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Quickly Extend Live Streams with VOD Clipping
Time is always of the essence to extend compelling video content such as sporting events and concerts and make the most of media rights windows. This is especially true for catch-up TV, highlight creation, time-shifting 24/7 simulcast streams, and social sharing. At Akamai, we are continually making improvements that make it easier to extend content monetization, including a service that simplifies video-on-demand (VOD) clip creation from live streams in an
Pixel Perfect. Enhanced Optimizations Focused on Cus ...
I remember the days when brands captivated users online with dancing aliens (LowerMyBills.com) and Elf Yourself advertising campaigns (OfficeMax). In this new digital era, however, customers are smarter, more powerful, and dictate more than ever how and when they interact with brands. More important than price or product, customer-centric business models are the new competitive differentiator. Positive customer experiences are not only critical for corporate branding but can significantly impact
Faster On-Boarding for Performance and Security Prod ...
As part of our October release, we are making our onboarding experience much faster and simpler. These benefits are extended to new customers looking to onboard and protect new hostnames on Akamai - as well as existing customers looking to spin up, test, and protect new functionality within their site or applications.
Introducing Serverless Computing at the Edge with Ak ...
For the first time, Akamai is introducing an all-new serverless compute capability to help you customize web traffic, expanding the possibilities of personalized engagement with your customers while putting the flexibility and control in the hands of your developers. Developers can now manipulate JavaScript at the Edge, injecting business logic at the point of customer interaction to support contextual and low-latency use cases that will help power innovation in customer
October 2019 - What's New in Web Performance?
Today, Akamai announced the October 2019 Release, which introduces new capabilities to the Performance product line with a focus on helping customers deliver superior experiences with the power of the Edge. Here are some highlights from the release with additional detail below. EdgeWorkers enables developers to run functions-as-a-service using JavaScript at the edge to customize web traffic. An event-driven architecture enables developers to run code at specific events along the
Verify JWT With JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) in API Gatew ...
JSON Web Tokens (JWT) use digital signatures to establish the authenticity of the data they contain, as well as authenticating the identity of the signer. A valid signature check ensures that any party can rely on the contents and the signatory of the JWT. This is typically accomplished by using an asymmetric signing algorithm such as RS-256 (RSA + SHA256 hash). The "asymmetry" is where the private key of a
Watermarking: A Content Owner's Mark to Prevent Pira ...
Akamai Adds Edge Based Watermarking Support, Pre Integrated with leading 3rd Party Providers ...
Access Revocation: A Content Provider's Tool to Bloc ...
Akamai Announces New Capability to Allows Content Providers to Shut Down Sources of Piracy ...
Quick Retry: Per Request Route Optimization to Reduc ...
A slow response can wreck an otherwise perfect video playback experience. At least, that is what data shows when it comes to streaming high quality video content to any device, anywhere in the world. While there is no way to control when a slow response will happen, Akamai can offer an alternative when it does.