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Dirik Hameed
Currently, the talk of everyone discussing IT is cloud computing which is a new and exciting technology. The change that will be released by the cloud on how computing is done at every level has brought great excitement. Vendors, developers, users and others involved in the IT sector thave come to the realization that their businesses will be taken to the next level by cloud computing. It not only offers a reliable and highly scalable computing platform but also presents the most cost effective option currently available. Cloud hosting has created the possibility of vendors of various computing resources to take their products to clients in any part of the world. Benefits have extended to the end users also in that they can easily access the latest and the best products without discrimination due to their physical location. An internet connection is all that is required for the user to access all the resources they may require. Platforms which are used in directing online content are refereed to as CDN which refers to Content Delivery Network. Through a CDN, web content is directed according to physical locations. Its work is to deliver responses from the closest physical server that has the information requested through a web search. This works especially well for those who are looking for products as they will receive responses that are actionable due to their proximity. The servers responding to requests are the nearest to users which ensures speedy responses to requested information. The lower ping times of the cloud servers hosting the resources being sought make this possible. It makes perfect sense to incorporate CDN into the setup since cloud hosting delivers services to the clients through the internet. The only way to ensure that users looking to access resources get them from the nearest cloud server depending on their physical location would be to include CDN in a cloud hosting setup. Having this kind of arrangement accrues a number of benefits with the most obvious being proximity to the service provider you are working with. It is very likely that the company delivering the products is nearby because the servers you get resources from are those within your vicinity. Getting excellent customer services and technical support therefore becomes easy. Websites hosted on cloud servers have shown great improvement in performance as a result of introducing CDN to the setup. Speeds and responses are greatly improved as services are delivered with reduced ping times. Music, software, gaming and video cloud hosting will benefit from the improved performance. The possibility to deliver excellent capabilities to users has been achieved by combining the great benefits of CDN and cloud hosting. It has also increased the number of companies offering these services as well as the quality standards in the business. Improved process for clients will also be achieved to increased competition. In the delivery of cloud services, it is evidently clear that CDN plays a complimentary role. In the delivery of resources to clients and as cloud hosting industry grows continually, CDN will remain an important aspect.
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