Comments on: Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:16:31 -0800 hourly 1 By: GNC-2008-09-19 #409 Wait till you hear the Emails | Geek News Central http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2702225 GNC-2008-09-19 #409 Wait till you hear the Emails | Geek News Central Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:36:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2702225 [...] PowerPress Podcast Plugin for WordPress Updated Progress Docks Contamination and Shuttle Delay Amazon CDN Excites me! Summizer Twitter Search Twitter Re-Tools Friendfeed new look new features AT&T 3G [...] [...] PowerPress Podcast Plugin for WordPress Updated Progress Docks Contamination and Shuttle Delay Amazon CDN Excites me! Summizer Twitter Search Twitter Re-Tools Friendfeed new look new features AT&T 3G [...]

]]> By: Mark Mader http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2537961 Mark Mader Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:49:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2537961 Smartsheet is now delivering much of its static application content via CloudFront (Amazon's CDN service). We had looked at other CDN offerings last year, but couldn't justify it based on the price points and contract terms. Benchmarking with our U.S. and international customers has shown the performance of CloudFront easily on par with what we had been promised by the higher priced players last year. To view our AWS CDN deployment template click the Smartsheet screenshot in the CloudFront Amazon Web Services Blog post: http://preview.tinyurl.com/5zwqtt Smartsheet is now delivering much of its static application content via CloudFront (Amazon’s CDN service). We had looked at other CDN offerings last year, but couldn’t justify it based on the price points and contract terms. Benchmarking with our U.S. and international customers has shown the performance of CloudFront easily on par with what we had been promised by the higher priced players last year. To view our AWS CDN deployment template click the Smartsheet screenshot in the CloudFront Amazon Web Services Blog post: http://preview....yurl.com/5zwqtt

]]> By: Panda-fint med video http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2485595 Panda-fint med video Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:09:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2485595 [...] ikke lenge kommer kommer Amazon med et Content Delivery Network (CDN), og folkene bak panda lover komme med streaming om ikke lenge. Da begynne ting å bli [...] [...] ikke lenge kommer kommer Amazon med et Content Delivery Network (CDN), og folkene bak panda lover komme med streaming om ikke lenge. Da begynne ting å bli [...]

]]> By: Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Biz | Business Products and Supplies http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2478253 Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Biz | Business Products and Supplies Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:15:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2478253 [...] TechCrunch: It was only a matter of time before Amazon would decide to release a Content Delivery Network, and according to the company in an official statement, it has done just that. [...] [...] TechCrunch: It was only a matter of time before Amazon would decide to release a Content Delivery Network, and according to the company in an official statement, it has done just that. [...]

]]> By: Amazon steigt ins Content Delivery ein : ECM Flash http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2477835 Amazon steigt ins Content Delivery ein : ECM Flash Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:34:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2477835 [...] (via TechCrunch) [...] [...] (via TechCrunch) [...]

]]> By: Dan Rayburn http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2477378 Dan Rayburn Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:19:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2477378 The article says that "And with a video streaming and distribution service already in place, Amazon is quickly becoming a CDN for itself."" Amazon does not have a video streaming service in place. Amazon has a video content offering in place, that happens to use streaming, and Amazon does not deliver it themselves, it uses Limelight Networks to deliver that content. The article says that “And with a video streaming and distribution service already in place, Amazon is quickly becoming a CDN for itself.”" Amazon does not have a video streaming service in place. Amazon has a video content offering in place, that happens to use streaming, and Amazon does not deliver it themselves, it uses Limelight Networks to deliver that content.

]]> By: I’ve Said Too Much » links for 2008-09-18 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2476092 I’ve Said Too Much » links for 2008-09-18 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:22:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2476092 [...] Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business Designed to complement its S3 storage service and EC2 web services, the CDN will be available later this year and will provide users with a high performance method of distributing content to end users. Amazon claims it will have low latency and high data transfer rates when users access the content and it will be specifically designed (in the beginning at least) for “developers and businesses who need to deliver popular, publicly readable content over HTTP connections.” (tags: amazon, contentdelivery, thecloud) [...] [...] Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business Designed to complement its S3 storage service and EC2 web services, the CDN will be available later this year and will provide users with a high performance method of distributing content to end users. Amazon claims it will have low latency and high data transfer rates when users access the content and it will be specifically designed (in the beginning at least) for “developers and businesses who need to deliver popular, publicly readable content over HTTP connections.” (tags: amazon, contentdelivery, thecloud) [...]

]]> By: Kiran http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2474592 Kiran Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:21:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2474592 Finally, I just wasted 450 dollars for 3 months with Akamai reseller and we hardly used the bandwidth as the site did not catch the anticipated traffic. Amazon's pay-as-go policy is a money saver for lot of small startups like us. Finally, I just wasted 450 dollars for 3 months with Akamai reseller and we hardly used the bandwidth as the site did not catch the anticipated traffic. Amazon’s pay-as-go policy is a money saver for lot of small startups like us.

]]> By: Inida Tax http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473965 Inida Tax Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:47:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473965 The price for Amazon S3 is going to be much much better then the other competitors. Also they would not stress on working with high volume customers only either... The price for Amazon S3 is going to be much much better then the other competitors. Also they would not stress on working with high volume customers only either…

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473819 Steven Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:55:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473819 Yeah for sure. Definately a right move! Yeah for sure. Definately a right move!

]]> By: Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business | Latest Technology News - Business News And Expert Advice http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473765 Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business | Latest Technology News - Business News And Expert Advice Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:04:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473765 [...] Although the CDN space is crowded with similar services from Akamai Technologies and Limelight Networks, Amazon thinks it knows how to be successful in the space. And one of the key components of its plan is to undercut others on price and make it much easier to buy CDN services.    Read More [...] [...] Although the CDN space is crowded with similar services from Akamai Technologies and Limelight Networks, Amazon thinks it knows how to be successful in the space. And one of the key components of its plan is to undercut others on price and make it much easier to buy CDN services.    Read More [...]

]]> By: CG http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473729 CG Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:45:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473729 Following @Bob's comment... Kinda seems like S3 is like a CDN minus the edge caching and reliability. I recently looked at the options for scaling a site with Amazon's services. Most of the folks I chatted with agree that the EC2/S3 are great for offline and non-critical features, but expect them to disappear for hours/days with no warning. This effort will fail unless Amazon commits to a highly available service. In doing so, I suspect they'll need to improve the uptime/reliability of all their cloud services. CG Following @Bob’s comment… Kinda seems like S3 is like a CDN minus the edge caching and reliability. I recently looked at the options for scaling a site with Amazon’s services. Most of the folks I chatted with agree that the EC2/S3 are great for offline and non-critical features, but expect them to disappear for hours/days with no warning.

This effort will fail unless Amazon commits to a highly available service. In doing so, I suspect they’ll need to improve the uptime/reliability of all their cloud services.

CG

]]> By: Zach Weisman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473724 Zach Weisman Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:42:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473724 Will Amazon Unbox cease using Limelight and start using their own CDN? Will Amazon Unbox cease using Limelight and start using their own CDN?

]]> By: Whirlycott / Philip Jacob » Amazon finally launches a CDN http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473609 Whirlycott / Philip Jacob » Amazon finally launches a CDN Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:59:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473609 [...] That only took 21 months since I asked them nicely.  What I don’t like about what I’ve read so far is that they are not using a lazy-loading proxy (ala Akamai, EdgeCast, Panther) and are instead opting for S3 as the content origin.  That sucks, because it basically means that you have to do something in order to get your content onto their network.  With a lazy-loading proxy, you just tell your CDN provider to effectively make static.whatever.com a mirror of www.whatever.com.  It’s much simpler. [...] [...] That only took 21 months since I asked them nicely.  What I don’t like about what I’ve read so far is that they are not using a lazy-loading proxy (ala Akamai, EdgeCast, Panther) and are instead opting for S3 as the content origin.  That sucks, because it basically means that you have to do something in order to get your content onto their network.  With a lazy-loading proxy, you just tell your CDN provider to effectively make static.whatever.com a mirror of http://www.whatever.com.  It’s much simpler. [...]

]]> By: Anurag http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473586 Anurag Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:38:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473586 A CDN would ideally replicate your content across continents and countries and have agressive peering with local ISPs. S3 doesnt do that as yet. A CDN would ideally replicate your content across continents and countries and have agressive peering with local ISPs. S3 doesnt do that as yet.

]]> By: Dadblog » links for 2008-09-18 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473583 Dadblog » links for 2008-09-18 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:32:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473583 [...] Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business Designed to complement its S3 storage service and EC2 web services, the CDN will be available later this year and will provide users with a high performance method of distributing content to end users. Amazon claims it will have low latency and high data transfer rates when users access the content and it will be specifically designed (in the beginning at least) for “developers and businesses who need to deliver popular, publicly readable content over HTTP connections.” (tags: amazon, contentdelivery, thecloud) [...] [...] Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Business Designed to complement its S3 storage service and EC2 web services, the CDN will be available later this year and will provide users with a high performance method of distributing content to end users. Amazon claims it will have low latency and high data transfer rates when users access the content and it will be specifically designed (in the beginning at least) for “developers and businesses who need to deliver popular, publicly readable content over HTTP connections.” (tags: amazon, contentdelivery, thecloud) [...]

]]> By: Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473565 Bob Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:14:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473565 How is S3 not really a CDN? Is it entirely centralized if you're serving files up from your S3 account, as opposed to distributed like a CDN? How is S3 not really a CDN? Is it entirely centralized if you’re serving files up from your S3 account, as opposed to distributed like a CDN?

]]> By: Shane Eubanks http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473541 Shane Eubanks Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:49:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473541 This is great news! I can see this opening the doors for lots of companies' projects where AKAMAI may have been overkill.....and overpriced. Looking forward to it! This is great news! I can see this opening the doors for lots of companies’ projects where AKAMAI may have been overkill…..and overpriced.

Looking forward to it!

]]> By: Pierre Col - UbicMedia http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473530 Pierre Col - UbicMedia Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:43:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473530 Great move for Amazon S3 users ! Great move for Amazon S3 users !

]]> By: Shawn http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473499 Shawn Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:11:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473499 I'm surprised they didn't get into this earlier I’m surprised they didn’t get into this earlier

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473469 Adam Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:45:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473469 both. both.

]]> By: birarai http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473460 birarai Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:36:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473460 is amazon is a online retails or a hosting / development company?? is amazon is a online retails or a hosting / development company??

]]> By: Oliver http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473458 Oliver Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473458 Great idea. One of the biggest hurdles for a small company to use a cdn is cost; so having it based on a cost per usage basis would be killer. Great idea. One of the biggest hurdles for a small company to use a cdn is cost; so having it based on a cost per usage basis would be killer.

]]> By: Markus http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473422 Markus Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:57:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473422 Fantastic news, however pricing remains to be seen. Lets hope they keep it reasonable. Fantastic news, however pricing remains to be seen. Lets hope they keep it reasonable.

]]> By: JP http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-2473420 JP Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:56:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22398#comment-2473420 This is a good start for them to dip into CDN, especially with their other webservices. We love using them. This is a good start for them to dip into CDN, especially with their other webservices. We love using them.

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