Overview: Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business.

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EdgePlatform for Application Acceleration and Delivery by Akamai Technologies
The Akamai EdgePlatform is a purpose built Application Delivery Network that accelerates delivery of applications and content over the Internet, which can lead to increased usage, adoption and improved productivity.

Akamai Application Performance Services for the Manufacturing Industry by Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies managed services address core weaknesses of the public Internet, using the Akamai platform - 25,000 servers across 69 countries - to detect and avoid problem spots.

Akamai Digital Asset Solutions for the Media and Entertainment Industry by Akamai Technologies
Akamai's Media Delivery Solution has helped leading media & entertainment companies such as CBS, Viacom, Apple and Warner Music execute profitable digital media strategies and successful online events.

Akamai Dynamic Site Solution for the Hotel and Travel Industry by Akamai Technologies
Akamai provides a complete e-business solution that addresses the requirements for massive reach to support worldwide customer demands and the use of an extended infrastructure to support widely varying traffic on demand.

Akamai Dynamic Site Solution for the Retail Industry by Akamai Technologies
Akamai solutions, retailers can increase conversion rates by improving Web site performance and availability, ensuring customers stay on your site to conclude their purchases while staying away from your competition.

Akamai Services for the High Tech Industry by Akamai Technologies
Akamai solutions for high tech companies provide a predictable, high-quality user experience that measurably improves the success of your online activities.

Accelerating the Delivery of On-Demand Applications to Meet Escalating Expectations of Corporate Customers by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - The purpose of this whitepaper is to examine the escalating service delivery requirements of the SaaS marketplace.

Akamai Electronic Software Delivery Best Practices: Improving Download Completion Rates to Drive Business Success by Akamai Technologies . April 2008 - The Akamai Electronic Software Delivery solution enables software vendors to drastically improve their download completion rates by offering superior user download experience through increased speed, reliability, visibility and control.

Akamai Electronic Software Delivery: Business Benefits and Best Practices by Akamai Technologies . January 2007 - Akamai's Electronic Software Delivery solution is the industry-leading delivery platform for electronic software downloads and it helps companies enjoy superior business returns on their ESD investments.

Akamai Insight: Time to Market Matters for Online Video Media by Akamai Technologies . May 2008 - Akamai, with Stream OS, provides a streamlined video distribution workflow and a scalable, global distribution platform to get more media to market, faster than ever.

Akamai Technologies Leads in Rich Media Content Delivery by Forrester Research by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - As one of the original content delivery networks (CDNs), Akamai Technologies possesses a broad infrastructure with global reach and a client list that includes Apple's iTunes Music Store, NBC, and Starz Entertainment Group's Vongo.

Akamai's Application Acceleration Services: Transform the Internet into a Business-Ready Application Delivery Platform by Akamai Technologies . December 2008 - The Akamai EdgePlatform addresses the root-causes of Internet performance and scale bottlenecks by intelligently placing itself between the end-user and origin data-center as an overlay network to the Internet.

Akamai's Application Performance Solutions: For a Complete Application Delivery Strategy, Think Outside the Data-center by Akamai Technologies . December 2008 - Akamai's Web Application Accelerator takes a unique approach to solving the Web application delivery challenge by filling the gap between the data-center and end-users while requiring no additional hardware by the customer.

Application Delivery Challenge by Akamai Technologies . December 2008 - This report explains various topics like: The critical role of an ADC in the data center, Foundry Serveriron application delivery controller, transforming data center into a dynamic delivery center and managed services to complement ADC.

Benchmarking Strategies for Application Acceleration by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - This paper introduces you to the issues involved in wide-area application slowdowns.

Best Practices for Producing On Demand Video for the Web by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - This paper will help you understand and select from the most popular video formats, it provides an overview of video processing and encoding practices that can help you create the best-looking Web video for your Web site.

Best Practices: Blazing Fast Web Site Infrastructure by Akamai Technologies . September 2008 - This document explains best practices about infrastructure and about jointly developing and executing ongoing performance management strategy with the application development professionals.

Boosting Online Commerce Profitability by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - To thrive in today's increasingly crowded world of Internet retailing, businesses that conduct commerce online must continually innovate to engage and enthrall their customers.

Determining the Return on Investment of Web Application Acceleration Managed Services- an IDC Study by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - The data collected in this study strongly suggests that companies engaging in substantial levels of ebusiness should evaluate the costs and benefits of deploying Akamai's Web application acceleration managed services.

Highly Distributed Computing Is Key to Quality on the HD Web by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - This paper outlines the basic requirements for delivering high-definition (HD) video via broadband and describes how Akamai, through highly distributed computing, is uniquely able to extend the Internet's capacity.

Identifying the Right Media Format for Broadband Video Initatives by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - This white paper provides a strategic roadmap for choosing the optimal media format to improve the likelihood of broadband video success.

Improving Rich Media Management across the Enterprise by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - Learn how you can turn your media assets into net profit with Akamai Stream OS.

Leveraging the Edge: Delivering Unmatched Performance for Large File Downloads by Akamai Technologies . January 06, 2009 - This whitepaper describes how a distributed architecture is vitally important to achieve performance and reliability in the delivery of large electronic files.

Online Video: The New Merchandising by Akamai Technologies . September 2008 - This white paper examines the trends in eCommerce video applications, current customer and eRetailer attitudes, and the challenges to successfully delivering high quality online video into their online merchandising strategy.

Optimizing Rich Internet Application Performance by Akamai Technologies . June 2008 - The webcast discusses why web users want RIAs? how businesses are benefiting from RIAs? and how to put RIAs to work for your organization?

Real World Performance Testing for Dynamic Web Applications by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - Enterprise IT professionals face ongoing challenges in delivering centrally located and managed Web applications to employees, business partners and customers on a global scale.

Retail and Online Commerce Infrastructure: Understanding Total Cost of Ownership by Akamai Technologies . October 2008 - This white paper provides a comprehensive view of numerous legacy costs as part of a total cost of ownership (TCO) assessment of a retailer's in-house support of its online channel infrastructure.

Retail Website Performance- Consumer Reaction to a Poor Online Shopping Experience by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - Retailers must understand that the online shopper segment is continually maturing and be mindful of how this evolution influences consumers' expectations.

Successful Social Networking and User Generated Content Applications: What You Need to Know by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - This white paper provides an overview of the dramatic shift in communication brought about by social networking and discusses how some companies are already capitalizing on this revolution.

Successfully Delivering Internet Television - Taking Advantage of the Digital Media Revolution by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - Internet Television is a proven method of delivering audio and video content over the public Internet to the TV set, offering exciting new ways to generate revenues and reach wider audiences.

Supercharging Site Performance for Unmatched Holiday Success by Akamai Technologies . June 2008 - This webinar is on best practices for optimizing online customer experience, as well as best practices in terms of overall holiday planning.

The Importance of Delivering a Great Online Video Experience by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - With the increased popularity of online video content, now is the time for publishers to experiment with online video as a new means of storytelling and offering an enhanced experience on their Web sites.

Transform the Internet into a Business- Ready Application Delivery Platform for Enterprise SOA Based SAP Deployments by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - For today's enterprises, enterprise SOA based on SAP and the Internet provide a complementary and highly agile platform for rapidly extending the enterprise to reach customers, partners and employees in markets globally.

Web 2.0 Is Here- Is Your Web Infrastructure Ready? by Akamai Technologies . March 2008 - This white paper outlines today's B2C Web site trends and explains the challenges associated with dynamic content-whether dynamically generated or the result of personalization techniques.