eCDN - What is it and why do you need it?

Both the CDN (Content Delivery Network) and the eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) are designed to deliver audiovisual media on a large scale.

A CDN is a service provided by a provider that uses a network of servers in different data centres around the world (or in specific countries), while an eCDN uses the company's own network to cache and distribute video content.

eCDNs are able to intelligently cache this data locally, reducing the number of requests to the CDN and reducing the load on their own network.

Video streams consume a lot of bandwidth - high-quality, interactive streams even more. When many users are trying to access the same bandwidth-intensive content at the same time (e.g. town halls, internal conferences or training sessions), corporate networks often struggle to meet the demand, which can cause business-critical applications to fail, buffer or collapse the network.

eCDNs put content distribution behind the firewall, giving you greater control over security protocols and the flow of content across your network.

3Q now offers integration of HIVE eCDN

With the integration of Hive eCDN, you can reliably live stream in the highest quality with thousands of participants in a corporate network without overloading firewalls or proxies. Hive's eCDN technology enables excellent quality and a consistently high bit rate to achieve the best possible video experience within the corporate network. Video distribution is enabled in a secure manner through peer-to-peer streaming.