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What are the advantages of moving to a CDN (Content Delivery Network)?

A sizable portion of the content we consume is delivered via Content Delivery Networks (CDN). Today’s websites host content in a wide range of formats. The deployment of CDNs in data centers allows for the efficient delivery of a wide variety of content to users worldwide. CDNs improve website performance and offer a host of advantages to both users and the network infrastructure.

A network of connected servers dispersed over several places, with each server hosting a copy of your content, is in essence known as a content delivery network (CDN). To reduce connection latency, increase bandwidth efficiency, and create a more seamless and satisfying user experience, CDNs store the content on their high-speed devices and subsequently provide it through a server which is situated geographically closer to users.

A CDN is used by practically all websites and applications today to help users access the content.

The main reason why we should shift to CDNs is that web applications use them because they improve performance, boost dependability, save money, and provide resistance against cyberattacks. Using CDNs, network traffic is distributed evenly across all servers, preventing server overload. A CDN can start a “failover” process that enables a backup server to take over if one server stops functioning.

Reducing travel to and from the origin server is the major method CDNs help website administrators save money. The origin server does not have to repeatedly supply the same material because CDNs cache a large portion of a website’s content and serve it to users from this cache.

As the first enterprise cloud in India, Harbour1 reflects innovation and idea re-engineering, supported by persistent market analysis. The company provides the best services in the field of CDN in India.

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Why is cloud migration important?

‘The Cloud’ initially referred to the servers in cloud computing. But now it has evolved to mean the delivery of software as service, infrastructure as service, database, storage as service, and even networking over the internet. Cloud service providers operate on a pay as you go basis, providing you access to your data in a virtual space, anywhere in the world. It offers innovative technology and flexible resources on hand, at a budget-friendly price without needing to set up your own IT infrastructure.

Cloud migration is the process of shifting the company’s data center, infrastructure, digital assets, and entire database partially or completely into the cloud. Cloud service providers help businesses define a strategy and method of implementation which is suitable to their business requirements, and choose either private cloud, public cloud or hybrid cloud based on these requirements. Cloud storage services, platform as service, software as service, infrastructure as service are some of the offerings that Cloud Service Providers like Harbour1 in India specialize in. They also solve challenges during cloud migration such as application modernization and modification, cloud management, key dependencies, complexity in migrating, update of legacy applications, and much more depending on the existing infrastructure of the business and their requirements.

Cloud migration service is of different types, such as Re-Factor, Re-platform, and Re-Host (Lift&Shift). Cloud Migration comes with many benefits, such as flexibility, access to upgraded technology, larger storage & higher computing power, scalability, efficiency, user-friendly (customer), high security, risk management, disaster recovery and much more, hence cloud migration adds a significant boost to business IT infrastructure.

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CDN Growing Role in Datacenters

CDN solutions integrated into Data Centers with multi-geo presence are effectively positioned to unlock enhanced delivery power. It creates distributed caching engines to deliver data at the edge for enterprises.

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The 7 most important advantages Cloud Storage gives to Businesses

Cloud storage has been an invaluable tool for the average consumer, giving them a large variety of secure data storage applications, for pictures, videos & other personal data. But as many new technologies tend to be, the applications for businesses & corporations are not limited to personal use cases.

In the coming years, cloud storage will continue to cement itself as an invaluable and metamorphic tool for small and large businesses alike. Though cloud storage penetration in medium to small organizations is still low, we will see a mass shift as data centers grow more and more equipped to handle a much larger array of clientele. Businesses will soon recognize the downfalls of their reliance on physical servers, and seek to emigrate to cloud storage & utilize the superior advantages received from data centers.

Here are some of the key reasons Cloud Storage solutions should be an integral part of enterprises looking to scale up.

Read more here: https://www.computertechreviews.com/the-7-most-important-advantages-cloud-storage-gives-to-businesses/

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How is Cloud transforming businesses

Cloud technology is playing a vital role in enhancing the business organisations’ capability in the areas of data management quality and in ensuring cost-efficient customer services. With the right cloud strategy, backed by a fit-to-purpose cloud solution, the enterprises are now getting equipped with distributed cloud computing technologies and robust cloud storage solutions.

Recent reports suggest that more than 40% of the data professionals are inclined to committing to investments in cloud technologies. More than 70% of the businesses who are using cloud technology are interested in upgrading their inhouse infrastructure into a full stack cloud solution to ensure business continuity. In a recent survey by TechWorld conducted among the Chief Technical Officers of fortune 500 companies, it is observed that more than 80% of the respondents have increased annual budgets to integrate cloud computing, into their IT landscape.

Multi-cloud / Hybrid cloud strategy has brought about a positive transition for enterprises across industry verticals. Enterprises are investing time and money on data innovation to achieve organisational and operational efficiency. Let’s glance at some of the top ways in which data centers and cloud computing companies such as Harbour1 are revolutionizing the business world.

Read more of the article here: https://harbour1.in/blog-info/7/how-is-cloud-transforming-businesses

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12 Reasons Why Enterprises should adopt Cloud

Having spent the last couple of months with experts in the industry and talking to many customers, I thought I will make a humble attempt to put together a few points on why enterprises should adopt cloud on a robust infrastructure base of a professional Data Center. A dozen reasons for you to choose from!

1. CapEx to OpEx

With your infrastructure on the cloud, you are freed up from huge Capex spendings. You can now leverage the huge infrastructure available with cloud players and convert your spending to Opex with the desired frequency.

2. Scale at Will

You can start with your bare minimum requirement and scale up and down as per the need. That’s the beauty of having your infrastructure on the cloud. Keep your focus on scaling the business and your cloud service provider will take care of scaling your infrastructure for your business.

3. Pay As You Go (PAYG)

Cloud services are offered in PAYG model where the users are charged based on their usage, perhaps hourly, per minute etc. You don’t have to lock yourself and pay for something you don’t need, and you don’t use. You are free to provision resources during peak time and de-provision it when it’s no more required. (eCommerce sites leverage this during holiday sales). Industry averages tell that across the globe, on-premise infrastructure utilization is around 15%, can you believe this!

4. Time-To-Market

With cloud computing, you can push your product or services quickly to the market. This is the time for you, to include “cloud first” in your “Go to market” strategy as it removes obstacles and lowers entry barriers irrespective of the scale of your business.

5. Security

There are multiple myths concerning the security of applications/data on the cloud. We have seen many enterprises suffering recently due to virus attacks in their own premises. Cloud operators today, take extra care in every possible form. By deploying various security measures at Network, Server levels and physical levels, they ensure that their customers’ data is highly and rightly secured. While the fear of a CIO/CTO is understandable, it’s only the trust issue and not the technology issue!

Read more here: https://harbour1.in/blog-info/1/12-reasons-why-enterprises-should-adopt-cloud-