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The Future of Identity and Access Management
Identity and access management is an essential component of customer security and privacy. In an age of escalating security threats and ever-increasing data breaches, protecting customers from identity theft, account takeover and privacy abuses requires sophisticated identity and access management capabilities. At the same time, customer expectations for seamless, personalized omni-channel experiences continue to rise, straining traditional approaches to identity management. Increasingly security and risk professionals are turning to a
Image Management 101: The Web Developer's Guide
This article originally appeared on DevOps.com Online experiences have in many ways supplanted in-person experiences. Today, no one would hesitate to buy a luxury watch online instead of from a jewelry brick-and-mortar store. But as these online experiences become the norm, user expectations for a seamless and "in-person like" customer journey have increased as well. When customers buy that watch, they expect to see every gleam of precious metal and
Adaptive Media Player Named Readers' Choice Finalist
In its first time being nominated, Akamai's Adaptive Media Player (AMP) was named a runner up in the 2018 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards "Video Player/SDK" category. The Awards annually survey Streaming Media's readers for the top products and services for streaming video and audio. We are excited about this recognition for a product and team that has quietly delivered outstanding performance for some of the world's largest media publishers.
U.S. Mid-term Elections and Akamai Enterprise Threat ...
The last few years have witnessed seismic changes in the world's political landscape and the way elections have been conducted. As of yet, there's no conclusive evidence that the results and outcomes of a country's election process have been impacted by the cyber efforts of internal or foreign agencies. However, all of the speculation and discussion around this subject has heightened the awareness of governments around the world that they
Akamai Takes Home Three Streaming Media Readers' Cho ...
Streaming Media has announced its 2018 Readers' Choice Award winners at Streaming Media West in Huntington Beach, Calif. Recognizing technological excellence in the online video industry, Streaming Media readers cast more than 25,000 votes across 30 categories. Akamai was honored to win in three categories: Analytics/Quality of Experience Platform, Content Delivery Network and OTT Platform for MSO & MVPD. We were also pleased to be named runners up in the
Singles' Day Blows Away Its Own Records
Singles' Day in China is the world's largest shopping event. Since its beginnings in 1993 at Nanjing University, it has grown to become a national phenomenon. Singles' Day was originally started as a way to celebrate singles and as a protest against couple-centric festivals. The date 11/11 was chosen because of its resemblance to "bare sticks", which is Chinese slang for bachelors.
Survey: What marketers should know about consumer at ...
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation made 2018 the year that data privacy went global. Data security and privacy is an important issue for brands and consumers alike. Every year, a new highly recognizable name enters the ignoble ranks among those organizations that have suffered an expensive and embarrassing data breach.
Mobile Shopping Growth Accelerates During Diwali
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, celebrated every autumn in October or November. According to Redseer Consulting, the sales volume during the festival usually accounts for about 35%-40% of the annual sales of e-commerce in India; for 2018 Redseer predicts $2.5 to $3 billion gross merchandise value, up from $1.5 billion in 2017 as the more than 460 million internet users make their holiday purchases.
Akamai Identified As A Strong Performer Among Zero T ...
We are pleased to share that today Akamai has been cited as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Providers, Q4 2018 evaluation. In the report, Forrester evaluated how each vendor's portfolio maps and delivers on specific components of the ZTX framework.