The technology is based on Akamai's worldwide network of several thousand servers in combination with proprietary load-evaluation and physical location mapping algorithms to ensure that client data requests are routed to the optimal server. Emphasis is on webcasting. Comprehensive site includes option to download professional-grade products on trial basis, a matrix covering varying features across product suite, system requirements for each product, a buyer's guide, and more. Information Week Article compares services of two companies that measure Web sites' streaming media performance, including packet loss, jitter, video frame rates and bandwidth utilization. Here's looking at you, kid Business Communications Review Online summary of printed article concludes that, because of the burden video over IP places on LAN resources, outsourcing is the way most corporations are choosing to handle streaming video.
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Managing the flow of streaming media Network World Fusion Article offers network managers advice on how to upgrade their LANs and WANs to handle streaming media. Multicasting and signal splitting are two solutions. The article discusses several vendors' streaming-media products. Talk with other experts from around the world and get answers to all your Networking-related questions. Become an expert and answer questions targeted towards a specific category.