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Expanding what Last Mile means in the future Delivery is not the only application or meaning of the concept of the Last Mile . Penthera Partners is a US-based SaaS solutions provider that promises to revolutionise the potential of download and , by extension , related viewing experiences for consumers . It focuses on leveraging the power of download to eliminate last mile issues — specifically , the final distance between the end of a Content Delivery Network ' s reach , often at a cell phone tower , and the user ’ s device .
" One of the benefits that we have seen in Download is that it cuts CDN power usage and cost when the asset is watched multiple times ," says Brian Kline , Penthera ' s President . " For verticals like fitness , education , and children ' s content , where users tend to watch the same asset repeatedly , this can be a significant saving to the publisher , and this reduces emissions via data centres and telecom networks ."
Gesing from DHL emphasises that , although it is important to start transitioning to electric vehicles soon to be truly carbon neutral , there are other complementary elements to be built as well .
" There ' s no point in electrifying the vehicles and buying EVs if you ' re filling them with dirty electricity ," he says . " Those are the two things that we wake up everyday thinking , ‘ How do we get the vehicles green ?’ And then , looking at the infrastructure , ‘ How do we make that green as well , so that we really have truly clean operations ?’" sustainabilitymag . com 127