Faster Web applications without increasing IT costs.

APPLICATIONS PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS

Akamai provides a unique mechanism to deliver Web or IP communications using a massively distributed architecture. Over 2,000 clients across the DoD and the private sector as well as the White House, USAF and Symantec rely on Akamai to protect them against attack. Akamai also enables organizations like NWS, DHS, NOAA, USGS, CNN and FEMA to scale on demand to support relief efforts and emergency information distribution. About 50 organizations in the public sector use Akamai, including the State Department, USAF, DHS, FBI, the Department of Education (FAFSA), the IRS, the FAA and DISA.

Applications Performance Solutions provide several valuable and measurable benefits:

• Significant performance increases, particularly internationally.
• Scalability to support both traffic surges from unplanned media events and DDoS attacks.
• Security to verify content integrity in transit to the edge of the Internet.
• Mechanisms to obfuscate or manipulate traffic paths.
• Means to reduce latency and improve the reliability of communications.
• Operational cost advantages over traditional approaches to solving these problems.
  
  Akamai provides a better way to handle traditional IT challenges on the Internet, reducing risk and improving operational success. Akamai frees up valuable technical staff from fixing traditional problems, enabling them to focus on new efforts.

WEB APPLICATIONS ACCELERATOR (WAA)

The WAA includes built-in technologies that ensure consistent, predictable application performance on a global scale, even under the most challenging Internet conditions.

When a user requests an application, dynamic mapping technology directs the request to the closest Akamai server. Using route optimization, Akamai identifies the fastest, most reliable path back to your server to retrieve the application content, and employ connection techniques to optimize communication between servers, improving performance and reliability of both retrieval and delivery. Access control features ensure application security is maintained throughout the process.

Techniques include:

• Dynamic mapping
• Dynamic routing
• Compression
• Caching and pre-fetching
• Connection/TCP optimization
• Access control

Benefits:

• More control over the delivery of your applications
• Optimized delivery means faster performance
• The Akamai platform handles peak usage easily
• IT burden drops – no additional hardware

ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE WAA SOLUTION:

• NetStorage
  Akamai NetStorage is a secure, outsourced service that eases the burden and costs of storing content.

• Streaming
  Scalable, high-quality live and on-demand streaming services in all major formats including Windows Media, Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime and Real.