| Name |
Rating
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Headquarters
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Overview
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Key Executives
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Investors / Public Co. Info
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Funding
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Annual Revenues
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# of Servers / Data Centers
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# of Employees
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Major Customers
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URL
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| Akamai |
|
Cambridge, Mass. |
Proprietary software caching algorithms speed content delivery via a global network of servers |
Paul Sagan, President & CEO; Tom Leighton, Chief Scientist & Founder |
Nasdaq: AKAM |
N/A |
$636.4 million (2007) |
34,000 servers, in more than 950 networks |
1,450 |
NewsCorp, Hulu, MLB, CBS, NBC, Apple, Adobe, Fujitsu, Informatica, Microsoft, Sony, Amazon, QVC, Best Buy |
http://www.akamai.com |
| BitGravity |
|
Burlingame, Calif. |
Startup with next-generation CDN architecture optimized for delivery of large media files |
Perry Wu, CEO; Barrett Lyon, CTO |
Allen & Company, Sling Media founder Blake Krikorian, & Tata Communications |
$2.5 million venture financing, $10.5 million convertible debt |
Not disclosed |
Network access points leveraging Tata Communications' global network |
Less than 50 |
TomGreen.com, CollegeHumor.com |
http://www.bitgravity.com |
| CDNetworks |
|
Seoul, Korea and San Jose, Calif. |
Asia's #1 CDN by revenue, which is expanding aggressively into the North American market |
Samuel Ko, Chairman and CEO; HS Kim, COO; Steve Chung, chief strategy officer; Simon Lee, CEO of U.S. |
Listed on KOSDAQ: 073710.KQ |
$96.5 million private investment by Oak Investment Partners, Shinhan Private Equity, & Goldman Sachs International in December 2007 |
$60 million globally (2007) |
65 POPs worldwide |
350 |
Universal Music, Lycos, Realtor.com, quarterlife, Monsterboard, Shaklee, K2Network, Toyota, Nexon, Codemasters, Goal.com, Samsung, Daum |
http://www.cdnetworks.com |
| Chinacache |
|
Beijing |
The leading CDN in China, and the only company to have received a permit from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to carry out CDN services |
Wang Song, founder & CEO; Andy Li, CTO |
Qiming Venture Partners; Ignition Partners LLC; C.V. Starr Int'l.; Susquehanna Int'l. Group China; JAFCO Asia; Intel Capital & Investor AB |
Two rounds for a total of $40 million |
Not disclosed |
10,000+ servers and more than 80 data centers scattered throughout China |
300 |
CCTV |
http://www.chinacache.com |
| EdgeCast Networks |
|
Los Angeles, Calif. |
Global, full-service CDN offering streaming and HTTP services, advanced reporting and security features, and white-label CDN capabilities |
Alex Kazerani, CEO; Phil Goldsmith, COO; James Segil, president; Lior Elazary, chief architect; & Jay Sakata, CTO |
Steamboat Ventures, affiliate of the Walt Disney Company
|
Over $10 million between founders, angels, and VC |
Not disclosed |
16 POPs |
Less than 50 |
Lionsgate Entertainment, Mahalo, March Entertainment, Jaman, IMAX, Blip.tv, Mashable |
http://www.edgecast.com |
| Highwinds |
|
Winter Park, Fla. |
A new entrant that came out of the IP services market, the company boasts a "channel-centric" approach to the CDN market |
Steve Miller, President and CEO; Josh Gagliardi, CTO; Gabe Miller, CFO; Scott Munger, COO |
General Catalyst Partners, Alta Communications, and the European Founders Fund |
More than $125 million |
Not disclosed |
23 data centers, over 700 peering connections, approx. 1TB of network capacity, and approx. 500Gbit/s CDN capacity |
120 |
Technicolor, Castfire, Virgin Media |
http://www.highwinds.com/ |
| Internap |
|
Atlanta |
Through VitalStream acquisition, provides CDN services over a 'cluster' network with 10-Gbit/s uplinks to international ISPs |
James DeBlasio, President & CEO; Vincent Molinaro, COO |
Nasdaq: INAP |
N/A |
$181.4 million (CDN revenue < 10% of total) |
35 Data Centers (8 owned; 27 partner sites) |
450 |
Disney; MTV; SpikeTV; & Sundance Film Festival |
http://www.internap.com |
| Itiva |
|
Palo Alto, Calif. |
Provides a hybrid video CDN comprised of servers, proxies, and peering contributions to securely distribute rich media |
Michel Billard, CEO; Tom Taylor, Founder; Dr. Robert Arn, CTO |
Investors not publicly named |
Three rounds for a total of $10.5 million |
Not disclosed |
Five POPs and expanding; access to thousands of servers in enterprises, government, & educational institutions |
30+ |
PlayboyEntertainment & EMI Music Canada |
http://www.itiva.com |
| Level 3 Communications |
|
Broomfield, Colo. |
Through acquisition of the Savvis CDN business, provides caching & downloading over its global backbone network |
James Crowe, CEO; Kevin O'Hara, President & COO |
Nasdaq: LVLT |
N/A |
$846 million (Savvis CDN ~$20 million in 2006) |
78 data centers across the U.S. and Europe |
7,400 |
AOL & Microsoft |
http://www.level3.com |
| Limelight Networks |
|
Tempe, Ariz. |
Infrastructure optimized for rich media and entertainment delivery, with peering & direct broadband network connectivity carrier agreements |
Jeff Lunsford, Chairman & CEO; Nathan Raciborski, CTO & Founder; Michael Gordon, CSO & Founder |
Nasdaq: LLNW |
N/A |
$103.1 million (2007) |
4,000 servers at 54 POPs and 16 logical CDN locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia |
168 |
MSNBC; Viacom; Microsoft Xbox Live; Valve Corporation; Adobe Systems; MySpace; Disney |
http://www.limelightnetworks.com |
| Mirror Image Internet |
|
Tewksbury, Mass. |
Provides CDN services based on Content Access Points placed at strategic peering points with high concentrations of end users, Web traffic, & network convergence |
Gustav Vik, President & CEO; Ben Wyckoff, Chief Architect |
Subsidiary of Xcelera Inc. |
N/A |
Not disclosed |
23 content access points (CAPs) |
100 |
Amazon.com; Pacific Sunwear; Bose; Lego; REI; Home Shopping Network; Boston.com; NECN.com; WHDH; and Careerbuilder.com |
http://www.mirror-image.com |
| NaviSite |
|
Andover, Mass. |
Provides application solutions, hosting, & content delivery services targeted at enterprises |
Arthur Becker, CEO; Denis Martin, EVP & CTO; Sumeet Sabharwal, SVP of Global Delivery |
Nasdaq: NAVI |
N/A |
$109.1 million |
14 data centers & 11 CDN nodes |
550 |
CrushedPlanet; Sporty’s Pilot Shop; Baeble Music; & ASBMB |
http://www.navisite.com/ |
| Panther Express |
|
New York |
Provides low-cost content delivery services without long-term contracts or monthly minimums; founded by creators of DoubleClick |
Founders Kevin Ryan & Dwight Merriman, former CEO & CTO of DoubleClick; Mark Pesonen, CEO |
Greylock Partners |
$6 million |
Not disclosed |
40 strategically placed POPs around the world |
30 |
Fotolog.com; Blip.tv; & Soundclick.com |
http://www.pantherexpress.com |
| Swarmcast |
|
Minneapolis, Minn. & Tokyo |
Multi-source streaming platform that blends CDNs and other serving resources for enhanced video delivery & download acceleration |
Justin Chapweske, Founder & CEO; Kelly Egan, VP of Business Development |
Bridge Capital Fund & Nippon Venture Capital |
$5 million |
Not disclosed |
|
25 |
MLB.com |
http://www.swarmcast.com |
| Velocix |
|
Cambridge, U.K. |
Velocix uses a hybrid peer-assisted network blending P2P and CDN technologies into a solution for digital media delivery |
Tony Illsley, Chairman; Phill Robinson, CEO |
Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd.; 3i PLC; Cambridge Gateway Fund; & Pentech Ventures |
$20 Million Series C funding round completed July 2006 |
Not disclosed |
17 data centers |
65 |
Says it has more than 20 customers, but none publicly announced |
http://www.velocix.com |
| Voxel |
|
New York |
With experience in high bandwidth applications, and its own IP backbone, Voxel provides single source of accountability for entire scalable infrastructure stack |
Raj Dutt, CEO & Founder; Zachary Smith President
|
No outside funding |
Not disclosed |
Not disclosed |
14 Network POPs |
30 |
PerezHilton; Dailykos; Radio IO; Air America Radio; and Hasbro |
http://www.voxel.net |
