This blog post will detail four providers who have products and services focused on choosing between multiple Content Delivery Networks or load balancing between CDN’s.
 
For years, many people with a deep knowledge of the Content Delivery Network industry (i.e. Dan Rayburn at StreamingMedia.com , and Ryan Lawler at Contentinople ) have been wondering when and if there will be a period of consolidation in this market segment.  But even with the acquisition of Panther Express by CDNetworks in early 2009, there are still twenty some odd Content Delivery Networks providers in existence today. 
 
There has to be a reason that all these CDN’s continue to exist and that many new CDN’s continue to crop up every year.  The reason could simply be the continuing growth of the Internet.  As growth of the Internet continues, more and more companies can exist simultaneously as providers in a crowded market.
 
But there are real differences between the CDN providers.