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Akamai is out today with their fourth quarter 2009 “State of the Internet” report. The report is well worth a read as it covers a variety of topics including: security, connection speeds, geography, network access, and Internet penetration. For the second consecutive quarter, the report also includes a section about moible. Some of the interesting stats include:

• Globally, the percentage of connections to Akamai at narrowband (below 256 Kbps) speeds increased an unexpected 41% in the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Average mobile speeds within the United States were analyzed and determined to be in the 600-800 Kbps range, while speeds across a global distribution of mobile network providers ranged from 100 Kbps to 3.2 Mbps.
• The slowest countries using narrowband connections (less than 256Kbps) were Mayotte, Wallis and Futuna, Guyana, Cuba and Ethiopia.

Here are a couple of the charts from the report.

High Broadband Connectivity: Fastest International Countries

South Korea continues to lead the world in the fastest Internet connections. The U.S. didn’t make the top ten – we are ranked 14th in the world for fast Internet speed. Overall Europe owns the most top 10 rankings.
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Akamai is out today with their third quarter 2008 "State of the Internet" report. The report is well worth a read as it covers a variety of topics including: security, connection speeds, geography, network access, and Internet penetration. Some of the interesting stats include:

• Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 179 unique countries around the world, up nearly 30% from the second quarter count of 139 countries. China ranked first with the U.S. right behind in second.
• In the third quarter of 2008, nearly 380 million unique IP addresses connected to the Akamai network – almost ten percent more than in the second quarter.
• Delaware has the highest fast Internet connectivity with 97% over 2 Mbps. Washington D.C and Washington State had the highest level of slow Internet connections (less than 256k) at 12% each.

Here are a couple of the charts from the report.

High Broadband Connectivity: Fastest International Countries

South Korea remains in the lead but drops from 64% to 58% of connections to Akamai occurring at over 5 Mbps. South Korea is down 10% in over 5 Mbps connections this year. Japan ranked second and the U.S. drops two slots to eighth.

Slowest International Countries

For those countries on some form of broadband, here are the countries with the slowest (less than 256k) connections. Mayotte moved into first place while former leader Rwanda dropped to sixth. The U.S. comes in just over 5.8% (down from 8% of all connections at this speed – my mother is one of those 5.8% as she is still on a 56k modem.

Akamai has announced plans to acquire NY-based acerno today. The transaction is considered a merger and while financial terms were not disclosed, Akamai notes that the deal "is not expected to have a material impact on Akamai’s normalized earnings in 2008."

Acerno aggregates anonymous consumer shopping data to help create the best possible advertising messages for retailers and manufacturers.

Akamai is also announcing the launch of the "Advertising Decision Solutions" service. Acerno’s technology is at the core of this new service which will help integrate real-time data from consumers. The ADS service is targeted towards buyers and sellers of online advertising create audience segments.

Akamai is out today with their second quarter 2008 "State of the Internet" report. The report is well worth a read as it covers a variety of topics including: security, connection speeds, geography, network access, and Internet penetration. Some of the interesting stats include:

• Japan moved from 7th to 1st in Internet attack traffic – China fell from 1st to 3rd and the U.S. moved up from 3rd to 2nd.
• Directly from the report, "In the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions, Romania (.ro) and Russia (.ru) are risky surfing destinations, with 6.8 percent of Romanian and 6.0 percent of Russian domains rated risky."
• The U.S. had the most unique IP addresses at 102 million with a total of 346 total worldwide unique IP addresses.

Here are a couple of the charts from the report.

High Broadband Connectivity: Fastest International Countries

South Korea remains in the lead with 64% of connections to Akamai occurring at over 5 Mbps. Japan ranked second and the U.S. moved up one slot to sixth.

Slowest International Countries

For those countries on some form of broadband, here are the countries with the slowest (less than 256k) connections. Rwanda came in first although they moved up from 100% to 94% of connections on these slower broadband connections. The U.S. comes in just over 8% of all connections at this speed – my mother is one of those 8% as she is still on a 56k modem.

NY-based white label social networking provider KickApps has announced a new partnership today with Akamai. The partnership will bring Akamai’s Stream OS video management system into the KickApps video player. The Stream OS provides KickApps customers with high-end video management and the Akamai media player will allow for ad integration inside the KickApps video player. KickApps notes that the combined offering provides web publishers with drag-and-drop video player creation, a comprehensive media management system, social media enhancements, HD video players, and new video revenue opportunities.

As this new video rollout is part of the KickApps social network solution, all of the normal KA social features are available including commenting, rating and sharing of the media. The new partnership also allows for on-demand deployment of High Definition (HD) video. The key for KickApps is to listen to their customer’s needs and meet them – this video partnership helps to keep their customers in-house for video distribution.

Pricing for this new video content delivery system will be based on usage and SVP Michael Chin tells me it will be "extremely low". Chin also notes that, "we believe we’re able to match Brightcove & Maven for the higher end market".

It’s important to consider whether hosting video content yourself (like the new solution above) or on a video hosting solution is best. There are pros and cons to both solutions – we took a look at some of the issues last month. The strategy and the goals must be considered.

KickApps recently partnered with Userplane on IM/chat and with Clearspring on widgets.

Akamai is out today with their first "State of the Internet" report. The report is well worth a read as it covers a variety of topics including: security, connection speeds, geography, network access, and Internet penetration. Some of the interesting stats include:

• China leads the world in attack traffic including denial of service attacks.
• Nearly 30% of attacks are to port 135 which is used for remote procedure calls on Microsoft operating systems.
• In March 2008, more than 10,000 Web pages on hundreds of Web sites were infected by hackers looking to steal passwords used in popular online games.

Here are a couple of the charts from the report.

High Broadband Connectivity: Fastest International Countries

As you can see in the chart below, South Korea leads the world as the fastest country with nearly 64% of connections to Akamai occurring at over 5 Mbps. Japan ranked second and the U.S. came in seventh.

Slowest International Countries

For those countries on some form of broadband, here are the countries with the slowest (less than 256k) connections. Rwanda came in first with nearly 100% of connections on these slower broadband connections. The U.S. shows nearly 8% of all connections at this speed – my mother is one of those 8% as she is still on a 56k modem.