Abstract: Most Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are operated as a Software as a Service (SaaS): Many cloud providers build their custom CDNs to benefit from content users, as well as reduce demand on their own telecommunications infrastructure. More importantly, though, CDNs contribute to cloud adoption, as they can address network problems of cloud computing. With multimedia content providers requiring CDN services to enable the delivery of bandwindth-demanding media to end-users, and the growth of HTTP traffic due to media files circulating over Online...
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Topics: 
Computer network
Multimedia
World Wide Web