A Faster, Safer and Smarter website with CloudFlare

We are delighted to announce that Netcetera have partnered with CloudFlare – a performance CDN (Content Delivery Network) and security service.

On average, a website on CloudFlare loads twice as fast, uses 60% less bandwidth, has 65% fewer requests and is way more secure. CloudFlare re-routes your sites’ traffic through its global network (14 Data Centres); blocking threats and caching content. This saves your bandwidth & resources while speeding up load times.

Enabling CloudFlare for your Netcetera web sites is fast, simple and free.

CloudFlare automatically caches static content:

• CSS
• JavaScript
• Images
• Requires zero configuration
• Provides high gzip compression
• Is compatible with other CDN solutions

Result: The average website on CloudFlare loads:

• Twice as fast
• Sees 65% fewer requests
• Saves 60% in bandwidth

CloudFlare makes web content load efficiently by:

• Consolidating multiple network requests into one request
• Loading JavaScript asynchronously

The result: pages load snappier

CloudFlare provides a layer of security against a broad range of attacks including:

• Comment spam
• Content theft
• Email harvesting
• SQL injection
• Cross-site scripting attacks (XSS)
• DDoS attacks

Benefits

• Sites load twice as fast
• Use 60% less bandwidth
• See 65% fewer requests
• Have an additional layer of web protection

Which Customers can benefit from CloudFlare?
Every website can benefit from CloudFlare, however here 5 types of sites that really can benefit:

• Websites running slow or with high server utilization
• Websites with traffic spikes due to seasonality or marketing campaigns
• E-commerce and business sites
• WordPress blogs or websites with history of security breaches and vulnerabilities
• Sites at risk of being hacked or targeted with a DDoS attack

When to Recommend CloudFlare

1) Websites running slow or with high server utilization

• On average, CloudFlare makes a site load twice as fast CloudFlare lowers server load by 60%
• Zero configuration. It happens automatically

2) Websites with seasonal or marketing traffic spikes

• Keep a site running even under a crushing request load
• Surges in traffic won’t overload your webservers

3) E-commerce and business sites

• Make websites faster and safer
• Save time and money and avoid the headaches related to an attack

4) Websites or WordPress blogs with history of security breaches

• CloudFlare stops threats before they can inject code or reach your customer’s websites

5) Sites at risk of being hacked or targeted with a DDoS attack

• CloudFlare helps to mitigate DDoS attacks
• Using “I’m Under Attack” mode is easy and effective

CloudFlare is FREE to all Netcetera’s Customers

Questions? Let us help! To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form or call 0800 061 2801 or click our Live Chat