by Ryan Kavinsky | Jan 6, 2021 | Technology Education, CDN, Hardware
Supply chain disruptions can cause significant negative losses in terms of finances (62%), logistics (54%), and reputation (54%).BCI Supply Chain Resilience Report 2018 Many people think a supply chain is just the group of providers from which you purchase products....
by Ryan Kavinsky | Dec 15, 2020 | Technology Education, Hardware, Latency, Storage
The explosive growth of online content and consumers eager to access it has been a boon for content delivery networks (CDN), but has also created significant challenges for platform providers:· Large groups of users randomize IO patterns that can introduce latency...
by Ryan Kavinsky | Nov 19, 2020 | Technology Education, CDN, Hardware
To understand why your server technology is so important to CDN performance, it’s helpful to compare your whole tech stack to a professional sports team. In a sports team, you may have a better playbook than the other teams, but if you don’t have the talent to execute...
by Ryan Kavinsky | Nov 17, 2020 | Technology Education, CDN, Edge Computing, Featured, Hardware
If you’ve ever trained for a race, then you know the importance of tracking your metrics. Metrics allow you to measure progress and help you understand your weaknesses. Similarly, CDN metrics can help you prove the value of your technology and signal when it’s time to...
by Ryan Kavinsky | Nov 17, 2020 | Technology Education, CDN, Hardware, Latency
Over the past few years, video streaming has grown at a blistering pace — up 59% between 2016 and 2019. But, during the COVID-19 outbreak, online streaming has increased even more rapidly. With people stuck at home for both work and entertainment, streaming has gone...
by Ryan Kavinsky | Nov 11, 2020 | Technology Education, CDN, CPU, Featured, Hardware
When the internet was created, it was like a seldom traveled country road. Now, it’s the busiest superhighway in the world. Of the almost 8 billion people on the planet, 58% of them are active internet users. To serve content to everyone requires immense...
