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75% Improvement in Site Performance Brings More Page Views and Ad Revenues to PCWorld.com
White Paper When PC World came to Akamai, their page load time for the index/home page was averaging 10 seconds as measured by Keynote. PC World initially turned to Akamai in 2003 for its streaming solution. They saw Akamai as the natural choice as a trusted... [09 Jul 2008]
Cloud computing - the data centre of the future?
News Forrester identified a wide range of companies as "cloud providers," including Amazon.com, Akamai Technologies, Joyent, Rackspace's Mosso software, and Salesforce.com's Force.com development platform. [11 Mar 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment The content distribution specialist Akamai also has a geolocation product, EdgeScape. Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online traders need to focus tightly on individual customers. One way of doing that is to identify exactly... [09 Jan 2008]
Can ISPs and Overlay Networks Form a Synergistic Co-Existence?
White Paper For instance, this concept has been used in peer-to-peer services like SplitStream, content delivery networks like Akamai, resilient networks like RON and so on. Overlay networks are becoming increasingly popular for their ability to provide... [19 Oct 2007]
Redcats USA Delivers Superior Online Experience for E-commerce Success
White Paper Knowing it was not cost effective to continually add hardware and personnel to support its growth, Redcats USA turned to Akamai. Redcats USA (formerly Brylane) is America's Specialty Catalog and E-Commerce Leader, with 10 catalogs and 12 e-commerce... [21 Aug 2007]
Akamai Streaming - When Performance Matters
White Paper Download this informative white paper to learn about Akamai's streaming performance measurement methodology and the results of four streaming media performance experiments. Often referred to as streaming media, Web audio and video are effective... [06 Aug 2007]
Cost-Effective E-Business Continuity: A Buyer's Guide to Uptime
White Paper As more and more business processes move to the Web, it's increasingly critical that enterprises provide always-available Web operations - no matter what the conditions may be at the site of the origin infrastructure, or on the public Internet. [23 Jul 2007]
Profiting from the Online Channel: A Guide for the Travel Industry
White Paper In 2003, over 60 million travelers in the U.S.alone used the Web for trip planning. Airlines, rental car agencies, transportation services, reservation/booking agents, and hotel operators who learn how to capture the growing online audience will be... [23 Jul 2007]
Cathay Pacific Airways Increases Online Bookings and Extranet Adoption, and Saves Over $1,000,000 Annually
White Paper In the end, the Akamai solution was the clear choice. Cathay Pacific Airways is an award-winning, international airline based in Hong Kong that offers scheduled passenger and cargo services to destinations around the world, and carries almost one... [06 Jul 2007]
Microsoft plotting to steal Adobe's thunder
News Partners include Akamai Technologies, online video broadcaster Brightcove, Major League Baseball and Netflix. Microsoft is today expected to launch a web browser plug-in - called Silverlight - for playing media files and displaying interactive web... [16 Apr 2007]
Akamai to buy Nine Systems for $160m
News Akamai Technologies has signed an agreement to buy streaming-media tools developer Nine Systems in a deal valued at nearly $160m. Under the deal, Akamai will pay roughly $7m in cash and about 3.1 million Akamai shares to shareholders of privately... [21 Nov 2006]
US man charged over Akamai DDoS attack
News A Florida man has been charged with launching a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against servers run by Akamai Technologies. He then used this botnet of hijacked computers to send a massive amount of traffic to the DNS servers of the... [25 Oct 2006]
Ensure Non-Stop E-Government
White Paper As government agencies migrate more and more processes from in-person, mail or phone services to Web-based applications, non-stop reliability and performance of e-government operations become increasingly critical. [30 Aug 2005]
Technical Overview of the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1
White Paper Assertion Markup Language (SAML) standard defines a framework for exchanging security information between online business partners. It was developed by the Security Services Technical Committee (SSTC) of the standards organization OASIS (the... [30 Aug 2005]
Akamai's EdgeControl-MIB Strengthens and Simplifies Enterprise Monitoring at IBS
White Paper In order to successfully serve the needs of their customers, IBS needed its network management group to monitor not only its own internal network but also the extended Akamai network of 15,000 Web servers around the world. [15 Jun 2005]
