ID Number: G00171350



How to Deliver Rich Media, Including Live Video, to Your Company Now
13 October 2009
 
Joe Skorupa  

Now is the time to deploy rich media to desktops, conference rooms and public spaces, and even external clients. Enterprise content delivery network technologies are the most effective way to deliver rich media for corporate communications and e-learning to desktops and other display devices.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Drivers and Enablers of Rich Media Delivery
2.0
    
 Forms of Rich Media
3.0
    
 Delivery Methods

3.1
    
 Streaming
3.2
    
 Progressive Download
3.3
    
 Local Storage and Playback via Push
4.0
    
 Impact on Infrastructure and Expenses

4.1
    
 Budgetary Guidance

4.1.1
    
 On-Demand Content
4.1.2
    
 Live Streaming Content
4.1.3
    
 LAN Upgrades
4.1.4
    
 WAN Upgrades
4.1.5
    
 Alternative WAN Approaches
4.1.6
    
 Stream-Splitting
4.2
    
 Peer-Assisted Delivery
5.0
    
 Selecting Video Quality for Live Streaming

5.1
    
 Simulated Live: Alternative Mechanisms for Low-Bandwidth Clients
6.0
    
 Media Formats
7.0
    
 Future Deployment Options
8.0
    
 Appendix: Elements of an ECDN

8.1
    
 Encoding
8.2
    
 Streaming
8.3
    
 Caching

8.3.1
    
 Dynamic Caching vs. Pre-Population
8.3.2
    
 QoS and Bandwidth Management
8.4
    
 Playback
8.5
    
 Content Management
8.6
    
 Redirection
8.7
    
 Load Balancing
8.8
    
 Peer-Assisted Delivery

    
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List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Local Redirection
 

Figure 2. 
 Global Redirection
 

Figure 3. 
 Peer-Assisted Delivery
 



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