Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is a global content delivery network (CDN) that accelerates the delivery of your websites, APIs, video content, and other web assets to users worldwide. With 600+ globally dispersed Points of Presence (PoPs), CloudFront ensures your content reaches viewers in milliseconds through automated network mapping and intelligent routing.

Key benefits include:

• Ultra-low latency through strategic global edge locations
• Enhanced security with traffic encryption, access controls, and built-in DDoS protection via AWS Shield Standard
• Cost optimization through consolidated requests and zero data transfer fees from AWS origins
• Serverless edge computing capabilities for custom code execution

The platform excels at delivering fast, secure websites with built-in data compression and field-level encryption. It's particularly powerful for accelerating dynamic content and APIs using AWS's purpose-built global network infrastructure with edge termination, gRPC, and WebSockets support.

CloudFront seamlessly integrates with AWS Media Services for live and on-demand video streaming, ensuring quick stream starts and consistent playback across any device. It also handles large-scale software distribution, automatically scaling to deliver game patches, IoT updates, and software distributions with high transfer rates.