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- Amazon launches CloudFront; Content delivery network margins go kaboom
- Amazon Web Services on Tuesday launched CloudFront, a pay-as-you-go content delivery network. The move is likely to accelerate already brutal pricing in the content delivery network market, which includes Akamai and Limelight Networks among others. CloudFront's biggest feature is that there are no up-front commitments and long-term...
- Tags: Content Delivery, Content Delivery Network, Amazon.com Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., CloudFront, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Akamai: Weathering a price war; economic slowdown
- Akamai, the leader in content delivery networks--services that speed up video and Web pages on the Internet, posted solid third quarter results, but cut the outlook for the fourth quarter. The economy was cited for the lower guidance but some analysts say that price competition may be more worrisome. ...
- Tags: Akamai Technologies Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- The Critical Role of an ADC in the Data-center and the Internet
- The data center is the heart of a corporation's information infrastructure. Having the right Application Delivery Controller ADC is critical because it plays a key role in directing traffic, and defending and securing the data-center. How do you know which ADC is right? How do you develop a world class...
- Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., Data Center, Akamai Technologies Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Internet, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-09-01
- Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond
- Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?
- Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?Will LimeLight make it?I'm looking at all these contrasts. Limelight is trying to take market share from Akemai, though is using their same methodology for image delivery from the 90's to do it? Then in contrast, I'm hearing the Olympics streaming is going well, but...
- Tags: Investment, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?
- Limelight Networks may have won a medal for its role behind the scenes to keep NBCOlympics.com humming, but the company is still dwarfed by its largest rival Akamai. The big question: Does Limelight have enough headroom to gain meaningful share from Akamai? Jason Perlow detailed how content...
- Tags: Patent, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Jason, Company, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet
- I admit it, even I was skeptical. When I received the first demonstration of the Silverlight plugin and the NBCOlympics.com web site back in March of this year at the 2008 Microsoft Technology Summit, where a group of Open Source experts gathered from around the world were asked for feedback...
- Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Network, Internet Service Provider, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Corporate Communications, Data Centers, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-17
- Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlook
- Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlookBroadband consumption is a short term problemIn the long run I believe Robert X. Cringley prediction.http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080718_005261.htmlRE: Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlookThat's too not to. As an Editor you should use the correct words."Needless to say those comments didn't go over to well as Akamai shares...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Akamai Technologies Inc., Broadband consumption, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlook
- Akamai said Wednesday that broadband speeds may have as big of an impact on its financial results as the slowing economy. Akamai, which makes software that caches content to speed up Internet traffic, reported net income of $34.3 million, or 19 cents a share. Excluding items the...
- Tags: Broadband, Broadband Speed, Earnings, Akamai Technologies Inc., Paul Sagan, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- State of the Internet: Old worms live on; Delaware speediest state; South Korea a broadband king
- Akamai on Thursday released its first State of the Internet report and found attack traffic--viruses, worms, bots and such--derived from 125 countries with 30 percent of that traffic coming from the United States and China. Some of these attacks, which occurred in the first quarter, were from worms like Blaster...
- Tags: Internet, Broadband, Worm, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack, Attack Traffic, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Improve Web-Enabled SAP Performance
- Enhance SAP performance for users connecting from all corners of the globe. Learn how to shrink the virtual distance between end users and physical servers running SAP by selecting the right application accelerator services Download the NetForecast report, "Akamai Helps Improve Web-Enabled SAP Performance," to learn more.
- Tags: Web, Performance, SAP AG, Akamai Technologies Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Fulfill Your Remote Access Strategy for Mobile Users
- Transform the Internet into a business-ready application delivery platform and achieve a successful remote access strategy. Download this Frost & Sullivan white paper to see how.
- Tags: Mobile, Akamai Technologies Inc., Remote Access, Telecommunications
- White papers 2008-02-21
- Social networks: The new pulse of the Internet
- I ran across a post from Rich Miller at Data Center Knowledge noting that Akamai's content delivery network is handling 1 million rich media requests per second from social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. Much of the traffic comes from applications maker such as Slide and...
- Tags: Facebook, Network, Akamai Technologies Inc., Internet, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- A Transport Layer for Live Streaming in a Content Delivery Network
- Streaming media on the internet has experienced rapid growth over the last few years and will continue to increase in importance as broadband technologies and authoring tools continue to improve. As the internet becomes an increasingly popular alternative to traditional communications media, internet streaming will become a significant component of...
- Tags: Content Provider, Content Delivery, Content Delivery Network, Akamai Technologies Inc., Streaming Media, Live Streaming, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Akamai and Fios work the download angle on HD video
- Akamai and Fios work the download angle on HD videoABC HDI get that bandwidth issue with Flash player on Comcast 6Mbit broadband when I watch any of ABC-TV's HD content it freezes in the middle of download. Any idea why? Works great with SD content. FIOS is a...
- Tags: Network technology, Fios, HD Video, Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Akamai and Fios work the download angle on HD video
- Akamai launched it's new site, HD Web today which is a promotion between Akamai and Fios to show off HD content. What's interesting about this approach is that it isn't HD content on the web, it's actually downloadable HD content using a Peer-2-Peer delivery model Update: I just got this...
- Tags: Web, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Akamai counters commoditization fears by extending WAN acceleration to business, communications applications
- Akamai counters commoditization fears by extending WAN acceleration to business, communications applicationseveryone is joining the crowd...In my opinion, Riverbed is the best of breed solution for WAN acceleration. I work, as an engineer, for a Cisco partner and we are also partnered with Riverbed, because they have the best...
- Tags: WANs, Network technology, WAN Acceleration, WAN, Riverbed, communications application, Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Akamai counters commoditization fears by extending WAN acceleration to business, communications applications
- Akamai's announcement this week of much broader acceleration benefits -- to all IP applications, including VOIP -- extends its WAN optimization capabilities into enterprises and out to remote users. The move comes as Akamai is facing perceptions its services are increasingly commodities, and therefore under downward price pressure. ...
- Tags: Application, Akamai Technologies Inc., Service, WAN, Akamai IP Application Accelerator Service, IP Application Accelerator, WANs, Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- BitGravity challenges Akamai and Limelight
- BitGravity challenges Akamai and LimelightUnits?Saying that BitGravity has 91.xxx throughput is great, but 91 what? "Content responsiveness" would normally be measured in milliseconds or another time unit, but BitGravity's number is way above its competitors and they seem happy about it. What are we talking here?
- Tags: BitGravity, Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-30
- BitGravity challenges Akamai and Limelight
- After months in stealth mode gathering marquee customers, BitGravity officially launched its content delivery network. BitGravity co-founder and CEO Perry Wu claims that his CDN delivers superior service to the incumbents, notably Akamai and Limelight. Companies such as YouTube, Sling Media, Revision 3, Getty Images and the...
- Tags: Content Delivery, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., BitGravity, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-30
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