CDS Global Cloud

Companies that run offices in several countries while working inside mainland China are the focus of CDS Global Cloud. The firm builds networks and hosting around the connection problems those businesses face, and it says it has more than ten full-service data centres worldwide and over fifty satellite locations in mainland China.

A private network across Asia, Europe and North America

The Global Private Network, or GPN, is described as a fully protected and fully meshed Layer 2 network linking China with Asia Pacific, North America and Europe. The firm says it was built over many years to address slow internet performance in parts of China, and that it allows a company to run its infrastructure across those locations in a consistent way. A ChinaConnect service is listed among its network products.

Internet access and routing inside China

Global dedicated internet access is offered as a premium service for mainland China, giving access to local and overseas resources. Premium Internet Routing is an optimised IP transit service for enterprise customers worldwide, and blended BGP transit chooses routes according to a set of optimised rules. The company says it operates under two autonomous system numbers and presents its network as one built for transparency.

Registration for hosting in mainland China

Companies that want a website hosted on a server in mainland China need an ICP licence. The firm describes this as a state-issued registration number that allows a website to be hosted there, and its services include help with that process as part of hosting in the country.

Cloud, bare metal and managed hosting

The firm builds customised private and hybrid cloud services and points to the VMware Cloud Provider Program as the basis for much of its cloud work. Bare metal servers are offered for critical workloads that need full processing capacity, which virtualisation cannot always provide. Managed hosting is available from carrier-neutral data centres in locations across China.

Tools for checking performance

A public looking glass shows backbone routing and network efficiency, which gives customers the same view of the network that users receive directly. The company also runs a smoke ping server in Shanghai that measures connectivity to Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Coupa and Workday, and it uses that server to illustrate internet performance for clients who work with those tools.