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Timeline of content delivery networks

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| 2012 || || Product launch || {{w|JSDelivr}} is initially released. It is a free multi-CDN for open source projects hosted on [[w:npm (software|npm]].<ref>{{cite web |title=jsDelivr |url=https://www.producthunt.com/posts/jsdelivr |website=producthunt.com |accessdate=24 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || || In-house CDN launch || {{w|Netflix}} announces Netflix Open Connect CDN as a response to the ever-increasing scale of Netflix streaming.<ref name="Netflix moves all global traffic to Open Connect CDN Read more: Netflix moves all global traffic to Open Connect CDN">{{cite web |title=Netflix moves all global traffic to Open Connect CDN Read more: Netflix moves all global traffic to Open Connect CDN |url=https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2016031942170/netflix-moves-all-global-traffic-to-open-connect-cdn.html#axzz5t0YZbWBu |website=rapidtvnews.com |accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || || Growth || Akamai’s stock revenue is reported to be US$ 345.32 million.<ref name="The History of Content Delivery Networks (CDN)"/>
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| 2013–2019 || || Growth || The {{w|Middle East}} and {{w|Africa}} CDN market is estimated to grow from US$ 0.18 billion to US$ 0.45 billion in the period, while the Brazilian CDN market is estimated to grow from US$ 88.25 million to US$ 192.4 million.<ref name="Content Delivery Network Explained"/>
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| 2014 || July || In-house CDN || [[w:Apple Inc.|Apple]] activates in-house CDN, and begins offloading traffic onto it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple's in-house CDN efforts spell trouble for Akamai as infrastructure biz warns of losses |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/02/10/apples-in-house-cdn-efforts-spell-trouble-for-akamai-as-infrastructure-biz-warns-of-losses |website=appleinsider.com |accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Apple activates in-house content delivery network, begins migrating content downloads - report |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/31/apple-activates-in-house-content-delivery-network-begins-migrating-content-downloads---report |website=appleinsider.com |accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref>
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| 2015 || April || Organization || CDN provider BaishanCloud is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=BaishanCloud |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/baishancloud#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref> It is one of the fastest growing companies in the CDN space.<ref>{{cite web |title=BaishanCloud |url=https://www.cdnplanet.com/cdns/baishancloud/ |website=cdnplanet.com |accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2015 || || Organization || American CDN provider {{w|StackPath}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=StackPath Launches Next Generation of Platform and Services |url=https://www.stackpath.com/press/stackpath-launches-next-generation-of-platform-and-services/ |website=stackpath.com |accessdate=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.cdnplanet.com/cdns/stackpath/ |website=cdnplanet.com |accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Discontent and disruption in the world of content delivery networks"/>
|-| 2016 || March || In-house CDN || On the eves of the global release of Season 2 of {{w|Marvel}}'s [[w:Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]] to 190 countries, {{w|Netflix}} announces moving all streaming global traffic to its Netflix Open Connect CDN.<ref name="Netflix moves all global traffic to Open Connect CDN Read more: Netflix moves all global traffic to Open Connect CDN"/>
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| 2016 || July || Merge || {{w|StackPath}} acquires {{w|MaxCDN}}, among other companies, merging with the CDN developer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lunden |first1=Ingrid |title=Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/25/security-as-a-service-startup-stackpath-nabs-180m-4-acquisitions-including-maxcdn/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=5 July 2019}}</ref>
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