"A new generation of CDN is emerging to meet IPTV's video-specific needs," writes Smetanikov. "[This is] born out of the need to accelerate delivery over once-inefficient Internet connections and slow last-mile connections."
Edge storage is also critical to IPTV, and the report examines the various options for building a CDN, from deploying off-the-shelf storage arrays to a custom system from a vendor specializing in video services. Storage vendors whose offerings are profiled in the report include Dell, NetApp, EMC, and Sun.
Other vendors profiled in the report include service provider Savvis and CDN services specialist Akamai, which spent $180 million to buy application delivery vendor Netli earlier this year. (See Akamai Nets Netli for $180M and Akamai Acquires Netli.)
Get more details and/or purchase the report here.
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