The Content Delivery Network

Speeding up your Internet Contets

Larger web applications often present a considerable challenge to IT departments – especially when high visitor volumes also enter the equation. The problems faced, however, often have nothing to do with a lack of system power, but are instead caused by contradictory configurations in the application server. The generation of dynamic content requires rapid access to program files and documents as well computing power and memory. The loading of the generated site on the visitor's system at the same time requires fetching additional content from the system. This data generally consists of static content such as graphics and pictures, program code which needs to be executed on the visitor’s browser, or other components of the page layout. The software involved in the delivery of said data generally does not require much computing power or memory. The challenge is to deliver the data to a multitude of simultaneous visitors as quickly as possible. This is a completely different task than dynamically generating comparatively few documents.

It is precisely here that the IDNT Content Delivery Network automatically enters the process and relieves the application server of this task. The system automatically recognizes static content and generally delivers frequently requested content directly from the memory – without having to resort to the application server. This means that up to 98% of all content can be distributed directly via the Content Delivery Network – making delays a thing of the past.