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Knight Frank secures global presence with CDNetworks

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Networks & Connectivity - Software-Defined Networking
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Cybersecurity Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Cybersecurity Services
Challenge	Knight Frank, a global real estate agency, was facing challenges with its website performance. Clients in some parts of the world, notably Australia and the UAE, were experiencing slower loading times when accessing their respective websites. This was undermining Knight Frank's brand, which is built upon delivering the highest quality standards. The company also faced issues with its website in Asia, particularly in China, where it was unable to deliver a fast and reliable service to users. This was making it difficult for Knight Frank to penetrate the Chinese market. The company identified that the physical distance that data had to travel was the cause of latency. In addition to this, Knight Frank was also faced with the risk of being hacked and the challenge of mitigating DDoS attacks. Read More
About Customer	Knight Frank is one of the world's largest and most widely-recognised privately-owned estate agency and property consultancy firms. Headquartered in London, Knight Frank has 411 offices in 59 countries, offering a service which is locally expert and globally connected. Its research into residential and commercial property has made Knight Frank a renowned source for those seeking to invest in the market. As a global business, Knight Frank's clientele are in all corners of the world. For this reason, the company has over fifty public-facing websites - one for each of the countries it operates in, which all receive traffic from across the globe. Read More
Solution	Knight Frank started to look for a content delivery network (CDN) partner that could deliver fast and reliable connectivity to its users around the world. CDNetworks provided its China CDN service (China Acceleration), along with its CDN technology for dynamic content (Dynamic Web Acceleration) to minimise latency. With support for non-cacheable content, CDNetworks accelerated the dynamic content on each of the websites such as the search functions in addition to the static content, including high resolution images of advertised properties. This meant that Knight Frank's busy websites always provided the highest quality user experience to its clients, not only loading fast and reliably, but also offering a pleasant and speedy interactive experience when looking for the right kind of property. CDNetworks also implemented its WAF and DDoS protection solutions to mitigate any malicious attacks. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Networks & Connectivity - Software-Defined Networking

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Cybersecurity Services

Challenge

Knight Frank, a global real estate agency, was facing challenges with its website performance. Clients in some parts of the world, notably Australia and the UAE, were experiencing slower loading times when accessing their respective websites. This was undermining Knight Frank's brand, which is built upon delivering the highest quality standards. The company also faced issues with its website in Asia, particularly in China, where it was unable to deliver a fast and reliable service to users. This was making it difficult for Knight Frank to penetrate the Chinese market. The company identified that the physical distance that data had to travel was the cause of latency. In addition to this, Knight Frank was also faced with the risk of being hacked and the challenge of mitigating DDoS attacks.

About Customer

Knight Frank is one of the world's largest and most widely-recognised privately-owned estate agency and property consultancy firms. Headquartered in London, Knight Frank has 411 offices in 59 countries, offering a service which is locally expert and globally connected. Its research into residential and commercial property has made Knight Frank a renowned source for those seeking to invest in the market. As a global business, Knight Frank's clientele are in all corners of the world. For this reason, the company has over fifty public-facing websites - one for each of the countries it operates in, which all receive traffic from across the globe.

Solution

Knight Frank started to look for a content delivery network (CDN) partner that could deliver fast and reliable connectivity to its users around the world. CDNetworks provided its China CDN service (China Acceleration), along with its CDN technology for dynamic content (Dynamic Web Acceleration) to minimise latency. With support for non-cacheable content, CDNetworks accelerated the dynamic content on each of the websites such as the search functions in addition to the static content, including high resolution images of advertised properties. This meant that Knight Frank's busy websites always provided the highest quality user experience to its clients, not only loading fast and reliably, but also offering a pleasant and speedy interactive experience when looking for the right kind of property. CDNetworks also implemented its WAF and DDoS protection solutions to mitigate any malicious attacks.

Impact #1	Knight Frank now offers a consistent experience for its users, no matter where they are in the world.
Impact #2	The company is now offering a more consistent performance than its competitors' websites.
Impact #3	Knight Frank also feels at ease knowing that it no longer has to worry about the risk posed by hackers or of a DDoS attack.

Impact #1

Knight Frank now offers a consistent experience for its users, no matter where they are in the world.

Impact #2

The company is now offering a more consistent performance than its competitors' websites.

Impact #3

Knight Frank also feels at ease knowing that it no longer has to worry about the risk posed by hackers or of a DDoS attack.

Benefit #1	After implementing CDNetworks' technology, the website only takes 300 milliseconds to load - a fivefold increase in web performance.
Benefit #2	Knight Frank is alerted to 60,000 reported issues every month, but doesn't have to worry, because CDNetworks deals with the issues.

Benefit #1

After implementing CDNetworks' technology, the website only takes 300 milliseconds to load - a fivefold increase in web performance.

Benefit #2

Knight Frank is alerted to 60,000 reported issues every month, but doesn't have to worry, because CDNetworks deals with the issues.

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Knight Frank secures global presence with CDNetworks

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