June 2016 – At the SMPTE ETCA event in Silicon Valley, they held a session talking about the disruption being caused by live broadcast. The panel consisted of YouTube, Twitch.tv, Akamai and Media Melon. Currently in the broadcast arena, the dominant subjects for live content are sports and news. New content on the internet that…
March 2016 – At GDC we had a chance to talk to Nelson Rodriguez of Akamai, who is the Sr Marketing Manager of the Game Industry practice. The gaming marketplace has a number of applications for CDN services. What comes to mind first, is managing the content for streaming games. While that is one aspect,…
February 2016 – Rivet Networks, the new owners of the Killer Wireless technology, was talking about their new networking product. The Killer Wireless technology has been updated to support the 802.11ac (killer wireless-ac 1535) standard and the same packet management technology has been integrated into their Killer Ethernet (E2400) product. The combination networking chip, supporting…