Gaming

Online gaming presents some difficult distribution challenges. Large file sizes, network congestion and scattered users can create server failures disrupting downloads and frustrate gamers. When traffic is slow or downloads fail, customer churn results to the benefit of your competitors. In addition, unpredictable traffic and excess capacity purchased to offset peak times wastes bandwidth and increases costs, impacting the bottom line. Additionally, game downloadable files are growing and standard proxy/caches based architecture suffer from performance issues in handling large files and have proven cache storage limitations.

To help solve these problems, Tata Communications introduces a suite of gaming solutions designed to meet the unique needs of game developers and publishers to accelerate the distribution of content-rich games. These solutions include the following:

Content Delivery Network

Managed Hosting and Storage

Managed Security Services

Content Delivery Network

In the highly competitive gaming industry, high throughput and fast download attract and keep users. Tata Communications’ CDN, Powered by Bit Gravity™, provides an advanced set of fully hosted content delivery services optimized for large file delivery. Featuring a unique Distributed Origin Architecture, Tata Communications' CDN provides immediate access and a high level of throughput of content for your end users.

Unique Architecture

Tata Communications distributed origin architecture CDN enables immediate access to Gaming content. Each CDN server provides ample storage capacity scaled to enables distribution of multiple large games, and storage of older game versions. The CDN platform leverages all ISP exchange points, reducing routing and shortening transits for a simpler design and greater reliability. And, as a hosted solution, the CDN prevents the upfront investment needed to build and continually scale an in-house infrastructure.

Resiliency and Higher Throughput

Tata Communications’ CDN is built upon a wholly owned, global Tier-1 network for world-class resiliency and performance. The global network features dedicated nodes in North America, Europe, Asia, and India with Points of Presence (PoPs) in 200 countries for worldwide availability and increased delivery speed for gamers. All systems are fully redundant and allow for easy traffic management and high availability.

Fast, Reliable Online Experience

Tata Communications CDN enables immediate access to content-video start times and are approximately four times faster with far less congestion, compared to competitors. The CDN also accommodates challenging formats, such as High Definition Video, which plays immediately and uninterrupted. In addition, high capacity CDN servers enable distribution of multiple games, regardless of size, making it easy to store older game versions. Additional bandwidth can be added immediately without impacting network integrity.

The CDN platform also features LiveBroadcast—a Flash-based streaming service for broadcasting online trailers and other web content to millions of viewers in a high-quality, highly reliable format. An included, high-speed FTP upload feature enables fast, easy distribution of games, upgrades, patches, and new content.

Managed Hosting and Storage

Leverage our available data center space to optimize infrastructure reach and IT capabilitie

Managed Hosting and Storage service provides reliable, secure network hosting and storage to keep gaming companies focused on core development, marketing, and distribution instead of IT concerns. With subscription-based pricing, Managed Hosting and Storage reduces capital investments and allows for on-demand growth opportunities. Solutions are fully redundant with backup options to prevent application data loss. All data is stored locally in Tata Communications’ global data centers services, helping you avoid the capital outlay required to build and operate data centers in major cities to support users around the world. Click here for more information on Managed Hosting and Storage.

Managed Security Services

Ensure business continuity by protecting Gaming assets with Managed Security Services

Staying on top of threat levels is especially critical for online gaming operations where losses can quickly spiral into the millions and more importantly damaging reputations in the case of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Tata Communications provides an integrated suite of security services that manage DDoS attacks and other web threats, reducing the amount of time needed to manage security concerns. Click here for more information on Managed Security.