New NetsEdge Research Group Publishes 2001 Content Distribution Market Share; New Research From NetsEdge Research Group Details Content Distribution Networking Market Share.Business Editors LOS ALTOS Los Altos (lôs ăl`tōs, lŏs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,303), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1952. There is diversified light manufacturing. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2002 NetsEdge Research Group (NRG NRG Energy NRG NRG Energy, Inc. NRG Natural Resources Group NRG New Radiancy Group NRG Network Referral Group NRG Network Resource Grapher NRG Numerics Rapporteur Group NRG Neuroprosthetics Research Group NRG notional requirements generator ) today released the 2001 CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. market share results as part of its latest research effort, The 2002 Content Distribution At The Edge report. The past year saw CDN revenues double to $200M in 2001. Web-based content distribution has gone through a dramatic evolution over the past four years. At this time in 1998, the Akamai service was only an idea. Now, four years later, there are over a dozen CDN providers with about 3,000 customers spending more than $16M monthly. "Last year, CDN service revenues managed to double, despite the bursting of the .COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. bubble, the crash in bandwidth prices, and the overall economic malaise," said John Katsaros, principal and co-founder at NetsEdge Research Group. "That very real growth in the face of significant adversity clearly validates the role of CDNs and performance optimization in general in the overall Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. ." The market share numbers are contained in the CDN Market Size and Share report which has been published on NRG's Web site. Akamai with more than 80% share and Digital Island with 10% lead the pack,which also includes Mirror-Image, AT&T and Speedera. This study provides a table showing overall market sizing and includes an analysis of the factors contributing to the overall growth in the CDN market. NRG's market analysis is available on their Web site: www.netsedgeonline.com. The full report, The 2002 Content Distribution At The Edge Report, will be published for service clients in February. About NetsEdge Research Group NetsEdge Research Group provides marketing and strategy research reports and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" , specializing in areas related to Internet infrastructure. NetsEdge offerings combine the formidable and unique experience and perspective of the two principals: John Katsaros and Peter Christy. NRG's mission is to help major Internet technology vendors and market-leading startups make faster and better decisions about their product, market entry, and market development strategies. NRG provides technical product and market analyses, develops authoritative reports on specific markets, and creates white papers and other information products. NRG's consulting practice helps companies develop successful market entry and development strategies for new products in early adopter markets. Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Peter Christy and John Katsaros are always available to provide quotes or references for articles related to Internet acceleration, content delivery and distribution, caching, or Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. management. For further information, contact: Peter Christy, principal and co-founder NetsEdge Research Group (650) 559-6222 pchristy@netsedgeonline.com John Katsaros, principal and co-founder NetsEdge Research Group (650) 949-3256 john@netsedgeonline.com |
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