The new edge computing partnership between Limelight and Ericsson addresses key challenges in the CDN field for both companies as data margins continue to be squeezed, while the game moves on to performance, latency and security. It also underlines how CDN development is now dominated by video driving the edge closer to the point of consumption with the aim of reducing latency for streaming traffic. A major factor here is the explosive growth in mobile streaming video where the extra steps in the access path down to the cell tower and out to the devices over the RAN (Radio Access Network) add to latency. In the US and Europe almost 80% of mobile data is now video and even that…