If your website receives heavy traffic and you are hosted across multiple
infrastructures across the world or you are using multiple CDNs, then you
ought to use a DNS Load Balancer to reroute traffic for better performance.
While there are some large companies who create their own DNS load balancing
system, which is complex and tedious to implement and manage, some companies
make life easier by opting for ready-made solutions such as those from
Cedexis, Dyn, NSONE, Rage4, etc.
Most of the above mentioned companies are backed by Anycast networks spread
across global locations.
While there are some differences between the feature sets offered by these
companies and the number of POPs they own, it is very important to identify
the one that works best for your business.
How can you identify which DNS Load Balancing solution works for you?
You may have already realized by... (more)
Catchpoint's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015
by Maria Eldridge
Web performance issues and advances have been gaining a stronger presence in
the headlines as people are becoming more aware of its impact on virtually
every business, and 2015 was no exception. We saw a myriad of major outages
this year hit some of the biggest corporations, as well as some technology
integrations and other news that we IT Ops aficionados find very exciting.
This past year has offered several opportunities for growth and evolution in
the performance realm — even the worst failures presented valuable lessons ... (more)
When it comes to protecting their brand, there is little that any successful
company would not do. But what if the brand is being damaged just by people
being unable to find the store?
If you think of the internet as a virtual network, then DNS lookup and
resolution is like the 411 service. Websites are not located at text
addresses, but rather IP addresses – that series of numbers and decimals
that may not make any sense to you, but actually identifies the actual server
that you’re trying to contact. So when you type www.catchpoint.com into
your web browser or click on a link t... (more)
A little over five months ago, we turned the DevOps world on its head by
turning a bunch of mild-mannered engineers and other web performance experts
into ravenous, glory-seeking fiends who thought nothing of stepping on and
over one another in their quest for the ultimate prize and a lifetime of
glory.
Now, with DevOps Summit 2015 right around the corner, we’re upping the
rewards and raising the bar. You may have emerged as a true web speed
aficionado during the spring, but that alone isn’t going to cut it this
time around. This time, we’ve upped the ante by expanding the realm... (more)
Cyber Monday—the Monday after Thanksgiving in the US—may be a relic of a
bygone era of slow, dial-up, at-home Internet connections but remains the
biggest online shopping day of the year for US e-commerce sites. While Cyber
Monday may make or break the year for some online retailers, online events
crucial to an e-tailer’s business happen year round.
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and is huge for flower, gift and
jewelry sites. Ditto for Mother’s Day a few months later. But an online
event doesn’t have to be tied to a holiday. A free-shipping promotion or a
sitewide sale can... (more)
Catchpoint radically transforms the way businesses manage, monitor, and test the performance of online applications. Truly understand and improve user experience with clear visibility into complex, distributed online systems.
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