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Wide-area load balancers with content-- delivery network switching technology let companies use public CDN services to extend global availability and content distribution.
Think of CDN switching as a bridge that organizations can extend to CDNs of their choice, on a pay-per-use basis. CDN switching lets organizations take advantage of shared public services, and lets them leverage those shared services when they wish.
CDN switching and wide-area load balancers create a more efficient, cost-effective use of global networks, ensures scalable content distribution, and provides end users with a better Web experience -- one they will be willing to seek out and pay a premium for.
These two technologies also let organizations control the decision of which CDN or third party to peer - they can choose to utilize an alliance of CDN providers, a single provider, or multiple unaligned providers, depending on criteria such as price, geographic reach of the CDN and performance.
Organizations can also choose under which conditions or thresholds to utilize a...