Application acceleration for OTT APPs

Before getting into OTT apps, it’s important that we get the lay of the land by getting familiar with each and every term that’s related to the acceleration for OTT apps. To begin with the basics, application acceleration, based on the user behavior over the internet, anticipates or predicts the client and server behaviors way ahead of time. Not only that, it goes one step ahead and executes the predicted actions as well. The basic purpose behind this technology is to increase the responsiveness of an app; be it web-based, mobile-based, or any other platform such as LG, Samsung, or Roku, that is delivered over any network connection. It could be a complicated process because there are so many steps involved, everything is dependent on one another and one simple error can take down the whole system. 

Techniques for app acceleration

There are certain techniques involved in accelerating the applications depending on the geographic locations, network connection, bandwidth, etc. Optimizing access to network applications is one of the ways that can be helpful in acceleration. It works by offloading intensive tasks such as SSL Encryption which is dedicated to hardware devices. 

Network compression

It is yet another way to accelerate application by reducing network bandwidth that ultimately lessens the bandwidth use and latency. 

Advanced protocol optimization

It is the process that involves read-ahead technology which predicts the messages and performs caching in order to eliminate latency.

Throughput optimization 

It’s the number of transactions produced over time and by optimizing these, you can ensure that the transport protocols are efficient in the WAN environment.

Bandwidth optimization

It is done by eliminating data redundancy and storing all static information locally to reduce the need to access the data center again and again.

More about application acceleration 

Here are some of the ways we use to increase the responsiveness of web applications that are delivered over a network connection. Fast, agile, and uninterrupted delivery of applications is ensured to anyone, anywhere.

Caching within the application

Your application on your device stores the data in a computer’s main memory that helps reduce the bandwidth usage as the application doesn’t have to contact the server for data over and over again. It helps boost the application speed. 

Image optimization within the application

Images can consume most of your storage space and bandwidth which is why applications use image optimization to deliver high-quality images and label them accurately for engine crawlers to read them. 

Load balancing

Multiple servers help reduce traffic spikes by making appropriate distributions. These servers are known to be load balancers. They work as the mediator between the client’s device and the backend server to receive and distribute server requests. 

Geo load balancing

Global server load balancing basically means that the traffic is strategically distributed across servers in multiple geographic locations. Content is served from a location to be duplicated at a standby PoP that serve it if the active site fails to eliminate latency or interruption. 

Application acceleration benefits 

Who would like to have an outstanding experience when it comes to an application whether it’s a streaming app, shopping app, or just a book reading app. Having to endure the torture of slow loading, buffering, and downloading is hectic and we totally understand that. There are ways to help cater to this issue, while we’re on it, how about we have a look at some of the benefits that come along with application acceleration? 

• With application acceleration, comes a faster and better user experience with interactive content.

• If your app is slow and needs maintenance every once in a while, a lot of funds go into that instead of better things. But with application acceleration, you can lower the operational and investment cost. 

• If the app is already slow, how do you expect it to work efficiently when there is a traffic spike? You can experience the better ability of the app with acceleration to scale to meet high demand.

• When we talk about app acceleration, the extensive tasks are assigned to the dedicated hardware devices which in turn lowers the security risk as the content becomes SSL-protected.

So get ready for an extraordinary digital experience with application acceleration.