The debut virtual roundtable hosted by the CDN Alliance set out to gauge the pulse of the content delivery industry, though the event got off to a muted start before picking up momentum. With a peak concurrent audience of just 53 by our count (from a sold out show of 100 seats), attendance served as a reminder that industry enthusiasm doesn’t always translate into active participation. One of the central questions posed was whether the CDN industry has a future? An audience poll saw a resounding 81% answer “yes”—there is an unspecified future for CDNs—while an expectedly low 6% disagreed with the sentiment, and another 13% were uncertain. This predictable poll set the tone, and various opinions trickled in from…