Varnish for Telcos: How to Harness the Content Delivery Boom

The “death of TV” has long been predicted, and peak multi-device/mobile OTT streaming may finally ring the death knell for standard TV. While it may not be as dramatic as that, the last few years have proven that nothing is predictable. As people have shifted toward a 100% digital life during the pandemic, streaming media boomed, and millions of consumers have cut the cord (less than 50% of content consumed in the UK is via traditional TV, as of 2021) and demanded content served to them in higher quality, on any device, anywhere, at any time they want. For telcos in particular, adapting on the fly to support these new and changing conditions has required rethinking content delivery. 

 

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3/8/22 2:35 AM
by Ian Vaughan

How the edge, IoT and 5G are forging the future of e-commerce

While predictions about edge computing and 5G changing the face of m-commerce are already coming true, the potential of 5G goes well beyond the mobile shopping experience itself and its promises of immersive, personalized shopping punctuated by augmented and virtual reality. Edge computing, IoT and 5G together are poised to have a significant influence on the entire e-commerce and retail supply chain. 

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11/2/21 8:04 PM
by Ian Vaughan

The state of streaming and the five-year future: OTT, 5G and video ubiquity

Video streaming has overtaken all other use cases in its digital dominance, accelerated by the challenges of stay-at-home orders in 2020. By 2022, about 79% of all mobile network traffic will be video, and the number of devices globally continues to proliferate. There’s no doubt that consumer habits and behaviors have shifted in the past five years to:

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5/24/21 2:54 PM
by Joakim Berg

The 5G future: Less is more

In 2016, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the mobile industry as a whole committed to working toward achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. As the mobile industry integrates and converges seamlessly with other aspects of the IT landscape, the entire technology industry is shifting to a focus on optimizing energy efficiency and reducing their carbon footprint at the same time as delivering exceptional and uncompromising performance and user experiences to more users, more devices - faster than ever.

 

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5/19/21 5:03 PM
by Miles Weaver

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The Varnish blog is where our team writes about all things related to Varnish Cache and Varnish Software...or simply vents.

 

 
 

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