While other books on the market
provide limited coverage of advanced CDNs and streaming technologies,
concentrating solely on the fundamentals, this book provides an
up-to-date comprehensive coverage of the state-of-the-art advancements
in CDNs, with a special focus on Cloud-based CDNs. The book includes CDN
and media streaming basics, performance models, practical applications,
and business analysis. It features industry case studies, CDN
applications, and open research issues to aid practitioners and
researchers, and a market analysis to provide a reference point for
commercial entities. The book covers Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR),
Content Delivery Cloud (CDC), Web Acceleration, Front End Optimization
(FEO), Transparent Caching, Next Generation CDNs, CDN Business
Intelligence and more.
- Provides an in-depth look at Cloud-based CDNs
- Includes CDN and streaming media basics and tutorials
- Aimed to instruct systems architects, practitioners, product developers, and researchers
- Material is divided into introductory subjects, advanced content, and specialist areas
