Content Delivery Networks and the Rise of Edge Infrastructure (1998–2020)

1. Akamai is incorporated to commercialize CDNs

   Aug 20, 1998Labels: Akamai, MIT research

   • Akamai History

2. HTTP/1.1 standardizes web caching foundations

   Jun 1, 1999Labels: HTTP 1, IETF

   • IETF RFC2616

3. Akamai initial public offering highlights CDN demand

   Oct 29, 1999Labels: Akamai, IPO

   • CNN Markets
   • Wired

4. Amazon launches CloudFront as a self-service CDN

   Nov 18, 2008Labels: Amazon CloudFront, AWS

   • AWS News
   • Amazon Press

5. Cloudflare is founded to combine performance and security

   Jul 26, 2009Labels: Cloudflare, security

   • Cloudflare EN
   • GlobeNewswire

6. Cloudflare publicly launches at TechCrunch Disrupt

   Sep 27, 2010Labels: Cloudflare, TechCrunch Disrupt

   • GlobeNewswire

7. Netflix announces Open Connect, its own CDN

   Jun 4, 2012Labels: Netflix, Open Connect

   • Netflix News
   • TechCrunch

8. HTTP/1.1 “7230” refresh updates core web rules

   Jun 1, 2014Labels: RFC 7230, HTTP 1

   • RFC Editor 7230

9. HTTP/2 becomes an Internet Standard

   May 1, 2015Labels: HTTP 2, IETF

   • RFC Editor 7540

10. Let’s Encrypt enters public beta, accelerating HTTPS

    Dec 3, 2015Labels: Let s, TLS certificates

    • Let s Encrypt
    • Internet Society

11. Cloudflare makes Workers generally available at the edge

    Mar 13, 2018Labels: Cloudflare Workers, edge computing

    • Cloudflare PR

12. TLS 1.3 is published, improving encrypted performance

    Aug 1, 2018Labels: TLS 1, IETF

    • IETF RFC8446