Qwilt, often seen as the poster child for Open Caching technology, says that Amazon is on the verge of joining the Streaming Video Alliance, perhaps showing that the technology is finally coming of age. OTT video has caused significant growth in the CDN industry in recent years, and with the advent of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and 4K formats, networks require newer and more dense CDN requirements to relieve increasingly overwhelming pressure on networks. As companies transition to the cloud, companies like Qwilt are picking up more and more business for tier 1 customers. Qwilt’s VP of Marketing Mark Fisher explained to Faultline Online Reporter this week that the efficient delivery of VR content requires less than 20…