Using a CDN - Akamai vs. Limelight (by IT routine, Feb 20, 2009)
Shopping for a CDN (till's blog, June 5, 2010)
Personally I have used Akamai quite a bit when I worked for Autodesk, and I need to use their service to download our own software (for installation purpose). Software companies like Autodesk used to be called "shrink-wrap" software vendor, a.k.a., they ship software via CDs or DVDs. Not anymore, I recall in Autodesk, the new policy is if customer does not ask for it, they don't ship the hard copy. Because customer can download the software and get it earlier that way.
Of course the booming of CDNs (at least from traffic point of view), is also largely due to the popularity of online movies and videos (Netflix, Youtube, etc). The price came down quite a bit due to competition. Thus the stock of AKAM and LLNW did not do well lately. There were rumors about Akamai will be taken over by Google today, but there is contradicting comments right away. My gut feeling is they will eventually got bought. The question is who and when :-)
0 comments:
Post a Comment