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

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

  1. Akamai is incorporated to commercialize CDNs

    Labels: Akamai, MIT research
  2. HTTP/1.1 standardizes web caching foundations

    Labels: HTTP 1, IETF
  3. Akamai initial public offering highlights CDN demand

    Labels: Akamai, IPO
  4. Amazon launches CloudFront as a self-service CDN

    Labels: Amazon CloudFront, AWS
  5. Cloudflare publicly launches at TechCrunch Disrupt

    Labels: Cloudflare, TechCrunch Disrupt
  6. HTTP/1.1 “7230” refresh updates core web rules

    Labels: RFC 7230, HTTP 1
  7. HTTP/2 becomes an Internet Standard

    Labels: HTTP 2, IETF
  8. Cloudflare makes Workers generally available at the edge

    Labels: Cloudflare Workers, edge computing
  9. TLS 1.3 is published, improving encrypted performance

    Labels: TLS 1, IETF