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Tencent Cloud Recognized as Major Player in IDC MarketScape for Edge Delivery

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Tencent was recognized as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Edge Delivery Services 2024 Vendor Assessment report. Tencent Cloud, as a representative vendor, has made a strategic move with its integrated edge platform, EdgeOne, positioning itself to capitalize on opportunities presented by edge services.

Strategy- and technology-driven, a truly one-stop edge cloud security and acceleration platform

Tencent Cloud’s globally launched EdgeOne solution is a truly one-stop cloud security and acceleration platform. It continuously refines its advantages in edge acceleration and edge security capabilities, catering to the needs of developer communities, media, and other industries, thereby driving digital transformation and rapid business growth across various sectors.

Specifically, in terms of edge acceleration, EdgeOne optimizes HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/UDP network transmissions, and combines dynamic and static content to provide efficient acceleration services for a diverse range of business content in a simple and streamlined manner.

On edge security, EdgeOne offers comprehensive security protection capabilities such as DDoS/WAF/Bot/rate limiting through a distributed architecture, further democratizing security capabilities and providing users with normalized protection.

The report notes, “Tencent Cloud supports flexible pricing that includes free access for developers and basic, advanced, and custom models for enterprise customers.” To encourage more developers to participate, collaborate, and improve edge applications, EdgeOne has created the OpenEdge, an open co-creation technology platform for developers to build the next generation of edge AI Serverless applications. Additionally, in September of this year, the platform launched the “Pages” feature designed for modern web development, assisting developers in rapidly building and deploying static sites and serverless applications.

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Furthermore, EdgeOne is actively integrating AI technology to develop AI@Edge capabilities. It supports enterprises in deploying computing resources at the edge, offer runtime environments for LLM training and inference, and enables AI applications for video and image generation and processing, as well as for AI-generated content storage and caching.

Top choice for enterprise global business development, with comprehensive industry services for gaming, e-commerce, media, etc.

While continuously refining its technology, EdgeOne is also actively implementing solutions across various industries. The report indicates that Tencent possesses extensive expertise in e-commerce, media, and gaming, with these market segments poised for good growth in the foreseeable future. At present, EdgeOne has already served top clients and typical scenarios in various industries globally, including gaming, e-commerce, media, and finance.

In the gaming sector, EdgeOne’s global nodes, combined with innovative architecture, have accelerated game server access by over 30%, improved download speeds for game developers by an average of 50%, and increased first-day user activity by 20%. Currently, EdgeOne has served over 500 gaming clients globally, providing services for Tencent’s self-developed strategic games like Honor of Kings international edition. Additionally, EdgeOne supports global operations for companies such as Kuro Games’s “Wuthering Waves” and BluePoch’s “Reverse 1999”, ensuring both security and performance.

SOURCE: PRNewswire