Cloud Computing & Content Delivery Networks

Move over CDNs, content delivery clouds (CDCs) are next...

 With Amazon recently stating they plan to start offering a content delivery network service as part of their S3 offering and Microsoft reportedly creating their own CDN in partnership with Limelight there seems to be a renewed interest in CDN's. Whether for public usage like Amazons or Private like Microsoft's, the market for pay per use content delivery services is heating up... 

So what else is going on in the CDN world? The answer is simple. Peer 2 Peer (P2P). One of the most disruptive technologies to appear in the world of globalized computing by far is the emergence of P2P technology for NON-consumer usages such as business continuity. Leading this charge are companies like Pando and their unique P4P approach.

I recently met with the Pando team in New York and needless to say I was extremely impressed. Pando Networks describe themselves as a small company on a big mission; to establish a new Internet infrastructure standard for efficient, secure and commercially viable rich media delivery. At the heart of Pando's platform is its "P4P" technology....