An application of content-delivery network techniques to a closed enterprise network or intranet. A typical eCDN combines caching, intelligent network devices and rules-based management to reduce latency in document delivery. Mainly used today for Web data (i.e., HTML pages), some predict eCDNs could eventually be used to manage other types of data, including e-mail, streaming media and information stored in legacy servers and mainframes.
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