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"Cloud computing. It's a hot topic that's capturing significant interest, imagination and investment of the business world. At Akamai, we've been optimizing the cloud for over ten years, building a global computing platform that helps make cloud computing a reality. Take a few minutes to explore the challenges and opportunities waiting for you in the cloud—and learn more about Akamai's services for cloud computing."
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 Akamai & Cloud Computing:
A Perspective from the Edge of the
Cloud by
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Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed.
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 The DNA of an Enterprise Cloud
Video presentation featuring Willie Tejada, Senior Vice President, Akamai Technologies
Cloud computing has gained momentum and is increasingly being embraced by enterprises of all sizes for application delivery. But the cloud itself is often its own worst enemy as performance, reliability, and the lack of enterprise level capabilities have led to obstacles in growth and adoption of this still promising infrastructure methodology. This is only exacerbated by an increasingly mobile and global world, one that is plagued with security concerns. Learn what Akamai is doing to solve the challenges you face in the cloud, and how Akamai's Intelligent platform can help you leverage both public and hybrid cloud infrastructures without sacrificing security or control.
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| Achieving the Most from Your Cloud Computing Strategy |
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An exclusive Q&A with Willie Tejada,
Senior VP, Enterprise Cloud at Akamai |
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| Akamai Cloud Optimization Focus Sheet |
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| Akamai Cloud Optimization White Paper |
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Inform your cloud computing strategy with our newest Position Paper: Taming the Cloud: Understanding the Risks and Returns of Enterprise Cloud Computing
What you'll learn:
- Which aspects of cloud computing are most relevant to you
- How the enterprise will use cloud computing
- How Akamai's services bring cloud computing to life
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"We have seen an average 25-85 percent worldwide performance improvement in our application...those savings translate into lower costs for our customers."
- Tim Madewell, V.P. Operations,
Innotas
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"We've taken a modular approach to using cloud computing infrastructure, distributing movie content and accelerating our web presence using Akamai's services."
- Tim Baur, V.P. Technology,
MovieSet
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"Akamai's distributed cloud optimization services help us provide the scale and reliability our customers require for their successful e-commerce businesses."
- Wayne Whitcomb,
V.P. Engineering & Technology, Demandware
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"Our offering resides in the cloud. With 40% of our business coming from outside of the U.S., it would
not be possible for us to deliver a superior experience without Akamai's cloud optimization services."
- Alex Blum, CEO, KickApps
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| Press Releases |
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| October 13, 2011 - New Cloud Security and Compliance Solutions Added to The Akamai Intelligent Platform |
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| October 12, 2011 - Akamai Intelligent Platform to Address Challenges of a Hyperconnected World |
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| October 6, 2011 - Akamai Joins OpenStack Community to add Global Application Performance, Scale, and Availability Experience to Open Source Initiative |
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| September 27, 2011 - Nobelprize.org becomes Cloud Enabled |
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| July 20, 2011 - Edgeview powered by BMC Software Provides Akamai Customers with Real-time View of Web Application Performance |
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| June 7, 2011 - Akamai to Present Real-time View of IPv6 Traffic Delivered Across Its Global Platform
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| May 10, 2011 - Akamai and Riverbed to Accelerate Applications over Hybrid Cloud Networks |
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| April 12, 2011 - IBM Teams with Akamai to Accelerate Applications Across the Web, and from the Cloud to the Enterprise |
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| February 15, 2011 - Akamai Unveils New Cloud Defense Solutions Designed to Protect Enterprises from Sophisticated Web Attacks |
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| January 12, 2011 - Rackspace Hosting and Akamai Join Forces to Give Customers Faster Online
Computing, Backed By Fanatical Support® |
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| September 27, 2010 - New Payment Tokenization Service Unveiled for the Akamai Cloud |
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| July 14, 2010 - Akamai Appoints Chuck Neerdaels as Vice President of Engineering, Cloud Platforms |
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| May 4, 2010 - Akamai and Ibm Websphere Team to Amplify Web Applications Delivery;
Announcing the 'Akamai Ready' Initiative |
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| April 26, 2010 - Akamai and Coradiant Deliver Global End-User Visibility for Enterprises Accelerating Applications in the Cloud |
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