Performance-enhancing psychedelics: Can LSD make you better at sport?

With the Tokyo Olympics almost upon us, the world’s best athletes are converging on Japan and it seems inevitable the topic of performance-enhancing drugs will at some point rear its head. The usual suspects – steroids, stimulants, etc. – will obviousl… Continue reading Performance-enhancing psychedelics: Can LSD make you better at sport?

Streaming Numbers Jump for European Football Tournament Delivered by Akamai

The video streaming traffic that Akamai delivered for more than 30 rights-holding customers during the July 11 Italy-England football (soccer) final as part of the delayed-to-2021European soccer tournament peaked at 34.9 Tbps on the Akamai edge platform. Continue reading Streaming Numbers Jump for European Football Tournament Delivered by Akamai

Location- and Device-agnostic Security for the Mobile Workforce

I’ve spent my entire career in technology and can still recall the time when a desktop PC was the only way to work. (Truth be told, I’m also old enough to remember dumb terminals.) I also remember my first company laptop — a beast of a thing with a mo… Continue reading Location- and Device-agnostic Security for the Mobile Workforce

Location- and Device-agnostic Security for the Mobile Workforce

I’ve spent my entire career in technology and can still recall the time when a desktop PC was the only way to work. (Truth be told, I’m also old enough to remember dumb terminals.) I also remember my first company laptop — a beast of a thing with a monochrome display so thick it came with an integrated 2.5" floppy drive and a battery life that made it barely usable. My first mobile phone was a Motorola Timeport, the first tri-band mobile phone that could work in Europe and North America. Continue reading Location- and Device-agnostic Security for the Mobile Workforce

Akamai Helps Q-dance Bring Its Tribe to Defqon.1 at Home — a Global Virtual Festival Experience

Every year, Q-dance (part of the ID&T group), a Dutch electronic music experience company, delights its die-hard fans (or their "tribe") at the world’s largest hardstyle festival, Defqon.1. Helicopters, simulated earthquakes, special moments like Power Hour, and amazing shows make up the unique experience. Continue reading Akamai Helps Q-dance Bring Its Tribe to Defqon.1 at Home — a Global Virtual Festival Experience

Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2021

Rank Performance Graph OS Outage
hh:mm:ss
Failed
Req%
DNS Connect First
byte
Total
1 Rackspace Linux 0:00:00 0.000 0.464 0.009 0.019 0.020
2 Bigstep Linux 0:00:00 0.000 0.180 0.062 0.125 0.125
3 Hyve Managed Hosting Linux 0:00:00 0.000 0.135 0.073 0.147 0.147
4 Pair Networks Linux 0:00:00 0.000 0.364 0.117 0.234 0.234
5 GoDaddy.com Inc Linux 0:00:00 0.007 0.392 0.007 0.031 0.033
6 Aruba Linux 0:00:00 0.007 0.419 0.007 0.028 0.029
7 New York Internet (NYI) FreeBSD 0:00:00 0.007 0.559 0.061 0.121 0.121
8 CWCS Managed Hosting Linux 0:00:00 0.007 0.243 0.065 0.129 0.129
9 www.dinahosting.com Linux 0:00:00 0.007 0.200 0.073 0.147 0.147
10 Webair Linux 0:00:00 0.007 0.320 0.080 0.160 0.161

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Rackspace had the most reliable hosting company site in June 2021, and has come either first or second in the ranking for six consecutive months. The top four sites each had no failed requests, but an average connection time of 9ms gives Rackspace the edge. Rackspace offers a variety of cloud hosting solutions from 40 data centres across Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.

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HTTP/3 and QUIC: Past, Present, and Future

You may have seen the announcements over the past two weeks — the IETF QUIC RFCs have been published! That leads to a lot of questions, depending on how closely you’ve followed this space. You might be wondering what this means to you, or you might think QUIC has been an established thing for years now. And how does HTTP/3 fit into this? Is HTTP/3 another name for QUIC? Continue reading HTTP/3 and QUIC: Past, Present, and Future