| | November 20176CIOReviewThe increasing consumption of data fuelled by digital disruption has created the need for more intelligent means of content distribution. Enterprises--from multibillion dollar companies to startups--are resorting to powerful content delivery networks (CDN) to satiate this need. By caching content at the edge of the network, CDNs facilitate multiprotocol and multiservice streaming to enable companies seamlessly delivers content to the consumer. And as path breaking as this may be, the global market for CDN has expanded by leaps and bounds, powered by innovations in the delivery methods and applications. The use of specialized CDNs ensure that the core networks stay simple and optimized to simply forward data packets. CDNs then serve the vital role of rendering web objects, graphics, media, social networks, live streaming and web portals. In the process, CDNs have become a crucial layer in the internet ecosystem, to deliver content whilst reducing latency, accelerating site load times, reducing bandwidth consumption and securing applications. Significant developments are being made to augment the internet of yesteryear, and CDN solutions are helping revolutionize the digitization of all media, including television streaming. In the skirmish, CDNs themselves are undergoing changes, with an evident shift from the use of traditional CDNs to cloud-based CDNs. Content delivery clouds drastically augment delivery service capabilities in web applications, data storage, and provide access to numerous specialized services. In addition, the rising pricing pressure on vendors is a significant pattern being witnessed by the global CDN landscape owing to this highly charged contest.To help you explore the complex ecosystem of CDNs, CIOReview, in conjunction with the industry experts in the content delivery network landscape, is proud to present to you a listing of top players that are at the forefront of meeting challenges in the space.Write to us your thoughts.Copyright © 2017 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewNOVEMBER - 8 - 2017Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 November -8- 2017, Vol 06 SE 111 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com CDN SpecialCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT: 510-565-7614Aaron PierceJoshua ParkerVictor Cook Abhinov PunnakkalSara FernandesFrank NoelAndrew Smithandrew@cioreview.comVisualizersJeevan JyothiAsher BlakeManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialExploiting the True Potential of CDNJeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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