By now, many sites have all reported that BitTorrent has raised another round of funding, this time totaling $17 million and putting their total raised to date close to $50 million. You really have to wonder what these VCs are…
Cruising some websites on Sunday I noticed that Limelight Networks launched a new website over the weekend. The new site contains a lot of video and has a lot more defined message around Limelight’s core product offerings as well as…
About two weeks ago, Akamai invited me to spend the day with them in Cambridge to allow me to get an better insight into their business and give me the opportunity to ask management and others more about the market,…
About six months ago, I was really convinced that P2P might start to get some traction in the new year and that we would see some content owners commit to the technology. But aside from the Pando Networks and NBC…
Last night, Oprah did a special 90 minute webcast live on the Oprah.com website and just released details on the traffic numbers. They had more than 500,000 simultaneous users viewing the stream and peaked at 242Gbps of traffic. The stream was encoded …
The StreamingMedia.com survey on CDN pricing is nearing its end and to date we’ve had 1,041 respondents. We’re starting to compile all the raw data for the final report and will be giving away the iPhone this week.
When it comes to the factors that ar…
While many seem to think I am crazy for thinking anyone would acquire Limelight, it would make sense for a company like Level 3. Yes, we all know Level 3 has had some problems with the integration of all the acquisitions it has made as of late. But put…