Five reasons why you need an origin shield

Whether you have one CDN or many, an origin shield is a must-have as part of your resilience and risk mitigation strategy. If something goes wrong, the CDN itself can become a DDoS attack on your origin (the whole reason you want origin shielding in the first place!). And, as we’ve learned from recent events that saw half of the internet go offline for 49 minutes, no one can afford to have a single point of failure. 

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6/16/21 4:47 PM
by Alexandra Barcelona

Building a multitenant CDN solution

For network operators and ISPs, revenue margins are narrowing in hyper-competitive markets. At the same time, capital outlay is growing for these same companies when they rely on commercial CDNs for their own content delivery. 

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5/25/21 11:33 AM
by Peter Löfling

Build a private CDN: You localize content, why not your content delivery, too?

 

 

 

When Netflix launched in the APAC region, different concerns surfaced that highlighted just how different the video streaming and content delivery landscape is across different Asia-Pacific countries. For example:

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3/15/21 11:52 AM
by Alexandra Lehner

Power up: The technology heralding the future of gaming

Gaming is more than just big business -- it has a reach, importance and influence that belies its once niche status. Gaming has overtaken the film and music industries combined in terms of revenue, and has become an entertainment juggernaut -- a true cross-industry moneymaker. Gaming has also been acknowledged not just as a global cultural phenomenon but also as a major of engagement platform. After all, savvy politicians are making their way into the world of Among Us players streaming on Twitch, or hosting potential voters on their island in Animal Crossing. 

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11/30/20 3:19 PM
by Miles Weaver

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The Varnish blog is where our team writes about all things related to Varnish Cache and Varnish Software...or simply vents.

 

 
 

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