According to Keynote Systems (as reported in the WSJ), up to a third of retail websites are seeing major slowdowns. Some sites are 400% slower under heavy customer traffic. Sears.com actually locked out customers for a big chunk of Friday!

No retailer wants to “lock the doors” on customers. Site uptime is crucial… so how do you plan for video content that’s 10x heavier than your existing content?

SilverDock’s answer is “polite video” delivered from a powerful, redundant, distributed server network. Our job is to make sure your video works every time, for every customer, so you can focus on the virtual cashwrap.

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Filed under: cyber monday, effective online video, online retail