http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/10/08/microsofts-cdn-analysis-akamai-vs-limelight/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/10/08/microsofts-cdn-analysis-akamai-vs-limelight/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 CJ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:15:18 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=3673#comment-1109 Well if you are going to bring up performance among smaller CDN players it's going to be hard to beat EdgeCast's DNS, connection time and first byte numbers as measured by gomez and keynote. Well if you are going to bring up performance among smaller CDN players it’s going to be hard to beat EdgeCast’s DNS, connection time and first byte numbers as measured by gomez and keynote.

]]> http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/10/08/microsofts-cdn-analysis-akamai-vs-limelight/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 Ken Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:57:23 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=3673#comment-1056 "The big two" aren't the only game in town, especially on a global scale. Look at large Telco's like Tata for example. They chose BitGravity to offer CDN, why? I don't think it is all about number of servers, but instead is how it is done. These smaller CNDs are showing they know their stuff, and know how to compete with lower costs. “The big two” aren’t the only game in town, especially on a global scale. Look at large Telco’s like Tata for example. They chose BitGravity to offer CDN, why? I don’t think it is all about number of servers, but instead is how it is done. These smaller CNDs are showing they know their stuff, and know how to compete with lower costs.

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