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Coach Wei (Global) - The Evolution of CDNs
Posted by CompanyYottaa 04/06/2012
The Evolution of CDNs All was not well during Apple’s iPad announcement on March 7, 2012. As customers rushed to Apple.com, they experienced a number of performance problems ranging from slow page load times (according to research anything over three seconds is slow and can cause site abandonment)... Read more
Tanya Kalyan (Global) - Privacy and Piracy: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Posted by CompanyIDG Connect 03/09/2012
I often worry that Google knows more about me than my own mother, but I have rarely been concerned about how the company would use the information. I used to click onto the site freely, both at home and at work. It was my swinging door to the internet. However, since the company made controversial changes... Read more
Tanya Kalyan (Global) -The Rise of the App Internet
Posted by CompanyIDG Connect 02/10/2012
At the end of 2011 Forrester CEO George Colony publically announced ‘the death of the web’. His notion? A social thunderstorm is approaching, one which will expose the web’s limited architecture, and mark the end of the traditional browser. In the wake of the storm will dawn a new era, which Colony... Read more
Matthew Prince (US) - 2012: The Road Ahead (Part 2)
Posted by CompanyCloudFlare 02/08/2012
2011 was a big year for the Internet; we saw its impact on the Egyptian political protests and the surge of consumers demanding Internet access while on the go. The big question is, what’s next? At CloudFlare, the web performance and security, we see a lot of traffic as it’s passing through our network,... Read more
Matthew Prince (US) - A Drive Through the Internet Traffic of 2011
Posted by CompanyCloudFlare 02/01/2012
A look back at 2011 brings infamous events, people and places to mind – the royal wedding, the death of Osama Bin Laden and the Occupy Wall Street protests – all soon-to-be events in history text books. But, where did we go when we wanted more information at that moment or how did we even learn about... Read more
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Srini Addepalli (South Africa) - To South Africa and Beyond - Barriers and Opportunities for Investment in Emerging Markets
Dear Sir, It is refreshing to notice your optimism in forecasting SA future economic growth but looking form the perspective of technical education...
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Si Kellow (Global) - Encryption: Is it Useful?
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