Argo Smart Routing reduces Internet latency on average by 35%; connection errors by 27%
Content delivered from a customer server relies on the quality of established network paths for consistently fast performance. Traditional networking technologies utilize static routing information that can send content across slow and congested paths. Slow loading times and connection timeouts increase the likelihood of a poor user experience that can reduce revenue or damage brand reputation.
Cloudflare routes 10% of all HTTP/HTTPS Internet traffic providing Argo with real-time intelligence on the true speed of network paths. Argo's smart routing algorithm uses this information to route traffic across the fastest paths available, and maintains open, secure connections to eliminate latency imposed by connection setup. Argo’s tiered caching technology uses regional tier 1 Cloudflare data centers to propagate content to Cloudflare’s global network of 155+ Data Centers, minimizing requests to servers and reducing costs.
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Argo Smart Routing
Load times can't be slow
With almost half of online consumers saying they will abandon a page that takes more than 2 seconds to load, speed has emerged as one of the most straightforward ways to compete in the crowded, hypercompetitive online marketplace. Argo improves performance by routing visitors through the least congested and most reliable paths using Cloudflare's private network.
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Congestion Avoidance: Routing decisions using real-time network conditions -
Persistent Connections: Minimize latency imposed by TCP connection setup
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Private Network: Traffic is routed over Cloudflare’s private network instead of the open internet
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Tiered Caching: Tier 1 data centers propagate content to a global network of 155 data Centers
Security Included
Argo Tunnel is included with Argo Smart Routing.
In conjunction with Cloudflare’s security services, Tunnel offers an additional layer of protection to keep Internet applications available by protecting them from IP address exposure and DDoS attacks.
Using a lightweight agent installed on the origin infrastructure (including container or virtual machine), Cloudflare creates an encrypted tunnel between the nearest Cloudflare data center and the web server’s origin without opening a public inbound port.
Faster Loading Times
Cloudflare routes more than 10% of all HTTP/HTTPS Internet traffic, providing Argo with real-time intelligence on the fastest network paths
Increased Reliability
Argo’s live view of Internet outages enables it to route around cable cuts, packet loss and congestion.
Ensured Security
All Argo traffic is encrypted across Cloudflare’s network, ensuring a high degree of confidence in its security
Reduced Costs
Minimizes static content requests to the origin server reducing latency, server load, and bandwidth usage
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Detailed Analytics
Argo analytics provide an in-depth look at performance improvements achieved using Argo’s Smart Routing. Customers receive both a comprehensive performance histogram as well as a detailed improvement breakdown from each of Cloudflare’s 155+ data centers.
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Cloudflare Features
Cloudflare's Performance and Security Services work in conjunction to reduce latency of websites, mobile applications, and APIs end-to-end, while protecting against DDoS attack, abusive bots, and data breach.
Performance
Cloudflare Performance Services improve conversions, reduce churn, and improve visitor experiences by accelerating web and mobile performance, while keeping applications available.
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Content Delivery Network (CDN)
With 155 data centers across 75 countries, Cloudflare’s Anycast CDN caches static content at the edge, reducing latency by delivering assets as close as geographically possible to visitors. -
Website Optimizations
Cloudflare includes a suite of web optimizations to improve the performance of Internet assets. Optimizations include the latest web standards, such as HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3, as well as proprietary enhancements for images and mobile device visitors. -
DNS
Cloudflare is the fastest managed DNS provider in the world, routing over 39% of all global DNS traffic. Cloudflare has multiple ways to achieve maximum performance for online assets. -
Load Balancing
Cloudflare Load Balancing provides load balancing, geo-steering, monitoring and failover for single, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud environments, enhancing performance and availability. -
Argo Smart Routing
Argo Smart Routing improves Internet asset performance on average of 35% by routing visitors through the least congested and most reliable paths on Cloudflare's private network. -
Railgun
Railgun compresses previously uncacheable web objects up to 99.6% by leveraging techniques similar to those used in the compression of high-quality video. This results in an average 200% additional performance increase. -
Stream
Cloudflare Stream makes streaming high quality video at scale, easy and affordable. -
Workers
Cloudflare Workers let developers run JavaScript Service Workers in Cloudflare's 155 data centers around the world. -
Mobile SDK
Cloudflare’s Mobile SDK provides visibility into application performance and load times across any global carrier network.
Security
Cloudflare Security Services reduce the risk of lost customers, declining revenues, and degraded brand by protecting against DDoS attacks, abusive bots, and data breach.
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Anycast Network
With 155 data centers across 75 countries and 20 Tbps of capacity, Cloudflare’s Anycast network absorbs distributed attack traffic by dispersing it geographically, while keeping Internet properties available and performant. -
DNSSEC
DNSSEC is the Internet’s non-spoofable caller ID. It guarantees a web application’s traffic is safely routed to the correct servers so that a site’s visitors are not intercepted by a hidden “man-in-the-middle” attacker. -
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Cloudflare’s enterprise-grade web application firewall (WAF) detects and block common application layer vulnerabilities at the network edge, utilising the OWASP Top 10, application-specific and custom rulesets. -
Rate Limiting
Rate Limiting protects critical resources by providing fine-grained control to block or qualify visitors with suspicious request rates. -
SSL / TLS
Transport Security Layer (TLS) encryption enables HTTPS connections between visitors and origin server(s), preventing man-in-the-middle attacks, packet sniffing, the display of web browser trust warnings, and more. -
Secure Registrar
Cloudflare is an ICANN accredited registrar, protecting organizations from domain hijacking with high-touch, online and offline verification for any changes to a registrar account. -
Orbit
Cloudflare Orbit solves security-related issues for Internet of Things devices at the network level. -
Argo Tunnel
Cloudflare creates an encrypted tunnel between its nearest data center and an application’s origin server without opening a public inbound port. -
Workers
Cloudflare Workers let developers run JavaScript Service Workers in Cloudflare's 155 data centers around the world. -
Access
Secure, authenticate, and monitor user access to any domain, application, or path on Cloudflare. -
Spectrum
Spectrum protects TCP applications and ports from volumetric DDoS attacks and data theft by proxying non-web traffic through Cloudflare’s Anycast network.
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