Bought some Akamai stock , Thought CDN would have tremendous growth in the future, but the risk is DIY efforts from giants like FB, Microsoft
I used AWS cloud front before, but you have to admit Akamai is still leader in CDN space
Yes Akamai is a leader
The CDN space is growing at about 20% a year. Other giants will catch up, but that doesn't mean Akamai won't keep growing with the market. The biggest reason other companies have not caught on is because of reputation and capacity. In terms of capacity, Akamai had a huge lead. But that gap will keep shrinking into the future. In terms of reputation, well that will take a few years to change.
Company is good but I won't invest in CDN business. Very cutthroat and low margin. Growth is also slow by tech standard.
Major player here is Amazon cloud cdn, s3, etc. hope you are joking about buying Akamai stock.