SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Limelight
Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading provider of content
delivery and AppOps at the edge, today announced the release of
the breakthrough Layer0 platform on its global Content
Delivery Network (CDN) -- the first new product resulting from
Limelight's acquisition of Layer0. Limelight has helped launch and
grow some of the largest video properties in the world and is now
on the forefront of enabling a new generation of web and
application development.
Layer0 by Limelight is the first edge platform that empowers
development teams to ship up to twice as fast and offer sub-second
page loads by extending the edge to the browser. Layer0 can augment
or replace a site's existing web CDN and security vendor to deliver
faster page loads and lower costs while the development team gains
new features that cater to the dramatic shift to zero ops and
programming at the edge.
Leading companies such as Shoe Carnival, Kate Spade, and Sharper Image have improved
their developer productivity and boosted website traffic,
conversions and revenue thanks to Layer0. Their teams have been
able to ship features significantly faster. "Layer0 makes
implementing new functionality much easier, hands down, than
anything else. It's more flexible and more user friendly and the
platform takes all the guesswork out of deployments and caching,"
said Jason Adkison, Frontend
Developer at Shoe Carnival.
Shoe Carnival's site, which uses the Salesforce Commerce Cloud
eCommerce platform, saw dramatically better performance: page load
times went from 5 seconds to under a second when measured on a
mobile device. At Sharper Image, the development team is
delivering instant page loads. "Everyone has commented on how
blazing fast our site is, which is thanks to Layer0. It was one of
the fastest implementations we've ever seen," said Sam Grossman, COO at Sharper Image.
Layer0 by Limelight capabilities include:
- World's second-largest global, private edge caching
network
- EdgeJS, the world's first JavaScript-configured CDN
- The industry's lowest latency edge logic
- Serverless compute that is easy to deploy and debug
- DDoS, WAF, and bot-detection capabilities
- Emulation of the edge on developers' local machines
- Edge enablement of 15 frontend frameworks including React, Vue,
Next.js, Nuxt.js, and Svelte
- Point-and-click split testing and feature management at the
edge
- Integrated observability suite
- Intuitive and actionable real-user measurement (RUM)
performance monitoring built to improve SEO and search ranking
- Integration with CI/CD workflows that automatically deploy
every GitHub commit of edge and serverless code to separate
URLs
- Jamstack support that enables large, dynamic sites to harness
the developer productivity, security, and performance benefits of
Jamstack architecture previously only available for static
websites
- Automatic SSL and custom domains
- Intelligent prefetching that extends the edge to the web
browser
- Self-service support for every capability and complete
documentation
These capabilities work seamlessly together using one deploy
command, which is much simpler than purchasing and stringing
together the over twenty point cloud solutions required to deploy
and run a sophisticated, modern website today. "With today's
launch, website builders have a dramatically simpler yet more
capable infrastructure in the cloud for their websites and APIs. As
the hyperscale cloud providers and the existing edge platform
vendors keep offering point 'cloud primitives' as 'hammers and
nails', Limelight is delivering what customers have been asking for
— an integrated solution that securely delivers the best
productivity and performance outcomes in the market," said
Ajay Kapur, Chief Technology Officer
at Limelight.
More information on the Layer0 platform is
available here.
About Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks, Inc.
(NASDAQ: LLNW) is an industry-leader in content delivery and AppOps
at the edge that provides powerful tools and a client-first
approach to optimize and deliver digital experiences at the edge.
We are a trusted partner to the world's biggest brands and serve
their global customers with experiences such as livestream sporting
events, global movie launches, video games or file downloads for
new phone apps. Limelight offers one of the largest, best-optimized
private networks coupled with a global team of industry experts to
provide edge services that are fast, secure and reliable. For
more information, visit www.limelight.com or follow us
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