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| Large file transfers. Enterprises needing to transfer large files to customers, partners and employees across the globe see significant performance gains when leveraging Akamai‘s overlay network. Typical results include - X increase in large file (2 GB) transfer throughput from Europe to the US fora data backup and recovery company - X to X improvements in the performance fora global semiconductor company when using SFTP to transfer large schematic design files - X speedups for file transfers over a VPN between India and the US fora global publisher. In addition, a significant portion of the resource-intensive SSL encryption was offloaded to Akamai. Note that these performance gains are due solely to path and protocol optimizations rather than edge caching, as the latter would not be effective in point-to-point transfers and cases with very small numbers of users downloading content in any given region. eCommerce: Akamai securely enables billions of dollars in annual eCommerce revenue for its online retailers, who include 90 of the top 100 Internet retail sites. Customers [4] report significant infrastructure cost savings in addition to performance improvements that help drive site growth, enhance brand reputation, and decrease shopping cart abandonment. EdgeComputing: Sony Ericsson used Akamai EdgeComputing to avoid the costly build out of several regional data centers. They deployed a number of application components—including a phone configurator, shopping cart, and dealer locator application—to the edge, while other components ran in a centralized datacenter. The hybrid cloud strategy reduced application response time by a factor of four while increasing application availability from 92% to 100% and reducing infrastructure needs by 65%. Download 493.43 Kb. Share with your friends:
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