PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,
Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
ETAIL WEST CONFERENCE -- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN)
services, today unveiled several major advances that are intended
to help solve key mobile performance challenges. The latest
version of Akamai Ion, the company's flagship Web Performance
Solution, is designed to make it easier than ever to deliver
compelling online experiences by leveraging the company's new
learning engine-based optimizations. Akamai will also enable
developers to deliver near instant mobile app experiences by using
its new software development kit (SDK).
The ability to deliver great mobile experiences is paramount to
the success of online businesses. Consumers today expect fresh,
fast, secure and engaging mobile experiences, regardless of their
browser, app, location, device, or network. At the same time, due
to unpredictable network conditions and the variety of devices used
by customers, meeting these business requirements has never been
more difficult or costly. In fact, according to a report released
by Google, 53 percent of sessions are abandoned if content doesn't
load within three seconds.
Built on the Akamai Intelligent Platform, Akamai Ion is designed
to help companies effectively reach and engage customers,
prospects, employees, partners and suppliers, wherever and however
they connect. The pressure to deliver great online experiences is
higher than ever, across sites and apps. While most businesses have
a basic understanding of what is required to optimize desktop
experiences, they still struggle with the challenges mobile and
cellular use cases present.
To help optimize web and mobile app experiences, the latest
version of Akamai Ion now features the following new capabilities
and benefits:
- Automated Performance Optimization: Akamai Ion
introduces "Adaptive Acceleration," which is designed to help
companies deliver rich, personalized experiences to their users
quickly and easily with intelligent performance automation powered
by real user data. The product is architected to automatically
determine the optimal time to push content and pre-connect to
third-party resources to help ensure user experiences are fast,
seamless, and optimized for their browsing context.
- Mobile App Performance SDK: The latest version of Ion
introduces a new software development kit (SDK) to help developers
craft custom and differentiated experiences designed to maximize
user loyalty. Mobile app developers can pre-position content to
offer more consistent experiences across varying network conditions
– even when connectivity is lost. In addition, SureRoute for
Cellular can help overcome congestion and latency in last mile
networks, while real user and device insights, including custom
metrics, help developers tune mobile experiences over time.
- Cellular Optimization: Akamai Ion will also include new
capabilities that are designed to deliver consistent performance
over uncertain cellular connections. Performance improvements can
be realized through protocol optimizations including real-time
IPv4/6 adaptation, while supporting secure connectivity for older
mobile devices using the Cha-Cha Poly cipher.
"ZALORA is a mobile-first company with the majority of our
customer base engaging with us through our native fashion apps
across South East Asia," said
Karthik Subramanian, CTO, ZALORA. "With Ion, and
especially the new Mobile App Performance SDK, we are able to
provide a much richer and more engaging mobile app experience for
our customers. The performance reporting has also given us insight
into the real experience that our app users have, enabling us to
improve our application to suit our customers' needs
better."
"We believe this release of Ion marks the beginning of a new
kind of powerful performance optimization – one that is powered by
applying machine learning to real user data. Ion customers will be
able to quickly and easily take advantage of these capabilities to
address the demands of mobile users," said Ash Kulkarni, senior
vice president and general manager, Web Performance Business Unit,
Akamai Technologies. "With more and more businesses adopting
mobile apps to achieve greater audience engagement, Akamai's new
Mobile App Performance SDK is designed to help developers and app
owners provide instant mobile app experiences that adapt in
real-time to network conditions."
The latest release of Akamai Ion is now
available. Qualified Ion customers can begin taking advantage
of these new capabilities now.
Editor's Note: Akamai will be showcasing the latest Akamai Ion
and Enterprise Application Access capabilities at eTail West
Conference, taking place this week from February 27 - March 1, 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Please visit our booth
#600/602 to learn more about the products. In addition,
Colin Bendell, Director, CTO Office,
will be keynoting on Tuesday, February
28 at 8:45 a.m.
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.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
This release contains information about 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 expected results experience by
customers of our new offerings. 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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