Report: Will Video Kill the Cloud Star?
Our new report explores the implication of online video delivery on legacy network management practices and examines potential solutions to the conundrum that the coexistence of online video-delivery and low latency requirements poses. Cloud services increasingly rely on low-latency, but video traffic threatens that, at least with current statistical flow management approaches. The report, entitled Will Video Kill the Cloud Star? is written by Herman Wagter and is a must read if:
- You are an access provider facing recurring congestion issues, especially in backhaul,
- You are a regulator or policy maker looking to understand how exactly online video is changing the scene from a network perspective.
The growing popularity of online video has created a headache for operators. Consumption of over-the-top video is increasing and competing with network associated TV services. The load that it places on shared links is breaking the traditional statistical model for the prediction of required capacity and associated costs of the Internet. The result may be the unpredictable increase in network congestion and latency, which can kill the cloud experience. What can operators do? (6 pages)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 2:30PM