Table of Contents - Issues in Global Content Delivery market - Content Delivery based on Contents type - Transparent Internet Cache for Unmanaged Contents - CDN for Managed Contents - End User requirements - Telco CDN based on Smart Content Delivery - Status of Telco CDN interconnection
... Telstra Corp.'s stance is helpful in this respect. It is not only a pioneer, but a vocal proponent of SDN. The company isn't working alone: It has been collaborating with Ericsson on its first SDN use case -- service chaining -- since 2012 and acknowledges the support that a large vendor with longstanding credentials in the SDN domain can give. It also has a clear timescale for introducing SDN technology into its network. Telstra expects to move to field trials later in 2013 and to take the first steps toward operationalizing SDN in its production network in 2014. Telstra is trialing a service chaining capability that uses Openflow to support the dynamic sequencing of network services. The SDN theory Telstra is testing is whether Openflow-based service chaining can support application delivery more cost-effectively and with a higher level of customer experience than current approaches to configuring the network. Telstra wants to create a flexible and dynamic network environment in which packets can be routed through specific -- and reusable -- network services on-demand. ...