The Digital Hollywood event in Los Angeles earlier this month brought together content providers and technology companies from around the country to discuss the future of digital content distribution and licensing. As expected, the business of content creation and publication has progressed at breakneck speed in recent years, and as a result, the Digital Hollywood [...]
Digital Hollywood: The business of content delivery
05.22.2013 By:
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Not your grandmother’s online gaming
04.18.2013 By:
Recently, I was invited to attend a meeting of the Georgia Game Developer’s Association (GGDA). It made me remember my first experience with gaming, which involved the original Nintendo game console, and I fondly recalled my grandmother saying that she’d never “waste her time on one of those things.” By the following week, she was [...]
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Cloud and CDN: Friends or Foes?
04.16.2013 By:
Today’s online users expect high-quality, ‘anytime, anywhere’ access from a multitude of devices. This presents a challenge for content providers to deliver multiple types of large files, including streaming media, Video on Demand (VOD) and other large files to tablets and smartphones, all while maintaining the high-quality online experience that users have come to expect. [...]
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The relationship between cloud and content delivery networks (CDNs)
04.09.2013 By:
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have helped organizations scale their applications and website content for years. However, the prevalence of cloud computing has sparked misunderstandings about the relationship between cloud and CDNs. As the lines between the cloud and CDN continue to blur, the question often arises of whether CDNs are still necessary. To the contrary, [...]
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Capture the excitement of March Madness with CDNs
04.05.2013 By:
This year’s March Madness basketball tournament has been among the most exciting in recent history. If you talk to the sports pundits, it’s because schools like Florida Gulf Coast told the classic Cinderella story with plenty of style. But if you talk to your friendly neighborhood tech geek, you’ll hear a different message – “It’s [...]
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Solve enterprise video delivery challenges with CDNs (Video)
04.05.2013 By:
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are essential for enterprises that need to meet the demands of next-generation multi-device video delivery. Watch the Enterprise Video Xpert Series to see Jolokia’s K.C. Watson and Internap’s Pete Mastin discuss how CDNs can help organizations meet these challenges, which include: Mobile – Even for enterprises with a successful track record [...]
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Six ways CDNs drive cloud adoption
04.02.2013 By:
Transitioning your IT Infrastructure to the cloud offers several benefits, including improved operational efficiency, reduced capital expenses and the ability to provision new servers quickly. As a result, companies can increase their competitive advantage and expand their infrastructure as needed without purchasing costly hardware. Leveraging the power of the cloud can increase agility and allow [...]
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FGCU sets records for March madness, website traffic
03.29.2013 By:
If you follow March Madness basketball, you’re aware of this year’s Cinderella run – Florida Gulf Coast University has exploded onto the NCAA tournament scene. As the first 15-seed ever to reach the Sweet 16, FGCU is breaking all the rules and setting new records for sports fans and media to talk about. Their magical [...]
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Jolokia’s live streaming event success story
03.26.2013 By:
What does it take to deliver a successful live streaming event? As an Internap partner, Jolokia provides support for delivery of live and on-demand rich media. In today’s blog, Mark Pace, CTO of Jolokia, shares details about a client’s recent live streaming event and also discusses the challenges that providers must address to successfully deliver [...]
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March Madness: How CDNs help you watch college basketball at work
03.20.2013 By:
Dear Bosses of College Basketball Fans, Beginning March 21st & 22nd, an intense fever called March Madness will sweep through workplaces across the country. Do not be alarmed if your employees gather around their computer screens to watch streaming media of NCAA tournament basketball games. This may result in random cheering, fist-pumping, hi-fiving and possibly [...]
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Trends for content owners in 2013: HMTL5 versus Flash (Video)
03.05.2013 By:
Trend 5: HTML versus Flash Even though HTML5 is quickly becoming the programming language of choice for web developers, digital publishers still need to maintain Flash websites and online applications during the transition. This will require content owners to broaden their development toolset by simultaneously increasing their knowledge of HTML5 while maintaining websites that use [...]
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Trends for content owners in 2013: Mobile and the demise of the content schedule (Video)
02.26.2013 By:
Trend 4: Mobile and the demise of the content schedule Consumers can now watch their favorite shows from multiple devices, and on their own schedule. Tablets, smartphones and DVRs let users control when and where they replay content, including TV shows, music streaming, books and articles. To make content available 24/7 and meet consumer demand [...]
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Trends for content owners in 2013: OTT platforms opening floodgates (Video)
02.15.2013 By:
Trend 3: OTT platforms open the floodgates for new content providers As cable channels watch their audiences dwindle, new opportunities are arising for over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The economics of this shift threaten traditional distribution models as well as the content providers that support them. As OTT pure-plays look to fill the void left by the [...]
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Can your ecommerce website handle Valentine’s day traffic?
02.14.2013 By:
Ahhh, it’s Valentine’s day. Visions of roses and chocolates dancing in your head? For those who may still be struggling with an original gift idea for your sweetie, think Teddy Bears! For one company, the most popular items sold online for this romantic holiday are in fact, teddy bears. But not just any teddy bear. [...]
Trends for content owners in 2013: the rise of the multi-tablet household (video)
02.08.2013 By:
Trend 2: The rise of the multi-tablet household Content owners are now faced with the challenge of providing an optimal user experience for a variety of devices, including tablets. As the number of multi-tablet households increases, customers are using them in different ways – smaller devices are more likely to be used for eBook reading, [...]
Trends for content owners in 2013: online privacy concerns (Video)
02.01.2013 By:
Trend 1: Online privacy concerns threaten content consumption and preference sharing Businesses today are collecting massive amounts of data on their consumers. But what do customers really think of these tactics? This presents a new challenge for content owners to find the balance between online privacy and gathering data on their market. Watch Internap’s Drew [...]
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Community Notes
01.31.2013 By:
In 2012, Internap embraced social media as a way to engage with the community of customers and buyers of IT Infrastructure. As part of the next step in our evolution, Internap is working to be more engaged with the local user groups and development communities. As part of my new role as Internap’s Hosting Evangelist, [...]
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Free-to-play model emphasizes need for data center services
01.17.2013 By:
The massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) genre has thrived in two different payment models — subscription and free to play. If you look at the industry as a whole, it appears as if the subscription model laid the groundwork for the MMORPG, while the free-to-play style has helped the genre expand. However, there is a [...]
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Sahara Force India and Internap – one year later
01.15.2013 By:
Sitting in my office on a dreary British January day (a Monday to add further insult to injury), I have just come off the telephone to our good friends at Internap HQ, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The weather may not be much better on the other side of the pond at this time of the [...]
Game publishers turning to web content, making managed hosting essential
01.03.2013 By:
Video game content is no longer about what you see while actually playing the game. During the past few years, more and more developers and publishers have been implementing web and mobile sites that allow users to interact with their games anytime. As these types of community interaction methods become more popular, Managed Hosting solutions [...]
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Sahara Force India Formula One Team creates fast online communication with fans
12.27.2012 By:
How do F1 teams stay connected with their international fan base? Some of the challenges Sahara Force India faced when creating a new website included integrating social media and providing real-time video, news and information. As a key competitor on the Formula One racing circuit that includes 20 races across four continents, they pride themselves [...]
Monetize your free-to-play online game by adding holiday spirit
12.18.2012 By:
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a big jump in the number of free-to-play games we support. Hi-Rez Studio’s Global Agenda was one of the first MMOs to move to free-to-play in 2010. Their next gen shooter, Tribes Ascend and battle arena, SMITE are two more examples that are shaping up to be enormously [...]
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Wii U update points to importance of content delivery services
12.13.2012 By:
Many consumers who went home with a new Wii U on November 18 were dismayed by the need to download a firmware update that in some cases took more than an hour to complete. Nintendo recently announced another firmware update coming out for the console and warned that it also will take an hour or [...]
The right IT foundation for successful SaaS
12.11.2012 By:
The right IT Infrastructure can make or break your business. This is especially true for companies that provide IT services, hosting and streaming for SaaS clients. Without the right foundation in place, it limits your ability to offer agile, cost-effective solutions that will grow and scale along with the needs of your clients. Let’s take [...]
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Is your IT Infrastructure ready for on-demand mobile access?
12.04.2012 By:
Anytime, anywhere access is becoming the standard. According to Forrester Research, nearly 60% of all corporate employees share, access and manage content outside the office – with their laptop, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android and more. Indications are that number is only going to increase. Just take a look at an infographic on working from home. [...]
The never-ending online retail season
11.30.2012 By:
Our recent blog post discussed the readiness of websites for events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but hold your horses — there is more to come in this crazy holiday shopping season. The holidays already start well before Halloween and Black Friday is likely to extend to the end of November. In fact, [...]
Could your website handle Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
11.29.2012 By:
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have once again generated record-breaking profits for online retailers. With sales estimated at $1.5 billion, representing a 30% increase over last year, consumers show no signs of decreasing their online spending. But without the right IT Infrastructure, connectivity and Internet performance in place, you risk your business missing out on [...]
Do disks really matter?
11.13.2012 By:
Online video gaming capabilities have completely changed the landscape of the industry during the past few years. Countless independent and second-tier games that otherwise never would have hit the market have been produced, because they could be hosted online or downloaded, avoiding the expense of producing boxes, disks and other physical media. As the video [...]
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Gaming’s mega month
11.06.2012 By:
It’s going to be a mega month in the gaming world with today’s release of Halo 4 and other big title releases such as Assassin’s Creed III, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, F1 Race Stars, Madden NFL 13 and Lego Lord of the Rings. With all the scheduled releases, it’s obvious that gaming is [...]
Business planning, as we know it, is finished
10.26.2012 By:
The age of business planning is finished? What? That’s what Forbes’s contributing author Dov Seidman recently suggested, stating that “What business needs now is to journey, to embark on a curvilinear path that eschews quarterly reports and gives room to explore new initiatives… Companies need to compete against former partners, partner with former competitors and [...]
