CDNsun Blog

28 Oct 2019

How to Secure and Protect Your Website

Securing and protecting your website is vital for every business, individual, or service that has an online presence. Even though you may believe your site holds nothing of value, every webserver is a prime target for hackers. Using automated scripts, criminals and syndicates scour the Internet looking for vulnerable websites they can compromise. Once they have managed to breach your platform’s security, they then leverage your service to host illegal sites, send spam, and distribute malware to unsuspecting victims. Implementing security measures to protect your website requires [...]

14 Oct 2019

Image Optimization for Performance and SEO

Chris

Image optimization is a vital component of any effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Strategy. As any commercial need typically starts with an Internet search, you need to ensure potential customers looking for your products and services can locate your website rapidly and efficiently. Obtaining a high search ranking that places your site on the first page of a Google search should, therefore, be the primary goal of your digital marketing strategy. There are a variety of factors that determine how search engines such as Google rank a website [...]

01 Oct 2019

How 5G Will Transform the Content Delivery Industry

5G general availability is a few months away, and its imminent arrival is set to revolutionize a variety of industries. This technology shift will exponentially increase the rapid rate of digital disruption we have experienced over the past two decades. The superior speeds, low latency, and higher contention support is set to transform everything from self-driving vehicles and augmented reality to streaming solutions and healthcare. 5G is the next generation of mobile internet connectivity that is set to replace the existing 4G LTE standard. It promises [...]

10 Sep 2019

Building Cost-Effective High-Availability with a CDN

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Chris

High-Availability is vital for every organization competing in today’s online, interconnected world. As both business and society rely more on technology every day, the services they use are crucial to operations, collaboration, and productivity. With everything from communication to entertainment disrupted by digital transformation, every public-facing system needs to ensure it is online, all the time. High-Availability is Vital for Online Sites and Services The Internet has transformed the way we communicate, transact, and share information. The proliferation of online sites and services [...]

26 Aug 2019

Why You Should Be Using a CDN for Your API

APIs are a fundamental component of modern websites and online solutions. Many of the apps on your mobile phone and sites you visit in your web browser, leverage Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to increase the functionality of the service they offer. From weather forecasts and traffic updates to embedded social media feeds and identity management, APIs are a vital feature element in countless online solutions. However, due to their pivotal role, a poorly configured API can have a detrimental impact on a site or service, adversely [...]

13 Aug 2019

Boost Your Advertising Reach with a CDN

Chris

Advertising is a vital part of the Internet ecosystem. Ever since the first websites went live with the creation of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s, ads have funded many of the essential services we take for granted today. Global technology giants such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter have built their entire business model on advertising revenue streams. Even traditional media conglomerates have embraced online marketing migrating their content to various digital platforms. With so many vital services relying on advertising, content providers need to ensure [...]

29 Jul 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Website Performance

Chris

The Internet today is a vital part of the global infrastructure. Like roads, railways, airports, and other inventions that link people, businesses, and countries, this worldwide virtual network is a critical part of modern-day life. With an expected 30 Billion connected devices by 2020 growing to 75 Billion in 2025, the underlying technologies that route traffic from source to destination are an essential component of the modern post-industrial world. At its core, the Internet is effectively a vast interconnected network made [...]

21 Jul 2019

Monitoring your CDN to Optimize Performance

Monitoring your CDN is vital in ensuring your service delivers the performance your web application needs. As with any other technology service, a Content Delivery Network (CDN) needs the appropriate level of oversight so that you can resolve any identified issues proactively. In addition to monitoring your CDN for any performance or config related problems, continuously keeping an eye on your CDN metrics can also help you identify any bottlenecks and tweak your configuration for optimum speed. A CDN [...]

09 Jul 2019

Scaling and Securing a Gaming Service with a CDN

Chris

Online gaming is a significant Internet market, and for many organizations around the globe, a revenue-generating business that continues to grow exponentially. With over 2.5 billion video gamers around the world, this industry is expected to be worth over 90 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. For game developers having infrastructure that can host their service while providing gamers with a superior experience is vital to their success. As their player base is effectively their revenue engine, gaming service providers need to ensure their infrastructure can scale and [...]

26 Jun 2019

CDN Performance – 4 Reasons Why Your Website May Still Be Slow

CDN performance is vital in today’s digitally-driven, online world. A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is an affordable and proven way to deliver the speed modern web users demand. However, some websites may still not perform at the levels required after an operator has added a CDN to their web application’s delivery architecture. Although it may seem ironic that your site still performs poorly after you have commissioned a CDN service, there are a variety of factors that could impact [...]