Two Edge Computing Solutions that Enhance Online Experience for Large-Scale Events
Discover why Azion's Load Balancer and Application Acceleration are the key to preventing website failures during high-traffic events.
NOV 14, 2023 • 6 min read
What Is a Conditional Request?
With conditional requests it's possible to tell the server what to obtain in the response of an HTTP communication.
JUN 20, 2023 • 15 min read
What Is HTTP Authentication?
Authentication is a protocol used in HTTP communication to verify that a client is who they say they are before providing the client access to a certain resource on the web.
JUN 20, 2023 • 18 min read
What Is DNS and How Does It Work?
Find out what DNS is and why it turns URLs, the web addresses we type into the browser, into IP addresses.
JUN 19, 2023 • 11 min read
What Is HTTP Caching and How Does It Work?
Caching is the storage and reuse of frequently accessed resources on web pages (images, HTML text, graphics, URLs, scripts, etc.). The use of cache brings several benefits to a website, such as reduced latency, reduced bandwidth consumption, reduced network traffic, and increased speed and performance. It optimizes the user's online experience and, consequently, increases companies' revenue.
APR 3, 2023 • 13 min read
Ensure Your Availability with Load Balancing
Load balancing is the process of distributing tasks over a set of resources that allows solving network traffic problems.
NOV 2, 2022 • 7 min read
Challenges of Using BGP when Building a Global Edge Network
The single-use of BGP is inefficient for communication between modern networks and the construction of a global edge network. We will supply you with a brief description of BGP challenges and how Azion faces them, so you will have valuable insights into what is most suitable for your business.
NOV 2, 2022 • 12 min read
Edge Traffic Routing: Extending SDN to the Public Internet
Building solutions that are focused on improving routing is one of the main challenges in today's reality. This blog post will provide a closer look at the Azion Edge Network and how Azion’s Edge Traffic Router uses SDN to deliver superior performance to our customers.
FEB 17, 2022 • 12 min read
Benefits of a Modern DNS at the Edge
Find out the benefits of a modern DNS in an edge computing platform. Azion's Intelligent DNS.
JAN 12, 2022 • 8 min read
The Journey of the Request
Each request must go a long way from being sent by your device, reaching the servers, and returning with a response. In this post, we’ll explain more about this journey. In addition, we’ll tell you how the Azion’s Edge Computing Platform makes this process faster and more efficient compared with other solutions.
SEP 24, 2021 • 15 min read
Multiport Access for Edge Application
Edge Application now supports alternate HTTP and HTTPS ports.
MAY 24, 2021 • 3 min read
Move Your Website to Meet Your Users
Page load times have a significant impact on customer engagement. Learn how to make your website more performant by incorporating edge load balancing solutions on a distributed edge network.
APR 23, 2021 • 5 min read
MQTT: A Custom Protocol for IoT
MQTT is a network protocol that is a great fit for IoT use cases. This article discusses the key differences between it and HTTP, and which one might be best for your needs.
MAR 3, 2021 • 10 min read
Strengthening Routing Security
Azion is working with the Internet Society on implementing MANRS, a sweeping initiative to tackle BGP vulnerabilities and routing weaknesses in pursuit of building a safer, more stable global internet.
MAR 2, 2021 • 5 min read
Edge DNS With an Anycast Network
Discover how our Edge DNS global infrastructure and anycast network works
AUG 11, 2020 • 2 min read
