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Content delivery networks (CDNs) provide many useful benefits for end users including both decreased downtime and increased network capacity. IT services dynamically monitor CDNs, diverting traffic and lowering companies’ network costs. Strategic placement of servers guarantees constant availability to all of a company’s end users and increases productivity for all.

A CDN consists of servers that contain copied content placed at a variety of network nodes. Content is delivered by a CDN over both TCP and UDP connections. The throughput of TCP over a network is affected by both packet loss and latency, so IT professionals place servers as close to the edge networks as possible. In essence, by placing the content closer to the end user, CDNs ensure faster delivery. End users even in remote areas will experience better streaming with fewer network surges with a high-performing CDN.

By placing servers strategically, IT professionals can squeeze much more capacity than is provided by the network backbone. By increasing capacity, the CDN will allow many more users to be on the network concurrently. By redirecting traffic to edge servers, IT professionals free up capacity and lower network costs. Professionals also free up loads on both public and private peers and interconnects.

A CDN allows for a dynamic distribution of assets. The network can route connections to redundant edge, core and fallback servers to account for changes in server availability. When networks experience large power or hardware outages, CDNs can still deliver 100% availability to end users.

CDN providers should deliver important server statistics to their clients. For instance, clients will want to know about real-time load, exact viewing choices and active regions so they will know which of their assets are more popular. Usage logs will no longer be available to customers onsite because the client’s connections are served by edge servers rather than the contact source.

Many businesses have lived with poor network performance for far too long. By upgrading to a CDN, businesses will spend less time waiting on overwhelmed networks and more time on business activities. A trusted IT company, such as Dell IT Services, will explain CDNs and their benefits to business owners and will offer the service at a reasonable cost.

Netbooks Not Dead As PC Makers Show Off New Models
CIO
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Android Notebooks to Compete With Chromebooks?
Phandroid.com
ASUS has already tested the waters in this area, having released the Eee Pad Transformer tablet that can be attached to an optional keyboard dock. Once attached, it can fold shut like a netbook. Sometime this summer, ASUS will also be launching the Eee …
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Parks Associates Reports Popularity of Tablets Changing CE Purchase Patterns
Business Wire (press release)
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Netbooks Remain Interesting Option for Consumers Despite Tablets‘ Attack – ABI.
X-bit Labs
But results of a survey conducted by ABI Research in March reveal that netbooks and media tabletsare actually neck-and-neck in terms of consumer interest. Unfortunately, the finding has a number of caveats. From 1142 respondents, 25% rated themselves …
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Tablet or Netbook? How to Choose the Right Mobile Tech
PCWorld
By Patrick Miller, PCWorld Tablets, netbooks, smartphones–these days, you can’t buy a microwave without being upsold on the 4G, touchscreen, app-store model. But when you’re picking out your preferred mobile tech for work (or even for play), …
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet pricing and availability
MyBroadband
The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is so named because it can “transform” from a tablet to a netbookthrough a dock which sports a keyboard and trackpad. ASUS SA has confirmed that the Transformer is on sale in South Africa, with the 16GB model carrying a …
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Dell Inspiron Duo (iMD-3487FNT) 10.1" Tablet PC (Foggy Night)
Sometimes you want to touch. Sometimes you need to type. With the new touch-sensitive, Flash-capable Inspiron duo convertible tablet, you can do both in style. You can tell it …
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Should Android manufacturers make affordable tablets for underprivileged students?
PhoneDog
That said, with features like instant-on, extreme portability, second to none battery life, and an endless and constantly growing supply of applications, tablets do have a unique advantage over a clunky laptop or netbook. One key benefit of a tablet is …
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Chromebook arrives as Netbook checks out
CNET
"Netbooks are pretty much over," Lenovo president and chief operating officer Rory Read said when speaking (subscription required) to Dow Jones this week. In the Netbook’s stead, the PC giant will launch two Android tablets and one Windows tablet later …
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