Content Delivery Networks

12Wrap Up

So here we are in the final pages. I won’t keep you much longer! I hope that the contents of the book has given you plenty to come and have a chat about should we intersect at a conference, and indeed hopefully a few reasons to have a robust debate and perhaps change both of our thinking for the better!

I also hope that through the narrative to have provided something a little unusual in terms of technical reference and thought provoking insight when considering all the facets involved in designing and delivering a CDN of any type.

Before we go it’s probably worth a recap of some of the chapters and some of the things I hope you will take away having read this book.

Early on we looked at both my perception and experience of the sector. It is a sector that I feel has grown up around me more than one that I have grown within (although obviously both are true!) While I’m proud of my career and I had some amazing experiences, it is by no means unique. There are many people I have met on my voyages who have had equally (if not more) interesting experiences and can offer deeper insight into many different aspects of this exciting and emerging industry. It is a vibrant sector for sure.

As I return to the day‐to‐day duties of business development and innovation at id3as, I am reminded how lucky I am with my job to spend my time playing with both impossibly large hard and soft constructs and at the same time trying to pay attention to impossibly tiny atomic detail.

We looked ...