According to estimates, the global content delivery network (CDN) market is expected to reach $42.4 billion this year. The rapid growth of the CDN market will be further brought about by the rapid growth of mobile applications and the rapid development of artificial intelligence, especially ChatGPT and other related fields. It can be said that the golden age of global CDN has just begun.
Converged CDN and multi-CDN strategies are a standard part of the Internet expansion strategy of the vast majority of large and medium-sized vendors, and here we see the ten most transformative benefits that converged CDN provides these vendors.
1. Increase reliability and response time
Load times are of the utmost importance in all websites and applications, and CDNs unlock global potential by keeping latency low for every visitor. Research by Hubspot, a foreign organization, found that, for example, if a website takes 2.4 seconds to fully load, its conversion rate may be 1.9%; but if the same page is loaded within 3.3 seconds, its conversion rate will drop to 1.5%; if the loading time changes By 4.2 seconds, the conversion rate has dropped further to 1%; and when the loading time becomes 5.7 seconds, the conversion has dropped below 0.6%.
This rule is even more important on mobile devices: at present, relevant searches on mobile devices have accounted for the majority of online searches, for example, as high as 72% of all electronic expenditures in our country are carried out through mobile. CDN can ensure faster loading speed for all customers and all devices.
2. Increase the global influence of customer products
In 2022, the total number of Internet users will be nearly 5 billion, accounting for two-thirds of the global population. The sheer breadth of users overwhelmed traditional server architectures, and latency plagued and disrupted remote transactions. CDNs facilitate global coverage by providing local points of presence (PoPs) to an ever-expanding user base. By caching content close to the end user, visitors experience faster page load times because requests no longer have to travel thousands of kilometers to reach your origin server.
3. Contribute to cost savings for customers
CDNs represent the ultimate form of cost-effective scalability, both reducing investment in legacy architectures and scaling networks according to an organization’s own hour-by-hour needs. When faced with the exciting prospect of international expansion, many companies are forced to choose between high latency and extensive internal infrastructure. However, Huosanyun Global Fusion CDN eliminates the high cost of foreign hosting, and the hosting and management of local PoPs are now organized within one platform, which greatly simplifies infrastructure and staff expenses.
In addition, CDN helps to reduce the cost of other key network solutions. For example, web hosting services typically charge for the amount of data transferred to or from the origin server (this is called bandwidth). However, when the majority of a website’s content is stored in a CDN’s local cache, far less data needs to pass to and from the website’s host server, reducing bandwidth costs.
4. Ultra High Availability
Origin servers are vulnerable to many outages that may be completely outside of your control, such as traffic spikes and hardware failures. For example, Netflix’s ability to dominate the streaming media industry is actually based on its advanced content distribution architecture. Although HBO Max, Disney Plus and other competitors have experienced periods of high demand, Netflix’s billions of dollars worth of open connections The network remains stable. Whether internal or third-party, CDNs focus on edge architecture, which guarantees availability. Because CDN providers are able to manage similar properties across multiple regions, they support always-available mechanisms such as automatic server awareness. If the server suddenly goes down, the CDN can automatically change the backend architecture and redirect users to the server that is still running without affecting the end user experience. This mechanism is how Netflix sidesteps poor ISP performance and provides customers with a buffer-free experience.
5. Greatly reduce server load
More than 80% of the content of most websites is composed of static assets, and these contents can be deployed on CDN. One of the main benefits of using CDN is that the load on the source server is greatly reduced. A local copy of your website spreads the load across the confines of the local PoP. In this way, round-trip times are greatly reduced, preventing site visitors from far away from slowing down local users.
6. Strengthen the backbone network capacity configuration
The strategic positioning of CDN as a reverse proxy brings many benefits to the customer’s network, one of which is to make the customer’s backbone network capacity future-proof. This higher capacity means that more users can now access your network at any given time, whereas before a single origin server could limit new visitors. A CDN allows access to a much higher number of servers, which contributes to more loyal customers and engaged users coming back.
7. Network security and DDoS defense
The goal of cybersecurity is to clearly and succinctly identify and prevent threats before their imminent payload is unleashed. The CDN deployment structure, where the CDN solution sits at the edge of the organization’s network, presents an excellent opportunity to act as a high security fence. In addition to causing serious financial damage and completely disrupting your online business, DDoS attacks can greatly affect reputation and brand image. And when customers choose to enter personal account information into e-commerce sites, any sign of an active cyber attack has the potential to cause significant damage. DDoS floods your data center with bot traffic, and with a CDN, if one of your servers gets more traffic than it can possibly handle, the excess traffic is sent to other servers so the site doesn’t go down , users will not be affected.
8. Cloud Native Protection
Modern CDNs are built with cloud-native security in mind, and as web applications and websites scale in breadth and complexity, API and injection attacks are poised to exploit a broadly open attack surface. CDN providers are uniquely positioned to secure the perimeter of cloud-native applications, while monitoring the data and metadata of every web and API request, while advanced decision logic can identify and shut down attacks. Over time, this process is customized to your own traffic, which means CDN application and API protection becomes more and more accurate. This protection is further equipped with a self-adjusting feature that helps reduce operational friction.
9. Data management and cutting-edge analytics
Data collection and analysis are critical as companies expand and maintain global expansion. Advantages of a CDN include integration with many third-party metrics tools and even offer built-in data management tools. Our robust self-service server alerting mechanism enables your teams to keep their finger on the pulse of service quality in all environments. While tracking any unexpected behavior, logging capabilities allow you to track events across all environments, speeding up the incident response process. Not only does this data provide insight into potential security issues like botnet attacks, but it can further drive true optimization of your online presence. Our in-stream technology monitors and analyzes data in transit without relying on any external storage. This allows bottlenecks to be identified and eliminated, while also allowing this data to inform every component of your wider operation.
10. Ultra-high reliability of integrated CDN
The ability of CDNs to revolutionize the global architecture and guarantee an always-on connection has resulted in CDNs driving the vast majority of online traffic. No matter what website you visit, or what type of content you consume, chances are there is a CDN behind every page sent to your browser. CDN plays an extremely important role in global e-commerce, leading to its ubiquity in various industries. The flexibility, availability, and performance provided by a CDN are critical, and while a single CDN’s 99% uptime may be nearly perfect, a few hours of downtime per year are unavoidable, so for large-scale operations, typically both Deploy multiple CDNs. A converged CDN strategy provides significant performance gains, with intelligent routing to transfer content between different providers.
10 Advantages of Using Huosanyun Global Fusion CDN
Whether looking for the right CDN solution or developing the best setup, Huosan Cloud Fusion CDN’s strong partnership with the world’s mainstream CDN vendors, coupled with years of experience in cloud optimization, make us professionals in this industry. With the constant attention of our experts, your CDN can reach its potential, keeping your architecture flexible and responsive even during rapid growth. If you have needs for integrated CDN-related products, please contact us to provide you with reliable and easy-to-use CDN services.
