Executive Summary
According to the United States Census Bureau, the world population has surpassed 7.9 billion. China, with 1.41 billion, leads India, with 1.39 billion.1 According to Data Reportal, 5 billion people—63 percent of the population—now use the internet.2 China, India, and Southeast Asia represent much of the emerging markets where the world’s companies seek new internet services customers, from business-to-business (B2B) and e-commerce to streaming and social media.
To continue their growth, many connected businesses will need to reach new consumers in these emerging markets. But customers in these markets expect service providers to deliver the same low-latency, high-quality experiences as those in developed markets. Additionally, companies must meet customer expectations while preparing for the next generation of Web 3.0, which will rely on de-centralization and compute-intensive blockchain technology.
Figure 1. Zenlayer's global coverage.
Zenlayer delivers edge cloud services around the planet, with expertise in helping companies penetrate emerging markets, such as China, India, and Southeast Asia. Zenlayer edge cloud services are enabled by over 290 Points of Presence (PoPs) in more than 50 countries across six continents (Figure 1). Along with the company’s cloud networking capabilities, these edge nodes allow companies to reach over 85 percent of the world’s internet population in under 25 milliseconds (ms).3
Zenlayer provides a variety of deployment models, including Bare Metal Cloud (BMC), for many types of business: B2B, e-commerce, streaming media, and more. Bare Metal Cloud offerings include the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and server configurations that can include other Intel® technologies to accelerate applications and services. The latest Zenlayer deployments are designed to enable Web 3.0 and support scalable blockchain services in emerging markets.
This white paper looks at Zenlayer’s Bare Metal Cloud offering and how Intel technologies help Zenlayer deliver the performance and low latency that blockchain and other performance-demanding services need today.