.…
Read MoreMobile delivery bugaboos: Litigation, fragmentation, latency
Forget Google and the other web giants. What content delivery specialists like Appcelerator, Cotendo and Urban Airship really worry about is the growing fragmentation of the web software stack they work with and potentially crippling patent litigation that makes everyone nervous.…
Read MoreToday in Cloud
Gavin Clarke at The Register has reawoken earlier suggestions that Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure play some role in delivering data to…
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 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 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 MoreFew Details On Sequoia-Backed CDN Startup Cotendo
Earlier today some blogs reported that Sequoia Capital had invested in Cotendo, a content delivery company based in Israel. The reports didn’t…
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