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- Akamai
- (Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA, www.akamai.com) The largest content delivery network CDN with more than 30,000 servers around the world. Founded in 1998, Akamai licensed algorithms developed by...
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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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- Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting
- Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...
- Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- News to know: Intel; Microsoft; Cisco; Google Voice; Postini; Nokia
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Intel: Solid third quarter; Sees brighter prospects ahead Sam Diaz: Analysts interested in Intel's 2010, not just...
- Tags: Google Inc., Postini Corp., Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Voice, Camcorder, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Data Centers, Wiki, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- News to know: Win7, Google Wave, Palm WebOS, Apple Tablet, Google Docs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's message to IT pros: Meet us half way with Windows 7 Larry Dignan: ...
- Tags: Tom Foremski, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Docs, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Akamai joins industry push for rich and fast desktop virtualization services
- I think we're facing an inflection point for desktop virtualization, fueled by the pending Windows 7 release, pent-up refresh demand on PCs generally, and the need for better security and compliance on desktops. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Industry, Akamai Technologies Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Akamai aims to bring HDTV to the Web
- Akamai unveiled a network for high-definition video designed to deliver content via Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight and Apple's iPhone. The goal: Deliver an HDTV experience online. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Web, HDTV, Akamai Technologies Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- E-commerce sites: You have 2 seconds to load your Web pages
- E-commerce sites have two seconds to load a Web page or consumers will click away. And after three seconds nearly all customers will split, according to research by Forrester and Akamai. Akamai had Forrester conduct a followup to a 2006 survey. The 2006 survey found that 4...
- Tags: Web, Survey, Akamai Technologies Inc., Web Page, E-business, Web Technology, Channel Management, E-business/E-Commerce, Marketing Research, Marketing, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Time to bone up on energy-aware Internet routing
- Telecommunications companies have made call-routing as inexpensive as possible. So why shouldn't businesses finetune the most cost-efficient -- and energy-efficient -- path for data to travel their data centers and networks. There are several worth-reading blogs and articles floating around the blogosphere this week focused on the...
- Tags: Energy, Internet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bits
- MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bitsI'm getting the bits right now50-100KBs at a time. I'll let you know in 7-17 hours how well it went. :)RE: MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bitsC'mon baby. Download faster! I started mine at home through an RDP session...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Microsoft Windows 7, final Windows 7, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft TechNet, byte count, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- The United States of broadband: All of the speed is on the east coast
- The United States of broadband: All of the speed is on the east coastWhich is not surprisingas the United States is the third most populated country in the world, with the third largest land mass per country behind Canada and Russia, I would imagine it takes time and money to...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, fiber, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-09
- The United States of broadband: All of the speed is on the east coast
- Akamai's state of the Internet report for the first quarter illustrates the distribution of broadband speeds in the U.S. The real speed appears to be on the east coast. Here's the distribution of broadband in the top 10 states: Akamai...
- Tags: Broadband, Mbps, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Trafficking in Michael Jackson
- The news of Michael Jackson's death and subsequent coverage of his memorial service brought the Internet to a crawl and saturated even the most robust of content delivery networks. When the King of Pop died last week, I swore that I was going...
- Tags: Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Michael Jackson funeral delivers pop in video streams
- Updated: Live video streams of the Michael Jackson funeral are delivering a big jump in activity and some sites are struggling under the strain. According to Akamai's live stream tracker, a handy link of current activity, the Jackson funeral is getting a lot of attention. And anecdotally...
- Tags: Barack Obama, Keynote Systems Inc., Video, Video Stream, Michael Jackson, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Marketing, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
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