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Akamai’s next "Girls Who Code" summer immersion program is still a couple of months away, but in the meantime I wanted to tell you about our involvement with another fantastic organization inspiring girls to pursue tech careers – the Girl… Continue reading Akamai Inspires Girl Scouts Through Internet Technology Workshops
On February 29th, marine cable cuts in and around Singapore caused significant connectivity issues that now, over a month later, have not been entirely resolved. * This has caused problems for many online businesses that operate in and around the… Continue reading Singapore Cable Cut Demonstrates Power of a Highly Distributed CDN
Akamai was the first CDN to support HTTP/2. This blog post is part of an ongoing series where we will discuss a wide range of H2-related topics. In today’s post, we are boding a fond farewell to SPDY…. Continue reading HTTP/2 Turns One: Farewell to SPDY
News broke last week that Twitter had scored the rights to stream 10 NFL games for a reported $10M total. While some are questioning the economics of the deal, it was clear that live streaming of major league sports is… Continue reading Sports, OTT and the future of live streaming
While there have been many OTT 4K-related announcements leading up to next week’s NAB Show, Akamai has already evolved the live/linear 4K workflow from controlled demonstrations to real-world, public, consumer distribution. In fact, live 4K has the potential to reach… Continue reading Akamai is First to Bring Live 4K to Consumers
Since showcasing a production demonstration of HTTP/2 at Velocity in 2014 and announcing broad support in 2015, Akamai has been actively working with hundreds of customers to deliver HTTP/2-enabled websites…. Continue reading HTTP/2 is here; come and get it!
We are less than a month away from NAB and Akamai has some big plans in store. With the amount of buzz centered around over-the-top (OTT) video, our floor presence is dedicated to bringing OTT workflow and delivery to life…. Continue reading Bringing OTT Video to Life at NAB
One of the important, and more interesting, use cases of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) is CORD. CORD stands for Central Office Re-architected as Datacenter. It "combines NFV, SDN, and the elasticity of commodity clouds to… Continue reading CORD – An Interesting Use Case for Virtualized Aura Licensed CDN and AnswerX Name Controls
Join me over the next few posts as I talk about how to provide fast, reliable, and secure applications in the branch while protecting end-users and promoting a transparent and open Internet. In Enterprise Security – SSL/TLS Primer Part 1… Continue reading Enterprise Security – SSL/TLS Primer Part 2 – Public Key Certificates
Content Delivery Networks(CDNs)may in some scenarios be manipulated into a forwarding loop,which consumes server resources and causes a denial of service(DoS)on the network. Continue reading VU#938151: Forwarding Loop Attacks in Content Delivery Networks may result in denial of service