Apple(s aapl), which to date has relied on third-party content delivery networks (CDNs) to deliver rich media and software to consumers, is now building out its own CDN capability, according to… Read more »
The New York Times has published further details of an NSA operation that involves spying on the fiberoptic cables running between the data centers of companies such as Google(s goog) and… Read more »
Mediacom, a U.S. cable company, has turned to Qwilt, a three-year-old startup to solve its over-the-top video woes. Qwilt thinks it can cut costs and solve the business problems of delivering… Read more »
Video isn’t breaking the web, the way that the web’s biggest players are trying to optimize their costs at the expense of the best consumer experience is. Read more »
Three of the four major wireless carries in the U.S., Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, operate under security agreements with the government as a result of M&A activity. Read more »
The rapid growth in video consumption over the web has already resulted in grossly disproportionate traffic laws between network operators, which occasionally have erupted into peering disputes such as Comcast/Level 3… Read more »
The latest fight between ISPs and over-the-top providers is taking place deep in the network, away from the eyes of regulators and consumers. Welcome to the world of peering fights. Read more »
Last year demand for bandwidth rose by 40 percent, and much of that demand is now coming from all over the world, not just in developed countries. Read more »
OnApp now offers both real and virtual service providers a CDN business-in-a-box. And this is just the start: expect the same with storage and compute later this year. Read more »