StackPath is an interesting new web services company founded by Lance Crosby, the co-founder and former CEO of SoftLayer.
In the past year StackPath has acquired MaxCDN, Highwinds, Cloak (a VPN service), and the web security companies Fireblade and Staminus, and it has now brought some of these technologies together in its own CDN offering.
StackPath’s network is focused on Western locations, with 10 PoPs (points of presence) in North America and seven in Europe. These are joined by three in Asia (Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore), as well as Sydney and Sao Paolo. Bandwidth is charged at the same rate for all locations.
PoPs are optimised for speed with SSD storage, 100 Gbps connectivity, and intelligent best-path routing to deliver the smoothest possible data flow. Every PoP connects to 4x Tier-1 carriers, giving complete redundancy, and throughput scales up to an eye-watering 96Tbps. StackPath also supports HTTP/2 to further improve content flow.
Security features include free shared SSL, an option to use your own SSL certificate, DDoS mitigation and a very capable Web Application Firewall.
The service is managed from a straightforward web console. There’s plenty of documentation available, and 24/7 support included …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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