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Author: Chris Drake

CDN World Summit explores new caching and delivery initiatives with all eyes on Rio 2016

The 2012 CDN World Summit was one of the biggest yet, bringing together the customary mix of network operators, manufacturers, traditional CDNs, content owners and other industry players for three-days of presentations, panel discussions and, of course, networking. The two main days of the event were preceded by a Special Focus Day, which explored the… Read more

Chris Drake

Press release: Growing CDN market prompts hopes of a “better” Internet – and fears it will be “less neutral”

According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, revenue generated from the sale of content delivery network (CDN) services will grow threefold in the five years to 2017 to reach US$4.63 billion. This is on the back of a fivefold rise in global CDN traffic. Commercial CDN services are provided by a variety… Read more

Chris Drake

Akamai’s new “Aura” range of products will intensify the fight for telco CDN business

Last week Akamai announced the launch of a new range of managed and licensed content delivery network (CDN) products for fixed and mobile network operators. This development marks the start of a new phase in the battle among traditional CDN providers for telco CDN business. Akamai announced that its new Aura-branded products for network operators… Read more

Chris Drake