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CDNetworks is fanatical about Web Performance and we combine this with our expertise of regional markets.  In this blog we’ll discuss many topics including business and marketing topics like emerging market strategies (e.g. China, Russia) and deep dive into technical topics including end user experience, web acceleration best practices, and other issues seen by our customers. We hope that this blog will help us to better connect with you and you with us and that you will find our postings relevant, informative, and actionable.

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CDNetworks Accelerates Amazon EC2

May 15, 2013, John Kang
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As part the Amazon Web Services Partner Network, CDNetworks has completed single object testing showing dramatically faster delivery on Amazon EC2 with CDNetworks than without.  The testing completed with Compuware Gomez shows an average delivery of a 1MB web object is 72% faster with CDNetworks.  

John Kang John Kang
Vice President of Business Development

20 CDN & Web Performance Stats Worth Noting

May 7, 2013, Sharon Bell
Web Content Delivery Stats

Web Content Delivery is an industry defined by milliseconds. As global enterprises continue to grow their presence in different markets around the world, high speed web performance becomes an even greater priority. We have built a list of note worthy stats as an effort to provide a better understanding of web content delivery and its [...]

Sharon Bell Sharon Bell
CDNetworks, Director of Marketing, Americas & EMEA

The Definitive Guide to Cloud Acceleration | Chapter Two

May 3, 2013, Sharon Bell
Definitive Guide to Cloud Acceleration | Chapter 2

Realtime Publishers have recently published an eBook, ‘The Definitive Guide to Cloud Acceleration.’ Written by IT veteran, Dan Sullivan, the ebook provides technological and business insights into accelerating web performance through understanding the overall cloud architecture and its challenges. The eBook consists of 6 chapters, each scheduled to be released individually over the next few [...]

Sharon Bell Sharon Bell
CDNetworks, Director of Marketing, Americas & EMEA

DDoS Facts and Recommendations According to Forrester

May 2, 2013, Jeff Kim
DDoS Attacks

In our webcast with Forrester yesterday, analyst Andras Cser outlined some facts and good advice when it comes to DDoS attacks. Forrester DDoS Facts: eCommerce vendors loose between $200k-$500k/downtime hour Typical length of a DDoS attack is 2-6 hours Bandwidth overprovisioning is not the answer (costs too high) Total DDoS mitigation cost = firewall/IDS operational [...]

Jeff Kim Jeff Kim
Chief Operating Officer, CDNetworks Americas & EMEA

Trading Technology Vendors: Why Some Thrive While Many Die

May 1, 2013, Sharon Bell
Striving Trade Platform

Guest Blogger: John Tenore, Principal at Perceptive Communications Much has been written lately about the demise of trading technology vendors, as they struggle to win new trading platform customers in a market with fewer traders and lower profit potential. In fact, the TABB FORUM recently published an article by Vincenzo La Ruffa, cofounder and Managing [...]

Sharon Bell Sharon Bell
CDNetworks, Director of Marketing, Americas & EMEA

Learn About Dynamic Site Acceleration from Gaming & Gambling Sites

April 17, 2013, CDNetworks
dynamic acceleration for gaming and gambling sites

If you were an online gamer or avid online poker player since the 90′s or earlier, you may cringe just thinking about how agonizing ‘lagging’ sites were. You would slam your mouse or fiercely pound on your keyboard, as the virtual battle field or poker tournament would take an extra second to update every few [...]

CDNetworks CDNetworks Inc.

CDNetworks Expands Coverage Across the Globe

April 8, 2013, Jeff Kim
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CDNetworks has extended its global reach with expanded coverage in Canada, Brazil, Australia, France, The Netherlands, Singapore, Italy, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. I’m also happy to announce a new Point of Presence in Toronto, Canada.  This PoP will help our customers reach the multitude of businesses and consumers in the most populous regions of [...]

Jeff Kim Jeff Kim
Chief Operating Officer, CDNetworks Americas & EMEA

The Definitive Guide to Cloud Acceleration | Chapter One

April 8, 2013, Sharon Bell
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It is important to have a clear understanding of cloud architecture and the challenges associated with it in order to effectively accelerate the performance of your website and applications being delivered across the web. Website/application performance, most commonly associated with speed, availability and security, has a direct impact on the end user experience and adoption [...]

Sharon Bell Sharon Bell
CDNetworks, Director of Marketing, Americas & EMEA

Why Application Performance Is Vital to Your Business’s Bottom Line

April 5, 2013, Jeff Kim
poor application performance

As online applications are more frequently used by businesses and consumers alike, the need for a fast and efficient user-experience is becoming a vital aspect of overall business success. High application performance will ensure satisfied end users, which increases website visits and reduces abandon rates, resulting in increased conversion and sales. If your site is [...]

Jeff Kim Jeff Kim
Chief Operating Officer, CDNetworks Americas & EMEA

Learn about Trade Latency at TradeTech 2013

April 3, 2013, Sharon Bell
reduce trade latency

TradeTech 2013 is just a couple weeks away. With over 85 global experts speaking at the event, it may be quite a challenge to pick the right presentations to attend. Attendees will be able to benefit from expert insights on topics ranging from hedge fund strategies to the latest trade technology. See the full list of [...]

Sharon Bell Sharon Bell
CDNetworks, Director of Marketing, Americas & EMEA