Content aggregation/transformation. These are relatively basic applications that do not require a transactional database. They simply collect content from Web services or other sources and reformat them for display (eg, using XSLT). Static databases. Product catalogs, store locators, site search, and product configurators are examples of applications that use fairly static databases and can be run entirely at the edge. Data collection. Many applications requiring forms or other user input can be handled on the edge, with data batched and sent to the origin asynchronously. For example, with a polling application, edge servers could store data locally and send results back to an origin server (or to Akamai‘s storage system) in a few, larger chunks rather than many individual requests. Data validation and other types of basic logic can be executed by the edge server, without origin server involvement. This approach of aggregating content can reduce origin server load by several orders of magnitude.
