{"product_id":"9781119249894","title":"Content Delivery Networks: Fundamentals, Design, and Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive guide to developing robust content delivery networks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book examines the real-world engineering challenges of developing robust content delivery networks (CDNs) and provides the tools required to overcome those challenges and to ensure high-quality content delivery that fully satisfies operators’ and consumers' commercial objectives. It is informed by the author’s two decades of experience building and delivering large, mission-critical live video, webcasts, and radio streaming, online and over private IP networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing an overview of the field, the book cuts to the chase with in-depth discussions—laced with good-natured humor—of a wide range of design considerations for different network topologies. It begins with a description of the author's own requirement filtration processes. From there it moves on to initial sketches, through considerations of stakeholder roles and responsibilities, to the complex challenges of managing change in established teams. Agile versus waterfall considerations within large blue chip companies, security, commercial models, and value chain alignment are explored in detail. Featured throughout the book are numerous \"what if\" scenarios that help provide a clear picture of the wide spectrum of practical contexts for which readers may be tasked with building and implementing a CDN. In addition, the book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses delivery of live, catch-up, scheduled on-demand, TVOD and SVOD\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers insights into the decisions that can to be made when architecting a content distribution system over IP-based networks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers CDN topologies, including Edge-Caching, Streaming-Splitting, Pure-Play, Operator, Satellite, and Hybrid\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines computer hosting and orchestration for dedicated appliances and virtualization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes real-world cases covering everything from IETF, regulatory considerations, and policy formation, to coding, hardware vendors, and network operators\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the future of CDN technologies and the market forces driving its evolution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by a back-room engineer for back-room engineers, \u003ci\u003eContent Delivery Networks\u003c\/i\u003e gets readers up to speed on the real-world challenges they can face as well as tried-and-true strategies for addressing those challenges in order to ensure the delivery of the high-quality content delivery networks that clients demand and users expect. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley, John \u0026 Sons, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130470154480,"sku":"9781119249894","price":119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781119249894_p0.jpg?v=1763696659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781119249894","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}