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Peer5 leverages viewers’ devices for a P2P approach to streaming video

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Anthony Ha

Peer5 Anyone who’s tried to watch a popular show like Game of Thrones online has probably had moments where everything pauses and you’re stuck watching a spinning wheel or blinking dots as the streaming service struggles to handle viewer demand. Peer5, one of the startups in the current class at incubator Y Combinator, is working to solve this problem — in fact, it’s… Read More Continue reading Peer5 leverages viewers’ devices for a P2P approach to streaming video→

How do you spell "Inauguration?" We spell it "Huge!"

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Shane Keats

If anyone doubted the world’s interest in the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, they need only read the following number: 8.7 Tbps. That’s the peak hit by a basket of seven broadcasters on… Continue reading How do you spell "Inauguration?" We spell it "Huge!"→

Election Night: A streaming upset, and a victory for streaming

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Shane Keats

Count me among the tech pundits who got last night wrong. I predicted to my colleagues that peak traffic on election night here in the U.S. wouldn’t beat the debates. Boy was I wrong! We’ve been tracking peak traffic and… Continue reading Election Night: A streaming upset, and a victory for streaming→

Election Night: A streaming upset, and a victory for streaming

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Shane Keats

IPv6 at Edge 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Erik Nygren

With the Internet transition from IPv4 to IPv6 now in full-gear, the topic of IPv6 was raised in number of forums at the Akamai Edge conference this week. In a keynote on Wednesday morning, Ash Kulkarni mentioned how enabling delivery… Continue reading IPv6 at Edge 2016→

Lights, Camera, Action! – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 4

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Greg Lord

Your cloud-hosted workloads are your "main event". They are your commerce website, your CRM application, your collaboration tools, your partner portal, your corporate website, etc – the engines that drive your business and enable your organization to connect, collaborate, and… Continue reading Lights, Camera, Action! – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 4→

What could possibly go wrong? – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 3

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Greg Lord

Do you remember playing capture the flag as a kid? I sure do! My friends and I would split up into even teams – usually about 6 kids per team. Then each team would hide our precious flag on our… Continue reading What could possibly go wrong? – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 3→

Can you see me now?! – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 2

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Greg Lord

In the words of the great Peter Drucker "if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it". This is especially true when it comes to managing performance in the Cloud. Most organizations rely on the standard performance monitor tooling that… Continue reading Can you see me now?! – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 2→

Just another blog post about Cloud Computing… – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 1

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Greg Lord

Or is it?! Do you feel burnt out on hearing from vendors who don’t have any new or interesting perspectives to share on the seemingly overplayed topic of Cloud? As a former IT Manager myself, I feel you. That’s why… Continue reading Just another blog post about Cloud Computing… – a journey with your Cloud Co-Pilot, part 1→

A practical guide to web resource caching, 2016 update

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pierre Lermant

Significant technology and usage changes have emerged since the initial publication of the practical guide to web resource caching. This updated edition revisits the recommendations issued earlier and brings new focus on: Fast Purge, the ability to invalidate or delete… Continue reading A practical guide to web resource caching, 2016 update→