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- Akamai
- (Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA, www.akamai.com) A company that provides Internet content delivery with guaranteed performance using its own worldwide network. Founded in 1998 by a group of...
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- 'Desktop as a service' coming soon to a PC near you
- Desktop virtualization as a service has gotten a big boost with Desktone Inc.'s announcement today of $17 million in venture capital funds that will allow the company to finance global sales, marketing, and development. Desktone, a Chelmsford, Mass., startup offers what it says is the industry's first unified virtual desktop...
- Tags: Web Technology, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, SOA, SaaS, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, management, ITIL, IT Management, IT Service Management, Internet, Enterprise 2.0, content delivery network, Akamai
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Akamai provides new visibility into Internet comings and goings
- The browsing public can now get a free, real-time peek into the operating statistics for Internet network traffic, as well as monitor attack traffic and latency snafus, thanks to Akamai Technologies, Inc.Akamai, which maintains a globally distributed platform to cache and accelerate online content, media and applications, this week launched...
- Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, Internet, content delivery network, Akamai
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- Has the long-expected wave of cyber crime/warfare finally appeared?
- Reports in The Economist, New York Times, and PC World point to a stunning lurch in the sophistication and reach of recent nefarious online attacks. And the initial sniff test pulls up a whiff of state or large-scale organization sponsorship and support of these events.They may well be a bellwether...
- Tags: Akamai, content delivery network, Internet, Podcasts, Security, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- Bungee Labs starts off Web 2.0 Expo with a bang -- web development as a service with a low-cost hosting model
- Its time to add another IT category to the official IT lexicon: software development and deployment as a service SDDS. And this ones a keeper.Thats my conclusion after seeing a demonstration of Bungee Labs new Bungee Connect offering, which combines the virtues of online web application development with a near-real-time...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft, Internet, IDEs, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, content delivery network, Application Lifecycle Management, Amazon, Akamai
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Parsing the future of DRM and Internet-based media delivery and monetization
- Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: Akamai TechnologiesNow that media companies are exploring Web distribution models and using new technologies, a great deal is being discussed about who controls what when it comes to content. Digital rights management DRM has its advocates and detractors, but some type of...
- Tags: Home, Web Technology, Apple, SaaS, Intellectual Property, Akamai, content delivery network, Internet, Akamai Technologies Inc., digital-rights management, Web Distribution
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- Akamai CTO discusses the business-oriented platform approach to Internet media delivery
- Read a transcript of the podcast.The demands on the Internet have never been higher, with massive files of high-definition video, enterprise applications, online distribution of most software products, and the increasing uploading of "user-generated content" filling up the pipes.Yet the challenge to Internet delivery is not just in the packets...
- Tags: Internet, content delivery network, Akamai, SaaS, SOA, Enterprise Java, Interarbor Solutions, Vista, Podcasts, Web Technology, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Akamai adds to content platform arsenal with Nine Systems acquisition
- Akamai Technologies has ramped up beyond its internal development efforts to create a premier content delivery, management, and monetization platform with the stated merger today with Nine Systems Corp., a San Diego-based rich media production, publishing and distribution services and solutions provider.The inclusion of such a content management capability --...
- Tags: INTERNET, Mergers & Acquisitions, acquisition, Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
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- News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Attack, Flaw, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- 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 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
- Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!
- It's not often when a piece of technology impresses me enough that I do the "wow" thing when I'm using it. But the Silverlight streaming video implementation on NBCOlympics.com is truly awesome, even if I am forced into using Internet Explorer to watch it (EDIT: It...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Streaming Video, Microsoft Corp., De Icaza, Linux, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Open Source, Digital Video, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
- Will the Olympics melt the Internet?Well...No one really watches the Olympics, so it won't be a test.ScalingThe Internet will be able to handle it... unless they use Twitter's servers.Umm...2006?The Internet didn't melt then.p2pusers already use p2p programs and they download a massive amount of GB/week of films, but the network...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- 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
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking
- Blog posts 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
- Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08
- It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...
- Tags: Black Hat, DNS, CERT, Flaw, Mogull, Updates, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Seesmic raises another $6 million. Why?
- TechCrunch mentions the fact Seesmic has raised another $6 million. My question is why? In a Skype conversation with Loic LeMeur, Seesmic's CEO I asked whether the company had burned through the first $6 million. The answer a flat no. I then recalled a conversation we had...
- Tags: Mobile, Money, Seesmic, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- State of the Internet: Old worms live on; Delaware speediest state; South Korea a broadband king
- State of the Internet: Old worms live on; Delaware speediest state; South Korea a broadband kingWhat makes you think it's just rogue skript kiddies?Given the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, isn't exactly a fan of the US, all this viral traffic COULD possibly be government sponsored - which would mean...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, broadband king, State-of-the Internet, worm, Delaware, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- 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
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