A funny, and frustrating, example of this occurred recently when Jason Perlow tried to explain why Limelight Networks was betther than Akamai at serving Olympics content for NBC. Perlow stacks generalization upon inaccuracy and ends up mistating the facts and miseducating readers. All of this can be clearly, and simply detangled.

Source: http://rustvalley.com/2008/08/19/technical-accuracy-why-the-tech-press-just-cant-get-it-even-close-to-right/

ATLANTA — Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, announced today that National Lampoon, Inc., one of the most widely recognized brands in comedy, is running its popular National Lampoon Humor Network and ad services on Internap’s Managed Server solution.

Source: http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=161898&WT.svl=wire2_1

In trading some e-mails with Jim Crowe recently, he was nice enough to spend some time to answer questions about Level 3’s (LVLT) CDN business for publishing here on the blog. While Level 3 has been pretty quiet in regards to their CDN business and the customers they have been winning, make no mistake that they plan to be a serious competitor. And I’m not just repeating the company line. I see it from talking to customers, learning of new contract wins and by seeing all of the pieces of the CDN ecosystem they are finishing to put in place.

Dan Rayburn interview

Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/91753-interview-with-level-3-ceo-jim-crowe-on-cdn-business

BitGravity will provide high-definition object and video delivery for CollegeHumor.com. BitGravity’s high-definition, fast-loading content delivery provides an unprecedented high-quality experience for CollegeHumor fans. In addition, BitGravity’s scalability and competitive pricing made it the first choice for CollegeHumor’s growing need for a new delivery network capable of supporting their galleries of images and videos.

Source: http://www.tvover.net/2008/08/14/BitGravitys+CDN+To+Provide+HD+Video+To+CollegeHumor.aspx

Limelight Networks’ Content Delivery Service Makes Eyespot’s Video Publishing Offerings Available to Millions of Web Publishers

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire - August 14, 2008) - Eyespot (www.eyespotnetwork.com) is adding to its turnkey video publishing offering, giving its customers instant access to a dedicated global optical network from Limelight Networks, Inc. Members of the Eyespot Video Network can avoid the complexities of content delivery service integration and use Eyespot’s fully hosted video publishing platform to boost impressions, ad revenues, and viral sharing. Noted for its work with national brands such as Lucasfilm, Ltd., SonyBMG Entertainment and the NBA, Eyespot has recently opened its offerings to Web publishers and marketers of all sizes — expanding its hosted services to serve mid-market sites including ExpertVillage.com, eHow.com and Sisterwoman.com.

Source: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Eyespot-889550.html

BitGravity’s seemingly slow approach in terms of CDN sales might be changing thanks to some new customer wins and the recent announcement of $2.5 million in funding.

An article on The Motley Fool caught my eye earlier this week, since even though Fool focuses on publicly-traded companies this one discussed a streaming content delivery network (CDN) company that’s not publicly traded. I followed up with the company, BitGravity, and spent some time talking to the CEO and Founder, Perry Wu.

Wu’s demeanor in the Fool article was described as brash, but I’ll chalk it up to a founder’s passion as I found him more laid back (or maybe I’m just in New York too much these days) and open to most any question I asked. He may have a bit of a right to be brash, though, as they’ve just closed a round of funding.

“In the past 18 months, CDN and P2P-based delivery vendors have raised over $300 million to build out and deploy content delivery services,” said Dan Rayburn in his BusinessOfVideo blog. “So it should be no surprise to hear that BitGravity announced last week that it had raised $2.5 million from Allen and Company and Blake Krikorian, the co-founder and CEO of Sling Media.

Source: http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=10614

It’s been a busy week in the content delivery network (CDN) business. Here’s a look at the latest headlines: Limelight Networks (LLNW) reported its second quarter earnings yesterday, with sales of $30.3 million, slightly above analyst expectations. See coverage from Eric Savitz at Barron’s and Silicon Alley Insider, which live-blogged the analyst call. Or see the full transcript of the call at Seeking Alpha. Internap Network Services (INAP) “may be approaching a moment of truth for its CDN business, which is struggling on a number of levels,” according to Contentinople, citing analysis from Colby Synesael at Merriman Curhan Ford. The Motley Fool has a profile of BitGravity, looking at its backers, technology and market position. The hook was BitGravity’s announcement that it had raised $2.5 million from Allen & Company and individuals including Sling Media co-founder Blake Krikorian.

Source: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/Aug/13/cdn_roundup_limelight_internap_bitgravity.html

Internap Network Services Corp. (Nasdaq: INAP) may be approaching a moment of truth for its content delivery network (CDN) business, which is struggling on a number of levels. The company’s share price has taken a 30 percent haircut after it announced weak sales in an earnings call last week. In addition, a significant number of the company’s CDN sales and marketing team has been fleeing to competitors, according to industry sources. Other complications include the company’s struggle with outages that occurred during the integration of VitalStream’s CDN into Internap’s IP network. After sales declined last quarter, one analyst says it might be time for Internap Network Services Corp. (Nasdaq: INAP) to “blow up” its CDN business. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. analyst Colby Synesael says, “Even if they do improve the solution to fix the scalability, in the hands of Internap no one’s going to be willing to go to that [CDN] platform.” “They’re probably going to blow up the CDN business,” Synesael says. “It probably doesn’t make much sense in their hands anymore, and they’re probably going to write that down next quarter anyway.” Shares of IP services provider Internap fell more than 30 percent last week, after the company reported a wider loss and reduced estimates for the second quarter in a row due to weak sales in CDN.

Source: http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=450&doc_id=161066

August 11, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK managed hosting provider NetBenefit (netbenefit.co.uk) announced on Monday it has partnered with content delivery network services provider Panther Express (pantherexpress.com) to offer a content delivery platform to complement its existing business critical managed hosting solutions.

Source: http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/081108_NetBenefit_Panther_Offers_CDN.cfm

CHICAGO, Aug 11, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SingleHop, a Chicago managed hosting provider, today announced that it plans to launch IP Cast, a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) offering on Labor Day. SingleHop is accepting RSVP reservations for 300 free accounts it intends to give away on the launch date for anyone who advance RSVP’s for IP Cast CDN service. 200 of the accounts are for anyone who purchases a server from SingleHop before launch date, and the remaining 100 will be reserved for clients who RSVP. The RSVP’s will be processed first-come, first-served based on orders. Initially the offer will be available only to SingleHop customers, who have one or more servers with SingleHop that are priced $150 per month or more.

“I’d like to make it clear that this means for the first 3 full years of CDN service SingleHop customers who RSVP’d early will receive 250 GB of free monthly CDN bandwidth and a low overage rate of $0.20 pr GB, which is billed on actual usage,” says Zak Boca, founder and president of SingleHop, Inc.

The new CDN offering represents a further expansion of SingleHop’s growing portfolio of services and will include over 23 server nodes throughout the world. A CDN optimizes the delivery of web content so that it is received more quickly by end users, thereby enhancing the online experience. Efficient content delivery is seen as critical to the success of any online endeavor.

Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/singlehop-launch-ip-cast-first/story.aspx?guid=%7B566C66C5-1561-4EC1-85DA-4E856B9BADE9%7D&dist=hppr