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I write a lot about telco CDN strategies. So logically I get a lot of questions about my strategies with Jet Stream and especially StreamZilla. Which I of course won’t share :-)

What I can tell is that we have been able to get the highest margins in our industry so far. Which is important because we need to invest as well. StreamZilla has been profitable from the start and although we don’t have the highest traffic volumes, we do have good margins, and we keep increasing our margins. Most CDNs think it is all about volume and traffic. That is just partially true. I’m not going to give away our secrets, but running a profitable CDN is more about efficiency…

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2010
08/09
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Stef
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Business
streamzilla
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Two nominations, Streaming Media Awards

Jet Stream and StreamZilla were nominated for the 2010 Streaming Media Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards.

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2010
08/03
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Stef
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Marketing
streamzilla
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Meet @ IBC

Jet Stream BV, a Netherlands-based developer of content delivery network technology, is attending this year’s IBC, announcing key product upgrades and showcasing impressive demos with its partners on the show floor. Read more

2010
08/03
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Stef
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Business
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Manage CDN on an iPad, short demo video

On Friday evening Gerard from Initio dbk called that our iPad 3G’s were finally in store, in Bremen (Germany). So we had a great trip on the Autobahn. 250KM/h (155MPH) :) The iPad is a wonderful and addictive device. It is great for video. We run some test live streams in our lab (shielded off from the internet) so I actually could watch the World Soccer Championship today live in my garden. Netherlands vs Slovakia. We won!

Anyway, the short demo video below demonstrates how easy it is to stream live and vod video to mobile devices. The fact that we can stream to an iPad isn’t that exciting though. What is exciting is that our CDN solution is 100% web-based controlled… Read more

2010
06/28
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Stef
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Technology
mobile
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CDN on a stick

This is what the engineers in our secret lab came up with: a CDN on a stick: Read more

2010
06/22
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Stef
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Technology
Uncategorized
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Soccer dip

An interesting traffic pattern on the Amsterdam Internet Exchange during the live webcast of the year: the World Soccer game between NL and DK. Instead of a traffic spike, overall traffic was lower. A dip! (updated chart)

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2010
06/14
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Stef
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Distribution
ISP's
The Last Mile
Video Working Group
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Sorry :)

Yesterday I pitched logistics to the ±200 people audience of Online Tuesday in Amsterdam, in less than 5 minutes.

I used crowdsourcing to demonstrate the limited capacity of mobile networks. I wanted to demonstrate how easy it is to disrupt a mobile network. It -uhm- worked. Sorry! :) The 5 min video is available below.

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2010
06/09
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Stef
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Anecdotes
Logistics
mobile
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Even Steve Jobs has mobile network issues…

Steve Jobs just announced a new iPhone on his annual WWDC keynote: the iPhone 4 with iOS4. The sleeker phone gets a higher resolution ‘retina resolution’ display (means larger video sizes means more traffic).

The iPhone also gains video calling support. This ‘FaceTime’ feature is going to be WiFi only, he says that the mobile operators have to work on their networks first before they will enable this for 3G. This looks like a proprietary iPhone feature, it doesn’t use the 3G standardized video conferencing stuff.

Users will also be able to film HD (720p) videos, edit them on iMovie for the iPhone, and send them (via WiFi and 3G) to friends or YouTube.

Netflix previewed their iPhone app, expected this summer. The app supports the full movies catalog and allows you to stream (HTTP adaptive) over WiFi and 3G.

Concluding: many new, data hungry, video oriented applications… we are going to see more mobile networks with interruptions…

During his Keynote, Jobs had many mobile network issues. Pages did not load in Safari. WiFi was filling up the radio spectrum (??). He asked the audience to kill their WiFi and close their laptops repeatedly. His primary and backup iPhone 4′s couldn’t connect to AT&T (‘Could not activate cellular network’). Someone in the audience shouted ‘Try Verizon!’. Ouch…

2010
06/07
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Stef
CATEGORY
mobile
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