CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today announced the company has
been recognized by Frost & Sullivan with its Customer Value
Leadership Award for the Web Application Firewall (WAF)
industry.
According to Frost & Sullivan, "Akamai is a 'powerhouse' in
the WAF market. Akamai's approach to WAF leverages the scale of its
massive content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure while
combining unique and proprietary web security technologies. The
resulting combination, called Kona Site Defender, delivers a level
of value worth noting. Though Akamai Kona Site Defender is
competitive in the 'price-performance' category, the solution also
excels in performance, enhancing value, customer service
excellence, and growth potential."
"Akamai's high performance, easy to implement and simple to
maintain WAF solution, delivered as a service, eliminates the need
for large upfront capital expenditures and highly specialized
security professionals for maintenance," said Chris Rodriguez, senior industry analyst, Frost
& Sullivan. "With intelligence provided through its data
analysis engine, Akamai's threat research team continuously updates
the Kona Site Defender WAF rule set to ensure high accuracy of
threat detection and reliable detection rates without wasting
customers' time and resources on false alarms."
The Frost & Sullivan assessment further states, "Kona Site
Defender includes WAF functionality as well as DDoS mitigation
capabilities. In combination with the Akamai CDN service, Kona Site
Defender can additionally accelerate and optimize Web traffic.
Essentially, the service provides a value 'triple-threat': it
improves application performance, protects against data breaches,
and ensures availability."
"The threat landscape is in a constant state of change and all
online businesses need to be prepared to protect their assets,
their customer data and information, and their brand reputation.
Effective web security is no longer a 'nice to have' but rather a
'must have' in today's environment," explained Stuart Scholly, senior vice president and
general manager, Cloud Security Solutions, Akamai. "Being
recognized for the value we provide our customers as part of their
web attack defense strategy is important validation of our
pioneering approach to providing cloud-based security against web
attacks."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents the Customer Value
Leadership award to the company that demonstrates excellence in
implementing strategies that proactively create value for its
customers with a focus on improving the return on investment (ROI)
that customers make in its services or products. This award
recognizes the company's leadership in enhancing the value that its
customers receive, beyond simply good customer service, leading to
improved customer retention and, ultimately, customer base
expansion.
Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies
in a variety of regional and global markets for outstanding
achievement in areas such as leadership, technological innovation,
customer service, and product development. Industry analysts
compare market participants and measure performance through
in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary
research.
The full Frost & Sullivan assessment of Akamai's DDoS
mitigation solutions can be found at
https://www.akamai.com/us/en/multimedia/documents/report/frost-and-sullivan-web-application-firewall-customer-value-leadership-award.pdf.
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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