EdgeCast Networks
Encyclopedia
EdgeCast Networks is a Los Angeles, CA, based content delivery network
(CDN
). The company was founded in 2006 and is funded by the venture arm of The Walt Disney Company
, Steamboat Ventures. It has CDN reseller agreements with Deutsche Telekom
, Global Crossing
, Navisite
, and The Planet. The company is notable for its self-provisioning CDN technology used by the telecommunication
and hosting
industries. EdgeCast Networks was rated the #3 CDN in the industry by the Yankee Group in August of 2009, and turned EBITA
positive in Q2 of 2009.
Content Delivery Network
A content delivery network or content distribution network is a system of computers containing copies of data placed at various nodes of a network....
(CDN
CDN
-Places:* Canada , a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories* Côte-des-Neiges, a neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec-Technology:...
). The company was founded in 2006 and is funded by the venture arm of The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
, Steamboat Ventures. It has CDN reseller agreements with Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
, Global Crossing
Global Crossing
Global Crossing Limited was a telecommunications company that provides computer networking services worldwide. It maintained a large backbone and offered transit and peering links, VPN, leased lines, audio and video conferencing, long distance telephone, managed services, dialup, colocation and...
, Navisite
NaviSite
NaviSite, a Time Warner Cable Company, is a provider of complex hosting, application management and managed cloud services for enterprises, founded in 1997. NaviSite provides a suite of managed services, including Application Services, Enterprise Hosting, and Managed Cloud Services for enterprises...
, and The Planet. The company is notable for its self-provisioning CDN technology used by the telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
and hosting
Hosting
Hosting can mean:* To act as the organizer or master of ceremonies for an event.* Self-hosting - software distribution which provides all necessary source code to enable itself to be re-compiled from scratch* Internet hosting service, including:...
industries. EdgeCast Networks was rated the #3 CDN in the industry by the Yankee Group in August of 2009, and turned EBITA
EBITA
EBITA is an acronym that refers to a company's earnings before the deduction of interest, tax and amortization expenses. See EBITDA. It is a financial indicator used widely as a measure of efficiency and profitability...
positive in Q2 of 2009.
Notable customers
- IMAXIMAXIMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
- MashableMashableMashable is an American news website and Internet news blog founded by Pete Cashmore. The website's primary focus is social media news, but also covers news and developments in mobile, entertainment, online video, business, web development, technology, memes and gadgets...
- EMI Music Publishing
- Sony Entertainment, Jet Blue, Kellogg's
- Mahalo.comMahalo.comMahalo.com is a web directory and Internet-based knowledge exchange launched in alpha test in May 2007 by Jason Calacanis...
- SlashGearSlashGearSlashGear is a weblog devoted to consumer electronics and technology published by R3 Media LLC. The site was launched in December 2005 and grew quickly in popularity reaching Technorati Top 100 blog ....
- LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...
, WordpressWordPressWordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1... - Nexcess