Japan Content Delivery Services Trend 2009: Is It Going to Be an Infrastructure of Cloud Computing?

Table of Contents

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Methodology
• Definitions
• Content Delivery Network
• Situation Overview
• Circumstances Behind the Renewed Prominence of CDN Services
• Larger File Sizes Due to Faster Line Speed
• Diversification of User Devices
• Diversification of Utilization Scene (From Users to Businesses)
• Video and Web 2.0 Applications are the Main Factors in the Increase of Internet Traffic
• Resurgence of CDN Services
• Technology Trends of CDN Services
• Network Architecture (Distributed Model Versus Centralized Model)
• Improving Capabilities of Delivery Platforms
• Acceleration of Web Applications
• Trends of CDN Services that Use P2P Technology
• CDN Service Provider Competitive Dynamics
• Pursuing Economies of Scale or Added Value
• Acceleration of Price Competition Due to the Recession
• Vendor Profiles
• NTT Communications
• STREAMWING Streaming Service
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• Smart Content Delivery/BBCDN Powered by Akamai
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• IIJ
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• Akamai
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• Limelight Networks Japan
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• J-Stream
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• BroadMedia
• Service Trends
• Customer Trends
• Future Strategy and Issues
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
• Related Research
• Synopsis
• Table: Measures Taken by Individual CDN Service Providers
• Figure: Estimate of the Total Traffic Volume of Broadband Subscribers in Japan