Amazon barges into the content delivery network business
When you’ve got computing infrastructure like Amazon does, it’s a competitive weapon. Amazon is proving that today by using its infrastructure to launch a new business in content delivery. In doing so, it is aiming squarely at rivals such as Akamai Technologies and Limelight Networks.
Content delivery networks set up servers across geographies that can deliver network-clogging data such as videos. They prevent Internet traffic jams by positioning the video servers closer to consumers who are… Continue Reading