How CDN and International Servers Networking Facilitate Globalization

How CDN and International Servers Networking Facilitate Globalization
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Thanks to CDN and International server networking (ISN) globalizing any business is no longer a challenging task. This is very important considering globalization is one of the most important trends in business segment. The key to successfully run any modern business is to proactively monitor changing trends and adapt to them at the earliest; CDN and ISN make this possible 24/7.

Why and how Globalization sustains on the virtual level and where should it lead us to?

Globalization is as new as the Internet. The Internet technology has revolutionized the world, making international integration easier than ever. The advent of the cloud computing technology has taken globalization to a new level. Today, virtualization methods have reduced the entire world into a small global village. While businesses are able to centrally host resources and publish them to remote users and locations, users are able to access resources from any device, any location and at any time. With cloud, virtualization, BYOD and CDN, globalization is now happening at a faster pace and in a more obvious way than ever before. It is now integrating everyone.

From people’s perspective, globalization has dissolved international boundaries while interchanging cultures and ideologies. The global media provides a great platform for people to promote their culture and identities. On a negative note, people are influenced by the cultures of powerful countries and have lost their individualism and ethnic identity. For instance, the western culture has taken over the world by a storm. Almost all greatest technologies are determined by the powerful western nations such as the United States. Intellectual properties and cultural rights are affected as well. With a global access to intellectual property, legal and moral issues have crossed international boundaries.

But from a business perspective, globalization has extended business markets and profits. While users are able to work with world-class technologies, organizations are now able to sell products in international markets thanks to International Server Networking. At the same time, globalization has brought more innovation to technology. Using new and innovative technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization, businesses are now able to operate virtual offices to optimize resources and deliver services across the globe. Therefore, organizations and individuals need to quickly adapt to those technologies to stay up to date with the virtual world. This technological change obligates companies to effectively manage their global presence in order to stay in the competition. Not doing equals failure. Period!

Why organizations need servers across the globe?

To deliver highly scalable and reliable services, companies have to consider two crucial aspects: 1st, resources should be always available and delivered at lightning speeds; 2nd, site loading speed should also be improved. For instance, when you host a website on a server in US, the loading time is different from when being accessed in other countries, UK for instance. These days, Internet users expect your site to load within 1-2 seconds. So, you have to host it on a server in UK for these particular visitors. Similarly, you have to setup multiple servers in multiple countries when you cater to a global market. This is where content delivery network (CDN) and International server networking (ISN) are highly necessary. Medium and big companies need server across the globe to better exchange communication through geo-targeted audiences.

Content Delivery Networks

These technologies help organizations gain global presence without being in all these geographical locations physically. CDN servers are used importantly for delivering content such as streaming media, international applications, dynamic content for online shopping, marketing or for personalized web experiences. Installation or updates for software and application delivery, cross platform adaptive content, and DDoS cloud protection are also effectively handled by CDN networks.

Now there are many large CDN providers: Akamai, Max CDN, Amazon CloudFront, CloudFlare CDN and CDNetworks. To provide this service, they need to rely on their own global network or on a very strong international network of servers. Although the number is slim, some companies offer this service in a very professional manner. For instance, CenterServ offers to CDN Companies in need of global presence servers and connectivity everywhere including the most remote areas in the world. Other CDN providers and Global organization develop their own network using different independent services and binding them together.

Today, CDN and many organizations exploit International server networks in order to interchange world views, products, ideas, and other services to contribute to this modern international integration. This is Globalization happening at faster pace than ever before and will lead us closer together.

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