You wouldn't drive a nail with a screwdriver – so don't use a storage solution to deliver your content

Are you using Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to store and retrieve data? Then you already know that it was designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers – which is a good thing. But if you are looking to generate more revenues from a better user experience, then you need to augment S3 with the robust services – improved speed and availability - offered by Panther Express' content delivery network.

There's a big difference

When using a storage solution, you are effectively duplicating your origin. You store your content centrally, so you're not getting any of the advantages of a CDN. Panther distributes your information closer to all of your users via a geographically dispersed network, which means faster delivery.

With Panther, diversified across numerous ISP's, you also avoid the risk of a single point of failure. Our proprietary routing technology constantly monitors Internet traffic locally and globally to determine the best datacenter from which to serve your content at any time. With Panther, the final routing decision is based on all factors that relate to ensuring the fastest and most reliable user experience — Internet conditions, packet-loss, and user origin and datacenter load metrics.

Strong complement

If you've already got your content on a storage service, you may find that it serves as an acceptable origin. But you're not getting the business improving benefits of a CDN — faster user experience, high availability, and a continuity plan for your web-based business.

You get the best of both worlds by combining Panther's CDN with your storage solution.

Best of all, no duplicate costs

So the technology is intriguing, but what about the cost? With Panther, there is no duplicate cost as you only pay for delivery, not your storage provider's delivery costs. Further, our rates are usually lower than those of S3, there are no storage charges for cached content, and there are no other per-access fees. Also, implementation takes just minutes and is free. So you get the best possible performance for your business, in minutes, for lower cost.

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