Edgecast

A major CDN and edge cloud provider serving large media, entertainment, and enterprise customers, competing with Akamai, Fastly, and Cloudflare before being absorbed into Edgio.

Edgecast was founded in 2006 as a content delivery network (CDN) and edge cloud platform provider, offering a comprehensive suite of services including content delivery, media streaming, web security, and edge computing. The company built a globally distributed network of points of presence (PoPs) to accelerate web performance, protect against DDoS attacks, and enable high-quality video streaming for some of the world's largest digital media companies, broadcasters, and enterprises. Edgecast was known for its developer-friendly APIs, robust streaming infrastructure, and strong focus on media and entertainment customers. Verizon acquired Edgecast in 2014, integrating it into its digital media services division under the Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) brand. Under Verizon's ownership, Edgecast's technology continued to power large-scale content delivery and streaming operations, serving major broadcasters, OTT platforms, and enterprise customers globally. The platform expanded its capabilities in areas such as serverless edge computing, WAF, bot management, and advanced video processing. In 2022, Verizon sold the Edgecast business to Limelight Networks, which subsequently rebranded itself as Edgio in 2022 to reflect the combined entity. The Edgecast brand was effectively absorbed into Edgio, which positioned itself as a next-generation edge platform combining Limelight's CDN infrastructure with Edgecast's technology stack. Edgio itself later faced financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy in 2024, marking the end of the Edgecast legacy as a distinct operational entity.