Global Content Delivery Networks

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1 MARKET FORECAST NOV 2015 Global Content Delivery Networks Market Overview 2015 Jim Davis, Senior Analyst, Service Providers After enjoying robust growth in 2014, the CDN market will see some effects from currency exchange rates, but growth is still forecasted to be in the range of 13.3% to top $3.98bn in The overall climate for the market remains positive: Companies have raised over $279m in venture funding so far in 2015, as vendors look for new ways to tackle issues such as network and application security in addition to mobile network performance RESEARCH, LLC

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3 Key Findings The content delivery network (CDN) market again showed impressive growth, with year-over-year gains of 21.3% in 2014 to $3.5bn. Many vendors are finding strong growth outside the North American market. While vendors were reporting strong double-digit revenue growth, that growth was being trimmed by the performance of foreign currencies against a strong American dollar. Despite effects from currency exchange rates, 451 Research still expects growth in the range of 13.3% to top $3.98bn in Companies in the CDN market raised over $279m, and another crop of startups is emerging with interesting new approaches to content and application delivery challenges. Security principally DDoS and WAF services was a key source of growth outside of traditional content delivery services. Interest in security is one of the key areas of engineering development and new service introductions in III

4 Executive Summary INTRODUCTION The 2015 CDN Global Market Overview of public and private vendors shows that 2014 was another strong year of growth in content delivery networks (CDNs). Security and cloud networking will provide a strong path for a CAGR of 14% through METHODOLOGY Market data appearing in this report is sourced through 451 Research s proprietary Market Monitor database, which tracks hundreds of companies in the markets for colocation, hosting, CDNs and cloud infrastructure services. The database includes information on revenue by quarter and product mix. All financial and operational estimates not disclosed by companies are based on our projections, which are derived from in-depth interviews with management and industry executives, proprietary methodology and application of industry averages when information is not available. Information on acquisitions, including deal size and other data, is sourced from other services operated by 451 Research, including the M&A KnowledgeBase and Market Monitor services. Forecasts are based on our assessment of overall economic conditions in tandem with the vendor s market and competitive positioning to determine revenue figures. We use demand-side research survey data from 451 Research s Customer Insight services, including the Voice of the Enterprise survey series. Publicly available data on Internet traffic from a variety of sources are also taken into account. Reports such as this one represent a holistic perspective on key emerging markets in the enterprise IT space. These markets evolve quickly, though, so 451 Research offers additional services that provide critical marketplace updates. These updated reports and perspectives are presented on a daily basis via the company s core intelligence service, Market Insight. Forwardlooking M&A analysis and perspectives on strategic acquisitions and the liquidity environment for technology companies are also updated regularly via Market Insight, which is backed by the industry-leading 451 Research M&A KnowledgeBase. Emerging technologies and markets are also covered in additional 451 Research channels, including Datacenter Technologies; Storage; Systems and Software Infrastructure; Networking; Information Security; Data Platforms & Analytics; Development, DevOps & IT Ops; Business Applications; Service Providers; Cloud & IT Service Markets; European Services; Multi-Tenant Datacenters; Enterprise Mobility; and Mobile Telecom. This report was written by Jim Davis, Senior Analyst, Service Providers, with assistance from other members of the 451 Research team. IV

5 Table of Contents 1. CDN MARKET REVENUE ESTIMATES 1 OVERALL MARKET OUTLOOK, Figure 1: Total CDN Market Revenue 2 REGIONAL MARKETS FOR CDN SERVICES Figure 2: CDN Market Revenue, by Region 3 Figure 3: CDN Market Growth Rates, by Region 5 Figure 4: Percentage of Total CDN Market Revenue by Region, Figure 5: Percentage of Total CDN Market Revenue by Region, MARKET LEADERS AND SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES Figure 6: Top Vendors with Revenue Over $100m, REVENUE BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY Figure 7: Media Delivery Makes Up the Bulk of the CDN Market 9 2. INDUSTRY ISSUES AND TRENDS 10 ONLINE VIDEO CDNs AS INTEGRATION POINTS FOR SECURITY SERVICES Figure 8: Enterprises Say Mobile Security Is a Top Priority 11 MOBILE Figure 9: Venture Funding for Mobile-Focused CDN Technology/Services, Figure 10: Cellular IoT Is on Pace To Reach 1 Billion Connections by CDNS TAKE ON CLOUD AND ENTERPRISE NETWORKING Figure 11: Venture Funding for Enterprise-Focused CDN Technology/Services, Figure 12: Acquisitions by Akamai, Figure 13: Akamai Acquisitions of CDN Service Providers 15 V

6 GLOBAL CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS: MARKET OVERVIEW 2015 EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW 3. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS 16 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VENDORS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENTERPRISE BUYERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INVESTORS INDEX OF COMPANIES 18 VI