Justin Chapweske of Onion Networks starts by talking about the HTTP protocol how it has been used since the days of Netscape 1.0 and proposes a remix. That protocol problems today are more evident as larger data files are being transmited over the Internet (e.g contents of a DVD). The idea is to use a swarming technique, instead of just throwing more resources (read $$$) to solve the problem. Swarmstreaming is a concept is similar to BitTorrent that breaks up a file and transmits is to various clients that transmit their pieces to each other.
1. It's worth noting that Swarmstreaming(TM) is patent-pending.
Posted at 5:48AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jordan Running