Benefits of Content Delivery Networks (CDN) Using Clouds

By Marianne Chrisos - Last Updated on January 6, 2020
Benefits of Content Delivery Networks (CDN) Using Clouds

What are the benefits of content delivery systems?

How do content delivery networks work, and does?

People use content delivery networks, or CDN, technology every day, whether they know it or not. Every time someone consumes content – reading a recipe, a blog entry, or making an online purchase – they have consumed content, delivered via CDN.

The Basics of Content Delivery Networks and its Benefits

Content delivery network providers help to put your content in many places at once. Their benefits include:

  • Web caching
  • Request routing
  • Server-load balancing

These benefits have helped businesses reduce the loading time of websites, as well as help businesses provide overall faster service and content delivery, which leads to more engaged consumers. If your business doesn’t require a lot of coverage or content distribution, there isn’t a huge benefit to adding a content delivery system to your organization. However, some companies that can reap the benefits of content delivery networks include:

  • Any businesses with an e-commerce presence
  • Advertising and marketing agencies or businesses with a strong inbound and outbound marketing presence
  • Healthcare organizations
  • Government departments
  • Online and mobile gaming platforms
  • Higher education institutions

CDNs provide an efficient and effective way to distribute content to customers anywhere.

How does the cloud affect CDN technology?

According to one source, “Unlike traditional CDNs hosted on private data centers, cloud-based CDNs take advantage of the geographical availability and the pay-as-you-go model of cloud platforms. The Cloud-based CDNs (CCDNs) promote the content-delivery-as-a-service cloud model.”

Cloud models, then, offer businesses the same flexibility in content delivery as they do in other areas of business, like data storage and hosting.

Best Content Delivery Network Providers

Some cloud-based content delivery systems are better at distributing certain types of content – hosting an e-commerce store versus delivering a blog versus streaming video. Here are some of the major cloud content delivery network providers.

Google Cloud CDN Documentation: This CDN cloud service helps deliver your content to users faster through their globally distributed network of servers. Because it’s a Google-originated service, it has been acclaimed as reliable and user-friendly.

Cloudflare: This provider touts itself as a highly secure solution for businesses who need a safe, simple, straightforward solution for content hosting and delivery. They have several tiered payment options for service, from personal blog hosting to small businesses to enterprise-level organizations.

Amazon AWS: This popular and robust service is a great fit for many organizations. Their specialties are hosting web stores and streaming video.

Edgecast: This Verizon owned company provides a reliable content delivery streaming system for well-known sites like Quora and Lenovo.

Zenos: This resource is utilized by companies like BBC, Oracle, General Electric, Verizon, Transunion, and others, to help deliver a modern solution to businesses in every industry. They provide a reliable source for businesses to deliver their content and connecting with customers.

Citirix: This software provides a digital cloud platform that lets customers and users safe, continuous access to content and reliable delivery.

CDNs have proved valuable for many businesses, from huge enterprises to startups. Has your business found success with content delivery networks? Have you used a cloud-based CDN? If so, do you find it has advantages and benefits?

Marianne Chrisos | Born in Salem, Massachusetts, growing up outside of Chicago, Illinois, and currently living near Dallas, Texas, Marianne is a content writer at a company near Dallas and contributing writer around the internet. She earned her master's degree in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University in Chicago and has worked in publishing, advertising, digital marketing, and content strategy.

Marianne Chrisos | Born in Salem, Massachusetts, growing up outside of Chicago, Illinois, and currently living near Dallas, Texas, Marianne is a content writer at a c...

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