Managed DNS is when a third-party hosts and optimizes your DNS resolution architecture to provide the fastest, most secure, and most reliable experience.
To put it simply, if you do not have a managed DNS service in place, every query in the Domain Name System (DNS) will follow a series of servers until it reaches the authoritative DNS server associated with that domain.
If you are managing your website without a managed DNS solution, you are responsible for answering all authoritative DNS queries globally. While it is possible to manage your own authoritative DNS, there are risks involved.
Availability, security, performance, and cost are key factors to consider when managing your own DNS. Handling sudden spikes in traffic, protecting against DDoS attacks, delivering fast response times globally, and investing in infrastructure are challenges that organizations face.
Table stakes: What every managed DNS offering provides
Managed DNS providers offer a highly available, secure system that organizations need for peak performance at a fraction of the cost of building their own DNS network.
Today, premium managed DNS services provide 100% uptime through a worldwide anycast DNS network, control panels, dashboards, metrics for performance analysis, and usage-based pricing.
The next evolution of managed DNS
Managed DNS continues to evolve by adding advanced features such as traffic management, infrastructure as code, dedicated DNS, data-driven analytics, and performance optimization in China to optimize application experiences.
NS1 Connect offers advanced functionality like Filter Chain technology, infrastructure as code through REST APIs, dedicated DNS services, real-time analytics, and specialized managed DNS for users in mainland China.
Learn more about IBM NS1 Connect
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