Themes

New offerings in the market by companies such as Hellastorm have the potential to change the way video is distributed. Their solution in particular takes the core functionality of an entire streaming video server and implemented it on a chip the company calls the “Stream Processing Unit”, which eliminates software layers from the data path. The...

For the past 20 years, CDNs have dominated the content delivery space when it comes to delivering video on the Internet. Third-party CDNs focus on layers 4-7 in the OSI stack which includes things such as caching and TCP protocol optimization. For ultra-low latency applications, layers 4-7 do not help, which is why many CDNs are looking at other te...

There is a significant challenge facing the streaming video industry today. This problem will get more acute as time passes unless significant technological innovations can change the economics of how video is distributed. The challenge, which is the capacity gap, is that the continued improvement in the performance of streaming infrastructure is n...

Bots are creating problem for all segments of the online world, including the media. Publishing and broadcast industries and companies have to ask themselves, what impact are bots having to their business and what is that costing content owners. Bot mitigation is one of those technologies that typically fall under the security heading of CDNs that...

The homes and buildings (H&B) industry continues to evolve, driven by transformational technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and edge intelligence. These technologies are significantly impacting the connected homes, LED lighting, building energy management, and demand respons...

For over a decade Microsoft has made concerted efforts to establish itself as a major provider of real-time business communications solutions, including enterprise voice and unified communications (UC) services. After gaining a considerable share in the premises-based communications systems market, Microsoft now aspires to capitalize on growing cus...

The powerful benefits of cloud architectures–more flexible capacity adjustment, more cost-effective support of remote agents and faster access to advanced features—have resulted in high growth rates in the cloud contact center market. Market revenue in North America for hosted/cloud contact center solutions surpassed on-premises product revenue...