Advanced Content Delivery, Streaming, and Cloud Services

Acknowledgments

This book came into light because of the direct and indirect involvement of many researchers, academics, and industry practitioners. We acknowledge and thank the contributing authors; research institutions; and companies whose papers, reports, articles, notes, websites, and study materials have been referred to in this book. We are thankful to Professor Albert Zomaya, editor of the Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing, for his support in accepting the book proposal and guiding us through Wiley's publication process. We express our gratitude to Simone Taylor, Director, Editorial Development of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Wiley's publication staff, for handling the book project and ensuring a timely publication.

All chapters were peer reviewed, and authors have updated their chapters addressing the review comments. Prior technical sources are acknowledged citing them at appropriate places in the book. In case of any errors, we would like to receive feedback so that it could be taken into consideration in the next edition.

We hope that this book will serve as a valuable text for students especially at graduate level and a reference for researchers and practitioners working in the content delivery domain.

Mukaddim, Ramesh, and Dom