Not your grandmother’s online gaming
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...
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Cloud and CDN: Friends or Foes?
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,...
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Customer Spotlight: YouSendIt talks cloud, mobile, performance and team leadership
YouSendIt is a leading cloud file collaboration service that gives users anytime, anywhere access to content via web, mobile and desktop applications. In this customer spotlight, Sumeet Rohatgi,...
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Trends for content owners in 2013: the rise of the multi-tablet household
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...
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Hi-Rez Studios achieves performance and platform flexibility
How do online game developers make sure their players get the best user experience possible? Challenges such as latency, scalability and increased competition within the gaming industry can have...
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Wii U update points to importance of content delivery services
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...
Read MoreThis is our conference room in the NYC office. You’re late to join a meeting in progress. As you approach, your brain hunts for context clues on how to open the door. The handles are identical...
Read MoreThis is week four of a five-part series on trends for content owners. Catch up on the rest of the trends here. Humans are creatures of habit. We are hard wired to build routines and establish...
Read MoreThe 1980s marked the “golden age” of arcade video games. All you needed was a fistful of quarters for an afternoon of fun playing favorites like Pong, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. Although you...
Read MoreYesterday, I watched a friend of mine compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming. I streamed the live webcast and sat through race after race waiting for those 4 minutes and 11 seconds of...
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