Entries Tagged as 'Content Distribution'

Verizon’s End Run Around Net Neutrality

November 20th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments

Yesterday, Verizon announced its new content distribution strategy, using Velocix caching solutions and focusing on delivery to their own customers more so than the rest of the internet. And yet, the more I think about it, the more I think this is less about the CDN business than it is about the other elephant [...]

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Verizon Makes Its CDN Move

November 19th, 2008 by Rob Powell · 6 Comments

According to Ryan Lawler over at Contentinople, Verizon is poised to enter the CDN game. But Verizon doesn’t seem to plan on following the paths taken by AT&T or Level 3, they seem to have an entirely different approach in a partnership with Velocix.  The idea is that Verizon wants to efficiently distribute content [...]

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Categories: Content Distribution · Internet Backbones

A Storm Blows In From Amazon

November 18th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments

Amazon (AMZN) formally launched its CDN last night, called “Cloud Front“.  It’s HTTP only, is limited to those storing data on Amazon S3, has no SLA and fewer bells and whistles than any CDN has ever had.  And it’s revolutionary.

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Categories: Content Distribution · Datacenter

Level 3 Tightens CDN/Vyvx Integration

November 11th, 2008 by Rob Powell · 1 Comment

Over at The Business of Online Video Dan Rayburn reports that this month Level 3 (LVLT) has opened broadcast encoding centers in Manhattan and Tulsa.  This represents yet another step in the evolution of Level 3’s content offerings, one that it has always hoped will separate it from the pack.

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Colocation Helps Internap’s Advance

November 8th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments

Internet solutions provider Internap(INAP) reported earnings Thursday after the market closed, showing a few signs of life again after a weak Q2 showing and an horrible 2008 so far. Revenues of were higher than generally expected, and adjusted ebitda and earnings were similarly

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Categories: Content Distribution · Datacenter · Financials

On Internap’s CDN Impairment

November 2nd, 2008 by Rob Powell · 1 Comment

In a filing last week, internet solutions provider Internap (INAP) finally admitted what everyone already knew, that it paid too much for Vitalstream, and said they would write off some $99.7M in goodwill.  That their entry into the CDN business via M&A and subsequent integration fiasco have done serious damage to shareholder value really can’t [...]

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Thinking about Akamai’s Q3 Report

October 30th, 2008 by Rob Powell · 4 Comments

Content Delivery heavyweight Akamai reports Q3 earnings today after the market close.  The CDN market has been quite an interesting place this year, with literally dozens of upstarts raising money and building out competing products, lawsuits clouding the skies, P2P going in and out of fashion, and a half dozen network operators jockeying for pole [...]

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Categories: Content Distribution · Financials

Level 3’s CDN Express Routes

October 11th, 2008 by Rob Powell · 4 Comments

In an XCHANGE Magazine article on Thursday, Level 3’s Lisa Guillaume mentioned an intriguing new aspect of its CDN business.  Here is the quote:

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