Learn how CDNs satisfy the demands of consumers growing accustomed to streaming video, live Webcasts and individual features.

Consumers now expect to see rich media on corporate websites. This article explains how and why some businesses are turning to vendors for Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). These providers have their own widely dispersed data centers, which often store mirror images of corporate websites.

Since these data centers are geographically spread out—and thus closer to website visitors—they're able to more swiftly deliver bandwidth-heavy rich content. (Tradepub.com)

Like other technologies that made it big—stereo, color film, computer graphics—the Internet is “going Hollywood.” Static Website images and generic text are giving way to streaming video, live Webcasts and user-targeted entertainment such as music podcasts and sports videos.

This trend is hardly surprising. Eye-catching content can help turn pedestrian Websites into compelling destinations with up-to-the-minute news feeds and user-defined features. But even with sizable advances in network transmission rates, media and its high bandwidth requirements place a heavy burden on enterprises attempting to deliver dynamic content to online visitors. Moreover, the advent of the global economy has changed the nature of e-commerce. ...

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With audio and video becoming commonplace online, enterprises are racing to deliver rich content to a global audience.

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