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	CDNetworks provides global capacity, Stabilized performance, cost reduction and flexible support for Square Enix CDNetworks

CDNetworks provides global capacity, Stabilized performance, cost reduction and flexible support for Square Enix

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Square Enix, a leading gaming company in Japan, was facing challenges in providing a stable network infrastructure for online gaming. The company was using several CDN vendors concurrently to ensure service continuity. However, using multiple CDN vendors was costly, and the company was looking for ways to reduce these costs. They formed an interdepartmental professional team with the goal of reducing CDN costs. Every year, the Square Enix CDN team compares current vendors and other vendors including those outside Japan. To provide gamers with the best environment that uses cutting-edge and high-quality service, vendors are compared and replaced annually. Read More
About Customer	Square Enix Co., Ltd., formed by the 2003 merger of ENIX Corporation and SQUARE CO., LTD., is Japan's leading gaming company best known for its Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series, and a provider of various content and services throughout the world. Smartphones and tablets have opened the door to the era of portable gaming. Nowadays people around the world play online games. As a world-leading gaming company with top-level game developers, Square Enix continues to create even better high-quality and innovative content to satisfy gamers. The company is diligent in providing gamers with 'comfortable gaming environments' and takes great care to provide an environment as distribution never stops due to a service outage. Read More
Solution	Square Enix chose CDNetworks' Content Acceleration technology as a platform to quickly and stably distribute high volumes of content all over the world. CDNetworks was chosen as a new distribution partner, highly esteemed with great services. CDNetworks' PoPs are evenly allocated worldwide and have a wide distribution coverage area. They have adequate capacity to distribute contents worldwide. Distribution settings are adjustable according to Square Enix's requirements. They provide stable distribution quality and high contribution to cost efficiency. In addition, flexible, cooperative and quick support was also valued. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Square Enix, a leading gaming company in Japan, was facing challenges in providing a stable network infrastructure for online gaming. The company was using several CDN vendors concurrently to ensure service continuity. However, using multiple CDN vendors was costly, and the company was looking for ways to reduce these costs. They formed an interdepartmental professional team with the goal of reducing CDN costs. Every year, the Square Enix CDN team compares current vendors and other vendors including those outside Japan. To provide gamers with the best environment that uses cutting-edge and high-quality service, vendors are compared and replaced annually.

About Customer

Square Enix Co., Ltd., formed by the 2003 merger of ENIX Corporation and SQUARE CO., LTD., is Japan's leading gaming company best known for its Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series, and a provider of various content and services throughout the world. Smartphones and tablets have opened the door to the era of portable gaming. Nowadays people around the world play online games. As a world-leading gaming company with top-level game developers, Square Enix continues to create even better high-quality and innovative content to satisfy gamers. The company is diligent in providing gamers with 'comfortable gaming environments' and takes great care to provide an environment as distribution never stops due to a service outage.

Solution

Square Enix chose CDNetworks' Content Acceleration technology as a platform to quickly and stably distribute high volumes of content all over the world. CDNetworks was chosen as a new distribution partner, highly esteemed with great services. CDNetworks' PoPs are evenly allocated worldwide and have a wide distribution coverage area. They have adequate capacity to distribute contents worldwide. Distribution settings are adjustable according to Square Enix's requirements. They provide stable distribution quality and high contribution to cost efficiency. In addition, flexible, cooperative and quick support was also valued.

Impact #1	Secured a stable content distribution platform that enables users to play games without service outage
Impact #2	Streamlined configuration efficiency with quick and flexible technical support
Impact #3	Content distribution has been extremely stable after implementing CDNetworks

Impact #1

Secured a stable content distribution platform that enables users to play games without service outage

Impact #2

Streamlined configuration efficiency with quick and flexible technical support

Impact #3

Content distribution has been extremely stable after implementing CDNetworks

Benefit #1	Reduced cost in distributing games

Benefit #1

Reduced cost in distributing games

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Overview

CDNetworks provides global capacity, Stabilized performance, cost reduction and flexible support for Square Enix

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