CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in Content
Delivery Network (CDN) services, will use its presence at Velocity,
taking place May 27-29, 2015 at the
Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, to showcase the Company's web
performance optimization expertise. Further, Akamai will illustrate
the role HTTP/2 is expected to play in the future of the web and
demonstrate how the Akamai Intelligent Platform is designed to
improve the performance and security of modern web sites using this
new protocol.
Through a variety of speaking sessions as well as booth
demonstrations (Booth #608), Akamai will show attendees how its Web
Performance Solutions and Cloud Security Solutions can help
organizations across industries to improve web site performance and
reduce the risk of downtime. Technology demonstrations planned for
Velocity include:
HTTP/2: Akamai is the first CDN to support the
newly ratified HTTP/2 protocol. The company has been a key
contributor to the definition of HTTP/2 and, via live
demonstrations, will show how Akamai is supporting the new protocol
to improve web site performance.
Akamai Cloud-Based Image Management Solutions:
Akamai will showcase a proof-of-concept, cloud-based image
management solution that is designed to enable companies to
simplify and automate the process of creating and delivering rich
images to any user, on any device, and anywhere.
Akamai Cloud Security Solutions: Through this
demonstration, attendees will be able to see what a simulated DDoS
or Slowloris attack can do to an unprotected site and how Akamai
Cloud Security Solutions can help protect against performance
degradation or downtime.
In addition, the Velocity conference program features a variety
of sessions presented by Akamai web experience experts.
Sessions in which Akamai is scheduled to participate include:
Convince Your CFO to Invest in Performance: On
Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 3:30 –
5 p.m., in Mission City M1-2,
Colin Bendell, Akamai Web Technology
Evangelist, will participate in this featured session to address
the basics of operational and capital costs and how to relate them
to performance initiatives. He will review several
easy-to-implement financial models that will help attendees
champion performance initiatives that can benefit their
businesses.
Overcoming the Challenges of Image Delivery: On
Friday, May 29, 2015, 10:25 a.m., in Mission City Ballroom,
Mohammed Aboul-Magd, Akamai Senior
Product Manager, will present a keynote on how to deal with the
expanding number of images on the Web, how to eliminate the
complexity of creating an image variant for every possible
situation and determining when to deliver the right image variant
and how to streamline the image workflow to reduce cost and
increase operational efficiency.
Mobile Image Processing: On Friday, May 29, 2015, 2:40
p.m., in Mission City Ballroom GH, Tim Kadlec, Akamai Web Technology Evangelist,
will discuss mobile image processing and explain its limitations,
impact and how attendees can best handle mobile image processing
for their own sites.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
Contacts
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Media Relations
858-404-1436
hyang@akamai.com
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Investor Relations
617-274-7130
tbarth@akamai.com
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