MetaCDN

{{Short description|Content delivery network}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = MetaCDN

| logo = File:Metacdn-logo.png

| type = Proprietary company

| industry = Internet

| foundation = 15 Feb 2011

| location = Melbourne, Australia

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = James Broberg (CEO)
John Ellershaw (COO)

| products = content delivery, video transcoding, video streaming, web accelerator

| services = Content delivery network, live streaming, website acceleration, video on demand

| owner = {{ubl|University of Melbourne | Starfish Ventures | James Broberg, John Ellershaw}}

| homepage = [http://www.metacdn.com/ MetaCDN.com]

}}

MetaCDN is a cloud-based content delivery network company that also offers video transcoding, streaming video and web accelerator services.{{Cite web | url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/317235/metacdn_takes_content_delivery_networks_into_cloud/ | title=MetaCDN takes content delivery networks into the cloud}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.metacdn.com/ | title=MetaCDN - Grow your business, not your infrastructure}}

Founded in 2011 from research out of the University of Melbourne, MetaCDN is backed by Australian venture capital firm Starfish Ventures and the University of Melbourne's commercialization arm.{{cite web |url=http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/industry/researchers/commercialisation.html |title=Technology Commercialisation: Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne |website=www.eng.unimelb.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317220651/http://eng.unimelb.edu.au/industry/researchers/commercialisation.html |archive-date=2012-03-17}} {{Cite web |title=Soap2day: MetaCDN Streaming with Cloud Services |url=https://soap2dey.com/ |access-date=2012-05-18 |website= |language=en}}

MetaCDN leverages services such as Amazon Web Services, Edgecast, and Windows Azure to offer users access to an integrated global network for content delivery.{{cite web |url=http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/industry/researchers/metacdn.html |title=MetaCDN: Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne |website=www.eng.unimelb.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319015754/http://eng.unimelb.edu.au/industry/researchers/metacdn.html |archive-date=2012-03-19}} {{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.jnca.2009.03.004 | volume=32 | issue=5 | title=MetaCDN: Harnessing 'Storage Clouds' for high performance content delivery | journal=Journal of Network and Computer Applications | pages=1012–1022| year=2009 | last1=Broberg | first1=James | last2=Buyya | first2=Rajkumar | last3=Tari | first3=Zahir }} As of July 2012, the company reported having 102 access points in 5 continents on their website.