CIS 625 Journal Summaries- Article 13-15
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Article 13:
P2P
Content Delivery Startup Lands 12 Trial Customers Original source
The article is about content distribution network (CDN). Kontiki is a peer-to-peer content distribution startup which is formed by former AOL and Netscape Communications executives. The startup's initial customers are Amazon, Electronic Arts, eRede, Jamcracker, LivePlanet, Loudcloud, Mondo Media, MP3.com, Palm, Sony Pictures Entertainment, TiVo and VeriSign. And the company’s mission is to provide a cheaper and more efficient alternative to distributing content - using P2P technology. As I check out from the company’s homepage at www.kontiki.com, “Kontiki has developed new patent-pending technologies to enable secure, cost-effective delivery of digital media over the Internet by means of a fully-managed, software-based content delivery network (CDN).”The System has following benefits: TV-Quality (high speed connections) Hassle-Free Simplicity Speed & Reliability Improved Browser DownloadsPC & Network Friendly Another content distribution network provider company is Active which is a leading provider of Webcasting services. The web page is: http://www.activate.net . Activate have worked with Microsoft, Compaq, EMC2, Adobe, Safeco and Boeing to Webcast. Activate's Content Distribution Network (CDN) also supports the QuickTime format for streaming digital audio and video over the Internet.
Article 14:Cisco
Beefs Up Service-Provider Product Line
Service-Provider Product Line upgraded includes: Article 15:
New
CompuServe may ship without IE
The article is mainly focus on CompuServe 7, which may replace Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the online service's default Web browser. CompuServe is just like the America Online uses Microsoft's Internet Explorer as its default browser. The new CompuServe 7 may comes packaged with Gecko, a rendering engine that serves as the backbone technology for displaying text and graphics on the Net. According t the article that Gecko uses XUL (Extensible User Interface Language), a technology used to create user interfaces with Web programming languages rather than with computer coding languages. XUL is an XML-based language for describing the contents of windows and dialogs. AOL has used Gecko technology to power non-PC Web devices as part of its "AOL Anywhere" strategy. Moreover,"placing Gecko in CompuServe could set the foundation to eliminating AOL's reliance on Internet Explorer". "The CompuServe trials come as competition between AOL and Microsoft reinforces a chill in their relationship"! Related article: AOL, Microsoft rift expands AOL unveils 7.0 as competition mounts Here are the notes for those sources: |
13.Todd Spangler, P2P Content Delivery Startup Lands 12 Trial
Customers, October 18, 2001,<