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Impossible to Compare Akamai and Limelight's Enterprise and Commerce Products

Dan,

Very impressive work. Thank you.

Perhaps the primary question re: Akamai is - how likely or how practical (high or low barrier to development question) would it be for AAPL or GOOG or other purveors of streaming video to develop their own in-house CRM capablilty?

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Limelight to Challenge Akamai with E-Commerce, Whole Site Delivery Product

Dan,

Investigating both sides of what you present in an equitable manner is your job, not mine. ...Something due diligence would seem to require, unless the article is intended to be a piece of puff for L, instead of a legitimate comparison of two legitimate competitors within the CDN space.

No ofense intended, I like most of your stuff, and I am looking forward to reading your next piece on these two interesting companies.




On Mar 31 06:05 PM Dan Rayburn wrote:

> The article is not comparing either of the CDNs services from a technology
> level, so it's not the place to mention any "improvements" that Akamai
> has made to "keep them in the lead in the CDN space", or on the flip
> side, any features or functionality Limelight has created to give
> them an edge. That's not the point of the article.
>
> I find it odd you complain I didn't mention any of these things you
> wanted to see mentioned, yet in your follow up comment you didn't
> mention any of them yourself.

Limelight to Challenge Akamai with E-Commerce, Whole Site Delivery Product

In summary, your comments could have been summed up in one simple equation of overly simplistic speculation:

Half-full for LLNW = Half-empty for AKAM (Your article smacks of partisan palavering.)

...Nothing against the formidable prospects of LLNW, but next time, how about some equal time for AKAM's recent notable improvements that promise to keep them in the lead in the CDN space.

CHOMPS,

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