Skytide is a reporting and analytics company whose software applications measure the performance of streaming video. Skytide is notable because its software is facilitating the trend by telecommunications service providers (TSPs) to operate their own content delivery networks (CDNs),BT Wholesale Readies CDN Launch; Relies on Skytide for Analytics - May 27,2010Updated List Of Carriers, Telcos and Pure-Play Companies In The CDN Business - January 21, 2010 in an effort to generate additional revenue from the increasing volume of video flowing over their broadband networks.Broadband ready to become a serious TV platform - September 23, 2010 Online video surpasses P2P file sharing - October 28, 2010 In December 2013, Skytide was acquired by Citrix Systems Inc.
Patents
Skytide holds U.S. patents 7,630,956 and 8,346,811, covering its proprietary method for analyzing and reporting extensible data from multiple sources in multiple formats.Skytide Patent - December 8, 2009
Honors & Recognition
Selected by Gartner as "Cool Vendor" in Communication Service Provider Infrastructure Winner of the 2009 Streaming Media Reader’s Choice Award The Envelope Please: The 2009 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award Winners - November 18, 2009 Winner of the 7th Annual eWeek Excellence Awards The 7th Annual eWEEK Excellence Awards: The Winners - June 21, 2007 Winner of 2007 Red Herring 100 award
See also IPTV Over-the-top content (OTT) Internet television Connected TV Online video analytics Web log analysis software Web analytics
References
External links Skytide Granite Ventures "4 Keys to Telco CDN Success" white paper "6 Online Video Trends to Watch in 2013" white paper "Online Video Trends to Watch in 2014" white paper "How Telcos & ISPs Can Learn to Love OTT" white paper "What Every Service Provider Should Know About Federated CDNs" white paper "Improving CDN Capacity Utilization with Peak-Load Pricing" white paper