9. CUSTOMER BENEFITS AND RESULTS Akamai customers can easily make use of multiple Akamai delivery networks within a single website, tailoring delivery methods to meet their application requirements. We now present a sampling of use cases which illustrate different ways in which our customers have implemented applications on the Akamai platform and the benefits they have achieved as a result. Many additional examples and case studies can be found at [2]. 9.1 Customer Examples for Content and Streaming Delivery Customer-cited benefits for content and streaming delivery include not only the revenue and brand enhancement benefits from improved performance and reliability, but also significant infrastructure cost savings, protection from DDoS attacks, and the ability to handle large flash crowds. New York Post X performance improvement.The New York Post first came to Akamai after publishing an exclusive news story that generated huge traffic surge that overwhelmed its infrastructure. Akamai was able to complete provision and integrate the site within a few hours, enabling the New York Post to handle its flash crowd—while making homepage download times 20 times faster as well.
