Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Legacy web platforms cannot keep pace with the massive amount of content generated today. To help future proof content delivery, Tata Communications offers an advanced Content Delivery Network (CDN) that accommodates today’s large file sizes with an eye toward the future. As digital content grows more sophisticated and users demand faster speeds and higher visual clarity, Tata Communications’ CDN has been specifically designed to meet your needs—both today and tomorrow—for content-rich media.

Tata Communications Content Delivery Network is based on the Distributed Origin architecture that combines our Tier-1 Global IP Network with a next generation CDN platform, powered by BitGravity. This unique platform, provides an offering unmatched in user experience, performance, quality, and reach around the world and ensures your business stays competitive.

Traditional CDN’s operate using a single Origin server, wherein the master content is ingested and stored in a single location. It then relies on thousands of edge servers which are located near the end users to deliver the content. The content is pushed from the Origin server to the edge via public IP networks each time a new content is ingested. Recursive DNS lookup is required to locate the closest edge server. This results in sub-optimal delivery performance.

To overcome these delivery issues, Tata Communications build the CDN service from the ground-up. By building CDN nodes, a collection of multiple origin servers, on our Global IP backbone, the architecture ensures every CDN node becoming an identical content origin point. In other words, once the content is ingested to the closest CDN node, the content will be automatically replicated to other CDN nodes via our Global IP backbone. This replication feature relies on BitGravity’s underlying technology, which consists of systematically replicating any ingested content. The idea behind this strong design pattern is to eliminate any boundaries imposed by the legacy edge-caching model. No cache-miss, no latency in modifying your content the entire CDN platform was designed for usage closest to a global file system.

Tata Communications has a strong background in owning and managing a state-of-the-art, Tier 1, global IP network that delivers strong connectivity to all corners of the globe. Tata Communications’ years of knowledge in scaling a world-spanning network provide you with a distinct advantage for delivering content to end users.

In addition to assuring the best un-contended routes between your end users and Tata Communications’ CDN node, all best paths are elected, thanks to BGP Anycast mechanisms that rely on our core competency and core Layer3 protocol. No cascaded DNS lookup is required, achieving best-in-class resilience, faster access to content, and simplified and lower-layer protocol usage.

• Globally owned, Tier-1 infrastructure and IP network serve as a foundation—Tata Communications enables maximum use of your end users’ domestic throughput
• Content routing by network protocols, not by DNS, resulting in faster content access speeds and reduced complexities
• Global replication-content always sits next to users, ready to be served and no cache miss
• Significant performance gains over larger and most challenging formats—designed for HD
• Simple and efficient to use—no momentum in content updates, no cache-flush required, acts like a Global file system
• Carrier grade-24X7 Network Operations Center (NOC) gained from years of supporting a large—scale network