Sitting on the edge of the networks, it is the CDN cache that is enabling data evolution experienced by carriers and end-users alike. James Segil, president and co-founder at Edgecast Networks explains to Kavit Majithia why CDN is changing the way carriers approach their strategy towards interconnection and its role in scaling the internet.
Often outspoken, rarely without an opinion, and indeed, a technology entrepreneur with proven success, it would be difficult to find another character like James ‘the dealmaker’ Segil, president and co-founder of Edgecast Networks in the telecoms market. While it is clear the publically held companies Akamai and Limelight are largely dominating the CDN ecosystem at present, Segil’s drive, determination and vision has ensured Edgecast, the smallest of the three, is still considered in the same breath as its larger rivals. The company has to date established relationships and secured partnerships with some of the largest carriers in the world to licence its CDN platform.
What is most striking about Segil, and has been since he first began to develop Edgecast in 2004 with his three partners, is his passion for CDN as a technological platform and his belief in the role it plays in the wider telecoms ecosystem. “CDN...
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