(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Global DNS traffic management solutions provider Namecast (www.namecast.net) announced on Tuesday it has added new key features to its is proprietary DNS platform, including advanced CDN load balancing, pro-active application monitoring and geographic filtering.
The new features differentiate its solutions by offering ISPs, content providers and global enterprise businesses inherently more control, customized features, and access to monitoring tools not available on the market.
Namecast has upgraded the cloud-based platform to meet the increasing demands of its customers that struggle with limitations offered by traditional off-the-shelf software.
“We founded Namecast to provide the marketplace with a full-control, easily modifiable solution to ensure disaster recovery plans, uptime requirements and general IP network optimization solutions,” says Namecast CTO and founder Afsheen Bigdeli. “It is important to us that our customers feel we are meeting their needs and to provide customized platform solutions to meet their specific business requirements.”
The upgraded platform adds new features for load balancing between CDN providers based on priority, time of day, or advanced geographic filters.
Customers can also use Namecast’s application monitoring to balance traffic or fail over between CDN providers based on standard ICMP, TCP and HTTP monitoring probes, as well as download speed, streaming video status, and origin server load.
Namecast’s globally deployed application probes monitor Web content based on pre-defined customized criteria.
In the event of an outage, the platform can seamlessly redirect DNS entries to enhance performance and preserve uptime, with changes made instantly across Namecast’s network.
The DNS solution does not require any changes to current architecture or applications, and can be deployed within minutes, says Namecast.
