CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
(NASDAQ: AKAM), the intelligent edge platform for securing and
delivering digital experiences, announced that traffic on its
global content delivery network (CDN) reached a new peak last week
of 106 Tbps (terabits per second). It was the first time in the
company's 20-year history that the peak volume of data it delivered
exceeded the 100 Tbps threshold.
"Delivering 106 terabits per second is roughly the same as
downloading 3,300 two-hour HD movies every second, or nearly 12
million an hour," Akamai Executive Vice President and General
Manager, Media & Carrier, Adam
Karon, wrote in a blog post, A Peak at the Edge: Akamai
Sets New Traffic Benchmark. Karon noted that the traffic peak
was largely driven by a popular video game update along with "the
staggering amount of other content and data delivered at the same
time" across the Akamai intelligent edge platform.
Traffic on Akamai surpassed 1 Tbps for the first time in 2008
and just late last year the Company announced it eclipsed 70
Tbps thanks to a combination of live sports events, gaming releases
and major software updates along with elevated e-commerce activity.
Now, traffic on Akamai regularly peaks at more than 50 Tbps on a
daily basis.
"What makes Akamai unique is the ability of our edge platform to
support individual streaming events at tremendous scale – whether
it's a major sports tournament viewed by millions, game downloads
or the final episode of a popular series – while simultaneously
delivering the same high-quality performance for thousands of other
customers conducting business on our network," Karon wrote. "We
take enormous pride in delivering some of the largest online events
the world has seen. But what's truly impressive has been our
ability to do this without impacting the performance we provided
for other customers."
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.
Contacts:
Chris Nicholson
Media Relations
617-444-2987
cnichols@akamai.com
Tom Barth
Investor Relations
617-274-7130
tbarth@akamai.com
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