CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world's most trusted
solution for protecting and delivering digital
experiences, today announces powerful enhancements designed to
enable Akamai customers to create and deliver even more exceptional
user experiences at the edge.
Since its introduction, Akamai's EdgeWorkers serverless edge
compute solution has empowered developers to build and deliver
digital experiences from Akamai's platform of unparalleled scale,
worldwide. With the latest release, Akamai gives developers even
richer capabilities and greater control at the edge.
New Akamai edge platform enhancements include:
More flexibility for EdgeWorkers, making it even easier
for developers to deploy code at the edge. New resource tiers offer
developers a choice by packaging CPU and memory, along with
commensurate pricing options, to best fit their needs. The two
tiers — Basic Compute for applications requiring lower CPU and
memory consumption, and Dynamic Compute for those applications
demanding higher levels — include free usage for a combined 60
million EdgeWorkers events per month, up to 30 million per
tier.
EdgeKV provides high-availability, low-latency
access to data for custom code at the edge. EdgeKV is a globally
distributed key-value store that simplifies and accelerates
database functions for edge applications. There is no complex query
language, and it supports a wide range of data types. As an
example, a sports and entertainment company has implemented EdgeKV
with EdgeWorkers to perform complex geolocation calculations. The
capability maps users' longitude and latitude coordinates in
relation to state borders, helping to ensure compliance of their
service with local laws.
API Acceleration, Akamai's newest delivery offering
specifically optimized for API traffic, provides increased
reliability and performance at scale. As API-intensive applications
have become increasingly popular, API traffic has exploded. In
2020, Akamai delivered more than 300 trillion API requests —
a 53% year-over-year increase. API acceleration uses
special-purpose hardware, reserved capacity, and prioritized
routing to help ensure API transactions are completed
successfully.
"Since introducing EdgeWorkers, we have been inspired by the
creative ways customers are using the Akamai Intelligent Edge to
deliver amazing user experiences. With this latest platform
release, we hope to accelerate this innovation by giving developers
the ability to build truly transformative applications at the
edge," said Lelah Manz, senior vice
president, Edge Technology Group, Akamai. "We know that we're just
scratching the surface and can't wait to see what new ideas take
shape using EdgeWorkers and the Akamai platform."
For more information about EdgeWorkers and to take advantage of
the free evaluation tier, please visit the EdgeWorkers Developer
site.
About Akamai
Akamai secures and delivers digital
experiences for the world's largest companies. Akamai's intelligent
edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the
cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and
secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize
competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power
of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps,
and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and
threats far away. Akamai's portfolio of edge security, web and
mobile performance, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions
is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics, and 24/7/365
monitoring. To learn why the world's top brands trust Akamai,
visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com,
or @Akamai on Twitter. You can find our global contact
information at www.akamai.com/locations.
Contact:
Chris Nicholson
Akamai Media Relations
+1 617-444-2987
cnichols@akamai.com
Tom Barth
Akamai Investor Relations
+1 617-274-7130
tbarth@akamai.com
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