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Akamai CDN

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What is Akamai CDN?

Akamai Technologies, headquartered in Boston, offers Akamai Connected Cloud, a content delivery network (CDN) with a variety of services used to guarantee application, API, and media delivery.

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Global growth assured

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Javier Bueso
CSO (Chief Security Officer) in Information Technology at Enagás (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Publish content to corporate websites. We use it to deploy files in all countries where we have some particpate company.

Pros

  • publish globally
  • aggregate, statistical and user information
  • improved security posture

Cons

  • Security operations
  • SIEM integration

Most Important Features

  • Global deploy
  • Availability
  • Security

Return on Investment

  • SEO
  • Branding

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PRABHAT MISHRAView profile
Senior Devops Engineer in Engineering at LEAD School (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were using it for CDN purposes & we were even using it for security reasons.

Pros

  • For caching we were using CDN.
  • To prevent any DdoS attacks this is best.
  • It was serving as proxy server for edge locations.

Cons

  • We should be having more detailed logging on Akamai side.
  • We should have more support for edge locations.
  • We should try implementing session on Akamai side.

Most Important Features

  • Caching from edge location.
  • Security.

Return on Investment

  • We gained user as latency was very much reduced using the caching feature.
  • User felt more secure while using the website.
  • It had a very positive impact on ROI.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon CloudFront

Other Software Used

Akamai Edge DNS, Akamai API Gateway, Akamai Identity Cloud (formerly Janrain)

Akamai helps you scale with its capabilities in CDN

Incentivized
Vaibhav ChoksiView profile
Senior Product Manger, Digital Commerce in Information Technology at Dell Technologies (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Akamai is strong at Content Delivery Process with its own method of mirroring website HTML and CSS elements.
  • It also has peer to peer networking feature that let users download large files directly from peers outside Akamai's network.
  • Akamai's intelligent edge platform provides a cloud-connected network of servers located over 100 countries globally.

Cons

  • Akamai platforms does not come with an intuitive UI to configure and it requires training for set up.
  • Akami is mostly costly and will be proven very expensive for small organization that are not scaled.
  • Akami activation takes a longer time for a lot of testing with multiple scenarios especially with edge servers scenarios.

Return on Investment

  • Akamai RoI improved over a period of times since it comes with heavy costs, however global deliveries in over 100 counties and global web platforms usage helps improve RoI
  • With the complex UI challenges, ROI could be impacted negatively when you have to invest in operations and time.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon CloudFront and Fastly

Other Software Used

Amazon CloudFront, Coveo, Fastly

Akamai is the go-to product for web-based security and performance - no contest!!!!

Incentivized
Phillip HolderView profile
Consultant - Senior Business System Analyst in Information Technology at Rogers Communications (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Providing online security for critical commerce applications we run on a day to day basis - obvious as to why this is important.
  • Providing multiple edge based servers located closer to clients across the country for better performance for our customers.
  • 100% uptime - This is probably the best guarantee I have seen in the industry.
  • Excellent support 24/7 - for complex project solutions.

Cons

  • I would like to see an increase in telephone support allocation - i.e. hours we have available per month to talk to their specialist as more and more we are getting into complex solutions and require their expertise.

Return on Investment

  • Sorry, I am in a large organization and do not see the financials related to Akamai.

Alternatives Considered

AWS Lambda

Other Software Used

Lucidchart, Jira Service Desk, Oracle Access Management, Slack

Akamai- World's leading CDN provider

Verified User
Director in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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</div><div>Akamai KSD - Blocks the web security threats before they ever reach our cloud hosted origin servers

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</div><div>Akamai CDN - makes digital experiences secure, reliable, and fast</div>

Pros

  • Large global footprint
  • technology is powerful and can handle complex demands
  • Great customer service

Cons

  • Cost is on the higher end compared to other CDN providers
  • Admin interface is not so easy to understand

Most Important Features

  • Reliability and security
  • Scalability
  • Best user experience
  • Speed/Performance

Return on Investment

  • Help guarantee good service and satisfied customers by meeting the SLAs
  • Provide end-users with an expectation of the quality of service they can expect to receive

Alternatives Considered

Cloudflare

Other Software Used

Google Cloud DNS, NS1, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Arista 7000 series, Cisco AnyConnect, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series, Zscaler Private Access, Zscaler Internet Access