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Content Delivery Services: Cache Us If You Can

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: August 2003
Product Code: R97-1360
Description
Content delivery services are one of the key forces shaping the next-generation Internet and corporate Intranets. They improve the speed of Web site delivery, provide high-quality video/audio streaming, rapidly download files, and are beginning to extend into distributed computing of Web-based applications.

This report provides an end-to-end analysis of content delivery services including end-user perspectives, content delivery service provider offerings, and suppliers of Content Delivery Network (CDN) equipment/solutions that enable service providers to offer such services. Results of a survey of In-Stat/MDR's Technology Adoption Panel on end-user adoption of content delivery services and in-house CDNs are presented. Detailed profiles of ten leading content delivery service providers are given, describing their service offerings, key features, customers, and competitive strengths. Three suppliers of overall CDN solutions for service providers are also profiled.

Market shares for 2002 are presented for the major content delivery service providers serving the US market. The report concludes with a five-year forecast of the US content delivery services market.
Table of Contents

Table
of Contents



  • Executive Summary



  • Methodology


  • Introduction


  • Content Delivery
    Service Definition


  • Benefits to Customers



  • End-User Survey




    • Adoption of
      Content Delivery Services/In-House CDNs


    • Reasons for
      Preferring In-House CDN


    • Factors Influencing
      Selection of a Content Delivery Service Provider




  • Content Delivery
    Service Provider Profiles



    • Akamai Technologies,
      Inc.


    • AT&T


    • BT


    • Cable &
      Wireless


    • Equant


    • Globix


    • Limelight Networks



    • Mirror Image
      Internet


    • NaviSite


    • Speedera Networks





  • Content Delivery
    Network Suppliers



    • Cisco Systems



    • Network Appliance



    • Nortel Networks





  • Market Shares of
    Service Providers


  • Market Forecast



  • Conclusion



List
of Tables



  • Table 1. Forecast
    of US Content Delivery Services Revenues: 2003 - 2007 (US$ in Millions)



  • Table 2. Content
    Delivery Service Providers Profiled, Services Offered, and Facilities
    Used to Locate CDN Edge Servers


  • Table 3. 2002 US
    Content Delivery Services Revenues (US$ in Millions)


  • Table 4. Forecast
    of US Content Delivery Services Revenues: 2003 - 2007 (US$ in Millions)


List
of Figures



  • Figure 1. Current
    Use of Content Delivery Services or In-House CDNs


  • Figure 2. Percent
    of Organizations by Size that Currently Use a Content Delivery Service
    or In-House CDN


  • Figure 3. Organizations
    Currently Using a Content Delivery Services or Planning to Use a Content
    Delivery Service Within Two Years


  • Figure 4. Primary
    Reason Organizations Use an In-House CDN rather than an Outsourced Content
    Delivery Service (for organizations currently only using an in-house
    CDN)


  • Figure 5. Primary
    Factor Influencing Selection of a Content Delivery Service Provider
    (for organizations currently using a content delivery service)


  • Figure 6. Limelight
    Networks CDN POPs in the US


  • Figure 7. Market
    Shares of 2002 US Content Delivery Services Revenues


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