Improve customer application experiences with IBM® NS1 Connect DNS traffic steering

• Leverage Real User Monitoring (RUM) data to steer traffic based on real world device performance.
• Use DNS for Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) at a fraction of the cost of in-line solutions.
• Steer traffic between multiple Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to optimize for performance, cost, and uptime.
• Route traffic around service outages, latency events, or maintenance windows.

Features

• **Real user monitoring (RUM) data: **Deliver the best user experience for your business needs at any given moment. NS1 Connect uses RUM data to deliver real-time decisions based on network performance and availability.
• **Highly customizable traffic steering: **Optimize your network with highly customizable, granular controls. NS1 Connect gives you the ability to prioritize and finely tune multiple DNS traffic steering filters at the same time.
• **More DNS traffic steering options: **Discover new ways to unlock performance gains. NS1 Connect offers more DNS traffic steering options than any other provider, covering the widest range of use cases.
• **Specialized data integrations: **Meet the unique performance needs of your business. NS1 Connect has a network of data partnerships that delivers the Quality of Experience (QoE) information required for video streaming and other uncommon needs.
• **Easy to set up and customize: **Get started quickly and easily. NS1 Connect simplifies the setup and customization of your traffic steering logic. Simply drag and drop your preferred filters, select your parameters, and deploy.

Benefits

• **Increase uptime: **Connect traffic steering to status monitors to route traffic around service deprecations and outages.
• **Manage multi-cloud, multi-CDN delivery: **Steer traffic to the best content delivery network (CDN) or cloud for any given moment.
• **Failover and disaster recovery: **Minimize service disruptions and poor performance by steering users to resources with available capacity.