Cisco CDN lets service providers distribute content closer to the end user and deal with network bandwidth availability, distance or latency obstacles, origin server scalability and traffic congestion issues during peak usage periods, the company said in a statement. The system also enables businesses to expedite application deployment.
Cisco contends it is the only provider that integrates all five technologies.
Its new CDN system is designed for network service providers, overlay content service providers, online commerce companies, ASPs, hosting service providers and emerging new-world service providers, Cisco said. All new products added to Cisco's CDN offerings will be available by October. Cisco earlier this year pushed itself deeper into the content delivery market. The Acton, Mass., company makes Web switches that are designed to optimize content delivery. SightPath, a network appliance maker in Waltham, Mass., was acquired to assist Cisco customers with creating CDNs using existing Internet and intranet infrastructures.