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Limelight, Level 3 Soar on Netflix Report
November 9th, 2010 : John Rath
Shares of Limelight Networks (LLNW) and Level 3 (LVLT) are soaring this morning on a reports that Netflix has shifted some of its streaming video delivery business from Akamai (AKAM) to the two companies. Read More
Roundup: Level 3, Force 10, AboveNet, Oracle
November 3rd, 2010 : John Rath
Level 3 boosts CDN capacity, Force 10 announces 40-Gigabit S-Series, AboveNet announces Ethernet Exchange Hub service, Oracle acquires ATG. Read More
Transparent Caching and Content Economics
October 26th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Many network providers are turning to transparent content caching to manage the continued growth of online video. Dan Rayburn provides an overview of transparent caching and its role in network economics. Read More
CDN Roundup: Akamai, Level 3, Limelight
September 10th, 2010 : John Rath
Content delivery news: Akamai (AKAM) streamlines iPad & iPhone content delivery, Level 3 (LVLT) and CNN deepend relationship, Limelight Networks (LLNW) expands acceleration service, Read More
Brightcove Adds Akamai as CDN Provider
August 11th, 2010 : John Rath
Online media platform Brightcove is adding Akamai (AKAM) as a content delivery network provider, the company said this week. Read More
Akamai Buys Velocitude to Power Mobile Delivery
June 11th, 2010 : John Rath
Akamai (AKAM) announced Thursday that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Velocitude, whose technology can detect the mobile platform and automatically configure web sites to appear properly on the device. Read More
World Cup: A ‘Watershed’ Web Traffic Event?
June 9th, 2010 : Colleen Miller
With World Cup Soccer action set to kickoff in two days, content delivery networks are expecting increased Internet traffic related to online viewing of the matches. Akamai (AKAM) says the World Cup may be a "watershed event" for web streaming traffic. Read More
Roundup: Level 3, Force 10, Active Power
June 3rd, 2010 : John Rath
Level 3 CDN supports Indy 500, Force 10 announces new S-Series switch, Active Power delivers flywheel UPS to Shanghai firm. Read More
Rayburn: CDN Video Pricing is Stabilizing
May 12th, 2010 : Rich Miller
The cost of video delivery over major content delivery networks (CDN) continued to trend lower in the first quarter of 2010, but at a more gradual rate than seen in recent quarters, according to industry analyst Dan Rayburn. Read More