CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today unveiled several major
advances to Akamai Ion, the company's flagship Web Performance
Solution. Ion is designed to accelerate the delivery of websites,
web applications and mobile apps - even over cellular connections.
Users dissatisfied by slow web performance can lead to lost revenue
opportunities for organizations. The new Ion release focuses on
overcoming key problem areas, which can result in much faster
experiences for all users.
Ion offers optimizations that are designed to address the
challenges imposed by the realities of today's modern web. For
example, the prevalent use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in web
design can result in poor mobile experiences because rendering web
pages is dependent on when CSS files are delivered to browsers.
Further, increasing amounts of third-party content, including links
to social networks, advertising and sponsored content, can also
create performance bottlenecks. The introduction of new web
protocols and standards, such as HTTP/2, also means site owners
will need to deliver content to all users and ensure the best
possible experience independent of whether users' browsers support
these protocols or not.
To address the needs of both content owners and users, recent
improvements to Ion include:
Enhanced Mobile Performance – Ion features a number of
new capabilities designed to deliver better and more consistent
mobile experiences by addressing the unique challenges associated
with mobile devices such as cellular connections and underpowered
devices. Ion offers improved browsing experiences by focusing on
the ability to re-sequence CSS files, so that mobile audiences can
view and interact with mobile web pages sooner, even over cellular
connections. These features, Edge-CSS and Critical-CSS, take
advantage of the intelligence inherent in Akamai's
globally-distributed computing platform to work in concert with
mobile clients to render CSS files in the order that makes the most
sense for the typical user.
Ion also introduces Preconnect to help prevent embedded third
party URLs from becoming bottlenecks in web page performance by
establishing connections with embedded third-party hosts even
before the browser asks for those connections.
Better Performance with Advanced HTTP/2 Support – Akamai
is committed to making better online experiences available to as
many users as possible. As such, Akamai is now making HTTP/2
support broadly available to all customers - the first CDN to offer
such broad availability of the new standard.
To help all users realize the best possible experience, the new
version of Ion offers HTTP/2 aware Front End Optimizations (FEO).
This means Ion can apply the most appropriate client-side
performance optimizations whether the browser supports HTTP/2 or
not - without the need for custom setup.
Reduced Complexity of Operations – Ease of use when
integrating and iterating websites and applications using Ion is as
important as the performance gains that can be achieved. Ion makes
it simple to self-provision and configure cost-effective SSL/TLS
certificates. Further, Akamai has refined Ion's built-in Real User
Monitoring (RUM) capabilities, including new reports which make it
easy to monitor before/after performance. These capabilities are
intended to help customers better understand how the changes they
make to their sites are improving website and application
performance.
"The web is in a constant state of evolution, and it's our job
to ensure that our customers have the right tools and technologies
at their disposal to deliver the best experience - mobile or
otherwise - to their end users," explained Ash Kulkarni, senior
vice president and general manager, Web Experience Business Unit,
Akamai. "With Ion, we're supporting the ever-increasing focus on
'mobile first' and helping our customers take advantage of the
latest web technologies and protocols such as HTTP/2. And, as
important, we're allowing them to interact with Ion in the ways
that make the most sense for their organizational needs."
Ion is intended to help customers meet the specific challenges
of always-connected audiences. Built on the globally distributed
Akamai Intelligent Platform™, Ion is designed to simplify
increasingly complex web and mobile site delivery, enabling a
faster experience that is highly available, secure and scalable to
meet peak demands.
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.
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Reform Act
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future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management
that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe
harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, including statements about future business plans and
opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of
various important factors including, but not limited to, a failure
of Akamai's offerings or functionalities to operate as expected, a
lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and
functionalities, and other factors that are discussed in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-
Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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