Type Subsidiary Number of employees 200+ (2012) Founded 2006 | Industry Internet Website EdgeCast.com Headquarters Santa Monica | |
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Key people Alex Kazerani
(CEO & Founder)
James Segil
(President & Founder)
Phil Goldsmith
(CRO & Founder)
Jay Sakata
(CTO & Founder)
Lior Elazary
(Chief Research Officer & Founder) Founders Alex Kazerani, James Segil, Philip Goldsmith Parent organizations Verizon Communications, Verizon Digital Media Services, Inc. | ||
Francis potter edgecast networks
EdgeCast Networks is a Los Angeles, CA, based content delivery network (CDN). The company was founded in 2006 and was funded by the venture arm of The Walt Disney Company, Steamboat Ventures. It has CDN reseller agreements with Deutsche Telekom, Global Crossing, Navisite, The company is notable for its self-provisioning CDN technology used by the telecommunication and hosting industries. EdgeCast Networks was rated the No. 3 CDN in the industry by the Yankee Group in August 2009, and turned EBITA positive in Q2 of 2009. EdgeCast Networks was ranked 13th on the Deloitte Fast 500 list for North America 2012.
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On December 9, 2013 The Verizon and EdgeCast boards of directors approved Verizon's acquisition of EdgeCast and the deal was closed on December 23, 2013.