In late July, Apple launched in the United States and Europe, its own network of Content Delivery Network (CDN), for transmitting large amounts of data. On Wednesday, in the distribution of updates iOS 8 company first tested a new network infrastructure.
CDN-network aims to strengthen control over the distribution and increase the speed of content delivery to end users. Before Apple just in test mode served part of their data. In particular, through a distributed network of distributed distributions OS X. This week, Apple has successfully tested the possibility of CDN in the distribution of iOS 8.
"In addition to the new features iOS 8 for end users, it is necessary to pay attention to another big change this time: Apple to service most of the traffic. Most users do not realize where they download updates or files, it is important to them that the system works. It is the task of large ISP-networks serve surges. They should be prepared to the level of traffic, 10 times higher than average. "
For the first time the creation of Apple's own CDN-spoke network in February this year. Then the newspaper The Wall Street Journal wrote that the Californian giant will soon begin to actively spend money on a distributed network infrastructure that will provide new opportunities for the control of data. The plans for the Apple - carry out distribution of music, movies, applications, and user data in services iTunes Store, App Store and iCloud completely through its network of CDN.
Apple previously relied on the issue of content delivery to power companies Akamai Technologies and Level 3 Communications, which deliver data to end users worldwide.However, given the recent scandals with the NSA, looks logical desire corporations to take delivery of the content is completely under your control.