Join the Technology Association of Georgia on May 22, 2013 to hear Hi-Rez Studios discuss their bare metal cloud solution and how it has helped them achieve higher economic efficiencies and superior online gaming performance. Have you ever wondered how online gaming companies meet end user demands for high performance and low latency? Fast-paced MMOGs [...]
Five considerations for building online gaming infrastructure (Video)
03.29.2013 By:
When new games are released into the market, the success of the launch often hinges on the gaming infrastructure you choose. The ability to withstand a high number of users during a global launch can create latency issues for gamers, which can result in abandonment of play. In the video below, we discuss five key [...]
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Support multi-region game launch initiatives with colocation
03.28.2013 By:
Today’s online game developers face an increasingly global marketplace that is no longer restricted to just a few prominent regions. As consumers around the world embrace online video games, developers and publishers must deliver games to a variety of regions at launch. This presents a wide range of logistical and technological challenges which can be [...]
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Video blog: IT Infrastructure for online gaming
09.06.2012 By:
From the age-old arcade favorites like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Pong to the lovable Nintendo Mario Brothers or the highly addictive World of Warcraft, the culture, technology and business of video games has slowly filtered down into your living room, your PC and even to your mobile phone. If you haven’t touched a joystick in [...]
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Optimizing online gaming performance with multiple-cloud and hybrid-cloud strategies
08.27.2012 By:
As I listened to the Internap online gaming webinar last week it was encouraging to hear how vibrant and growing all three principle online gaming market segments are: Social, Mobile and Multi-player Online. Clearly, monetization challenges are intensifying due to the “big gaming companies getting bigger” and app stores drowning in apps. That said, the [...]
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Three considerations for creating online gaming infrastructure
07.10.2012 By:
The 1980s marked the “golden age” of arcade video games. All you needed was a fistful of quarters for an afternoon of fun playing favorites like Pong, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. Although you can still find those same classics on display as antiques in pizzerias, today’s gaming industry has morphed to include a multitude of [...]
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