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Edge Application
Edge Application allows you to build your web applications to run on Azion Edge Platform.
Edge Application
How It Works
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Configure your cache. Content that is on Azion’s Edge Nodes can be delivered directly to your users from our nearest node.
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Enable network, compute and security modules for your edge application so that you can ensure high performance, scalability and security.
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Modules
Turbocharge your edge application by enabling any or all of our advanced features.
Application Acceleration
Speed up the performance of your applications and APIs with protocol optimizations and advanced caching rules.
Edge Caching
Turn on an additional layer of cache that reduces traffic to your origin while improving performance and availability.
Edge Functions
Build discrete programmable logic into your web applications at the edge, closer to your users and devices.
Image Processor
Optimize, convert and manipulate your images just-in-time to enhance the user experience.
Load Balancer
Balance traffic to your origins assuring best-in-class reliability and network congestion control.
Key Benefits
Trusted by market leaders across banking, e-commerce, tech, and other industries.
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Faster Delivery
Avoid needless requests to origin servers and utilize our distributed edge network to reduce latency and mitigate network bottlenecks. -
Scalable and Secure
Build even more powerful web applications that are capable of handling large access peaks with high performance and security for your users. -
Proximity and Coverage
Leverage an enterprise-grade, open, extensible and developer-friendly global edge computing platform that is close to your users. -
Infrastructure Cost Savings
Instantly scale the delivery of content globally, even during peak traffic, and reduce the cost, time, and risk of managing infrastructure.
Top Use Cases
Build a Zero-Trust Security Model at the Edge
Protect your application against sophisticated attacks, such as BGP Hijacking and DDoS.
Create Edge Websites
Process directly on our Edge Nodes without having to access any origin infrastructure.
Deliver Serverless Applications from the Edge
Provide a personalized experience for all customers.
Accelerate Delivery
Deliver high-resolution video streaming content to your application by caching it closer to your users.
Azion accelerates content delivery for Brazil's largest entertainment company.
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| Delivering pop culture content on the Brazilian Internet at high speed Ensuring full availability for online delivery of events organized by Omelete Improving the performance of the group's sites in regions with hostile network conditions Building an attractive ecosystem for fans and advertisers through improved content loading and excellent search engine positioning | Reduced file size and manipulated images using Image Processor Optimized protocols and built advanced request and response rules to improve access in hostile regions Cached content on the edge, closer to users, to speed the delivery of content | More than 75 edge applications built to improve Omelete's performance in all regions of Brazil Billions of requests delivered at the edge, dramatically reducing the consumption of cloud resources Success with the broadcast of CCXP 2020, the first 100% digital edition of the largest pop culture festival in the world 100% availability of Omelete applications, executed in more than 30 Azion Edge locations in Brazil High-speed standards for group sites, regardless of fans’ location and type of device |
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