Square Enix enhance the online gaming experience for users
Square Enix, is a Japanese video game company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts.
With a huge audience in the youth and young adult sector, the Square Enix website has a strong ability to communicate with its target audience whilst still offering a strong flavour of the product and a wealth of information.
Being a UKFast Internet Awards winner Square Enix is leading the way in the online gaming boom and hosting with UKFast ensures 24/7 dedicated support to maintain this position.
Efficient Windows SQL database
Square Enix uses UKFast servers for online gaming, a Windows SQL server is utilised which has an easy to use interface and global brand familiarity. The Windows SQL also gives Square Enix a complete database and analysis solution and ensures the company meets the scalability and reliability requirements of the demanding gamers.
The website's European manager said: "Our gamers demand access to the site around the clock so we can’t afford even the smallest amount of downtime. UKFast's managed hosting solution meets our needs perfectly. The service we have received has been exceptional, from management of our servers right through to the ongoing 24 hour technical support".
High speed for enhanced gaming
With massive dedicated bandwidth, the Square Enix website can deliver under massive demand from gamers. They can download and play games at a much faster rate, in fact Sqaure Enix are breaking records for download timescales. This has led to improved levels of quality and reliability, boosting the service Square Enix can offer to visiting gamers.
The manager also commented "Our aim has always been to provide the very best service and resources for online gamers visiting the website and our package has been enhanced further still thanks to UKFast. The dedicated bandwidth we can offer to gamers is the best on offer, leading to Square Enix having a very good reputation for Internet service. UKFast delivers their promises and we are extremely happy with the service."
Lawrence Jones managing director of UKFast is not surprised at the success of the website. "Our team are responsive to short term needs. When Square Enix launch a Final Fantasy game we are able to supply them with huge amounts of dedicated bandwidth for the duration of the launch. From the sweeping landscapes to exotic creatures Square Enix has got digital entertainment content down to a fine art and we’re proud to be assisting them as they push the boundaries of creativity and innovation," he said.
Advanced security for protection against hackers
The success of the Square Enix website has lead to a vibrant online community, with up to 18,000 gamers logging on every day. However, this global success results in hackers who seek access to the games despite security measures. Nonetheless, Square Enix benefits from our highly resilient network infrastructure and managed dedicated firewall security, providing advanced protection against hackers and minimising any threat of downtime.
The servers Square Enix use are hosted in secure, state of art data centres where temperatures are strictly monitored to ensure the servers are kept cool and access to the centres themselves is limited to only authorised personnel.
To download one of Square Enix’s famous games visit their website: http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/.
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