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Akamai DNSi resolvers are a foundational part of some of the largest networks in the world, and help providers improve the subscriber experience, deliver value-added services, and gather DNS data that’s useful for operations and security.
CHOOSE THE BEST DEPLOYMENT OPTION
Cloud, managed, and licensed (On-Prem) solutions are designed to align operational preferences, technical requirements, and business objectives.
REDUCE COST OF OWNERSHIP
Exceptional resolution performance means simpler networks with fewer servers and no need for load balancers or firewalls.
IMPROVE THE SUBSCRIBER EXPERIENCE
Low-latency query responses deliver faster page loads and content delivery; resilience to traffic spikes and “always on” availability eliminate frustrating slowdowns or outages.
Improve Content-Aware DNS Resolution With CacheServe
OPTIMIZE CONTENT DELIVERY
Innovative features enable better mapping between content sources and requesters to improve the user experience, and minimize cost and network impact of content delivery.
OFFER SECURITY AND PERSONALIZATION SERVICES
Tightly integrated applications make it easy to leverage Akamai resolvers for revenue generating services for consumers, small businesses and public Wi-Fi venues.
MANAGE DNS TRAFFIC
Fine-grained policies enable value-added services and allow targeted blocking of unwanted DNS queries.
PROTECT THE DNS AND SUBSCRIBERS
Unmatched defenses deter hackers from corrupting DNS data with cache poisoning attacks that can impact subscribers.
REACH OUT TO SUBSCRIBERS
In-browser messages delivered with campaign management tools support use cases like: security alerts, service notifications, bill payment reminders, and more.
COLLECT DATA TO DRIVE NETWORK INSIGHTS
Embedded resolver features collect DNS query data and essential server statistics with minimal impact on resolution performance; optional Big Data Connector integrates with analytics systems.
How DNS is Used to Personalize Services
UNDERSTAND ESSENTIAL OPERATING METRICS
Real-time data provides instant verification that servers are operating within normal ranges; long-term charts and graphs make it simple to assess trends.
Deployment/Usage
Operator licenses, deploys, and operates CacheServe software
Deployment Location
On-net, operator network
DNS Policy Ownership
Operator
Management
Admin reporting portal, CLI, APIs
Service Guarantees
Operator controlled
DNS Capacity
Dedicated
Value Added Applications
SPS Secure Consumer, SPS Secure Business, SPS Secure Public Wi-Fi, SPS Reach
DNS Privacy (DNS over TLS)
Limited availability
Deployment/Usage
Akamai deploys and operates AnswerX nodes as a managed service
Deployment Location
On-net, operator network
DNS Policy Ownership
Operator
Management
Admin portal, APIs
Service Guarantees
SLA, Health Check
DNS Capacity
Dedicated
Value Added Applications
SPS Name Controls, SPS Search Guide
DNS Privacy (DNS over TLS)
Beta Q1 2019
Deployment/Usage
Akamai operates AnswerX platform and offers fully outsourced rDNS
Deployment Location
Akamai Intelligent Platform™
DNS Policy Ownership
Operator
Management
Admin reporting portal, CLI, APIs
Service Guarantees
SLA, Health Check
DNS Capacity
Shared
Value Added Applications
SPS Name Controls, SPS Search Guide
DNS Privacy (DNS over TLS)
Beta Q1 2019
DNSi Big Data Connector transforms data gathered from DNSi CacheServe resolvers so it can be used by existing big data systems, or purpose built applications, to develop meaningful monitoring, trending, planning and security metrics.
Providers with distributed CDN caches across their networks, investigating EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) to better align content sources with their subscribers, can take advantage of features in CacheServe resolvers.
AnswerX licensed is an "on-prem" version of the AnswerX software with all of the same features for providers who prefer to deploy and manage their own DNS infrastructure.
