Akamai Technologies - Overview
RSA® Conference 2013
What is the Akamai Intelligent Platform?
The leading Internet cloud platform for enabling secure,
high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere.
120,000+
Servers
2,000+
Locations
750+
Cities
82
Countries
Resulting in traffic of:
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500 billion hits / day
19+ million hits per second
100 million page views per second
1,000,000+ concurrent streams
6+ Terabits per second average
Approx. 23% of all Web traffic
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1,100+
Networks
The Akamai Intelligent Platform
Pushing Optimization and Security to the Edge
Massive Akamai Global
Overlay Network
Customer Origin
Akamai Edge Server
closest to or AT Origin
Edge Server close
to End User
Web Server
Akamai’s Intelligent
Platform optimizes,
conditions and controls
the Internet
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Security embedded into Akamai
Edge Servers at the edge
Users
The Akamai Solution Family
Inspire Innovation
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Customer Successes
Akamai Moves Leading Organizations Faster Forward
Leading Online Broker
VALUE:
Accelerated 3 applications including
Egencia and enterprise call center.
Enabled global usability for call
center employees on 5 continents.
VALUE:
Accelerated delivery of online video
to educate consumers on financial
planning and use of self directed
portfolio tools.
VALUE:
Installing KONA across the board
changing Verizon’s security from
reactive to proactive.
VALUE:
Protected web sites across wide
APJ and MEA geographic area in
face of growing DDoS threats.
IMPACT:
Up to 100% performance
improvement leading to faster
turnaround of customer service and
improved productivity for call center
staff resulting in increased revenue.
65-75% offload reducing
infrastructure strain.
IMPACT:
Akamai’s media acceleration is a
key reason this leading institution
has been ranked the #1 online
brokerage firm, three years in a row.
IMPACT:
• 10 applications including Verizon’s
end-user webmail application
protected from daily attacks.
IMPACT:
Maintained site performance and
availability while direct global APJ
competitors experienced outages.
• Increased brand security
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Akamai Moves Leading Organizations Faster Forward
VALUE:
Protects against object exploits and
malicious scripting. Site Shield allows
the City of Orlando to cloak its origin,
further protecting against attacks
directed at specific IP addresses.
VALUE:
Delivered product videos to mobile
and web users. Improved
performance and ensured uptime for
consumers and consultants while
protecting global brand from online
threats.
VALUE:
Terra Alta is the ‘go to’ solution for
MHC Global IT to address their
clients performance issues
VALUE:
Protected against site down time
from denial of service and
application layer attacks. Filtered out
bad traffic without impacting site
performance.
IMPACT:
• The city’s Web sites were targeted
by a cyber-activist group.
• Akamai stepped in and protected
nine city-managed web sites
• Provided 100% availability and instant
scalability to millions of potential end
users.
IMPACT:
Protect and optimally deliver 2,000
videos to desktop and mobile users
increasing engagement and
customer experience without
additional infrastructure. 96%
performance improvement in NA.
Mitigated $6 million in potential
revenue loss due to brand damage.
IMPACT:
• 15 apps powered by Terra
• Average performance gains of
150%
IMPACT:
Proactively mitigated risk in the face
of increasing attacks. Preserved
millions of dollars in revenue for
‘flash sales’ and avoided $375,000 in
potential revenue loss due to brand
damage.
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Akamai Moves Leading Organizations Faster Forward
VALUE:
Accelerated 3 applications including
Egencia and enterprise call center.
Enabled global usability for call
center employees on 5 continents.
IMPACT:
Up to 100% performance
improvement leading to faster
turnaround of customer service and
improved productivity for call center
staff resulting in increased revenue.
65-75% offload reducing
infrastructure strain.
Newly rebranded telecomm &
wireless equipment company
Multi-national tech firm
specializing in hardware
systems & enterprise
software products
Leader in open source
software products for the
Enterprise
VALUE:
Supported major global launch of a
new OS
VALUE:
Accelerated 3 applications including
enterprise call center
VALUE:
Protected against site down time
from denial of service and
application layer attacks. Filtered out
bad traffic without impacting site
performance
IMPACT:
• 99.9% origin offload
• Handled 650X increase in
normal traffic at peak
• 15M total app downloads
• Avoided $25M in brand damage
IMPACT:
• 100% uptime, all SLA’s met
• Additional security benefits
realized at Level 3 network layer
• SaaS implementations have a
40% lower TCO than on-prem
solutions
IMPACT:
• Saved $180,000
in employee costs
• Avoided costs of $36,000
per small scale attack
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