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Situational Performance in Q1 2015
In June 2013, Akamai announced the latest release of Ion. Ion is designed to meet the unique challenges of optimizing the desktop and mobile Web experience. One feature of Ion is a capability known as Real User Monitoring (RUM). RUM takes performance measurements from real Web users to provide developers with insights into performance across a multitude of devices and networks. Ideally, RUM is used in tandem with synthetic testing to
How your CDN changes the performance of your site
Customer expectations are driving ever increasing demands on website performance. Delays are now measured in milliseconds, not seconds, and cause direct financial impact to the business. And yet, despite these pressures for each business to have lightning fast websites and large budgets being spent on performance, most businesses are still plagued with slow sites. The median page load time for the largest 1000 websites is a whopping 6.4 seconds, more
Internet Penetration in Q1 2015
Through Akamai's globally deployed Intelligent PlatformTM, and by nature of servicing roughly two trillion requests for Web content on a daily basis, Akamai has unique insight into Internet penetration around the globe. In the first quarter of 2015, over 812 million unique IPv4 addresses from 243 unique countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent PlatformTM--a 1.2% increase from the previous quarter.
Performance Matters More Than Ever - The Business Im ...
In April of this year, we got the official word -- the average webpage now exceeds 2MB in size. If it seems like page size is increasing at an incredible rate...you aren't imagining things. In July of last year, the average page size had just exceeded 1.5 MB for the top 1,000 websites.
Internet Disruptions in Q1 2015
First Quarter, 2015 Internet DisruptionsInternet disruptions are still a frustrating reality in many regions across the globe. The most common types of disruptions generally fall into three categories: accidental (backhoes or ship anchors severing buried fiber), natural (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.), or political (shut down by a government in response to protest). As a provider of customer content across the globe, Akamai is in a unique position to monitor traffic levels
What happened to "Broadband", "High Broadband", and ...
If you are a long-time reader of the State of the Internet Report, you are like familiar with the terms “Broadband”, “High Broadband”, and “4K Ready” as they have historically been used in the report. (For specific definitions, see the blog post at http://akamai.me/sotimetrics) When you read the First Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report, you’ll see that we’ve phased out the usage of these terms in favor of speed-specific references.
Global Connectivity in Q4 2014
Global connectivity demonstrated continued positive annual growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, as shown by Akamai's Internet connectivity metrics. These metrics include average connection speed, average peak connection speed, broadband adoption, high broadband adoption, and 4K readiness. For additional insight into the various metrics covered within the report, refer to the State of the Internet Metrics: What Do They Mean? blog post.
Americas Connectivity in Q4 2014
The Americas region showed extremely positive year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, as shown by Akamai's Internet connectivity metrics. These metrics include average connection speed, average peak connection speed, broadband adoption, high broadband adoption, and 4K readiness. For additional insight into the various metrics covered within the report, refer to the State of the Internet Metrics: What Do They Mean? blog post.
EMEA Connectivity in Q4 2014
The EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region showed strong, positive year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, as shown by the connectivity metrics published in Akamai's State of the Internet Report. Nearly every country in the region showed positive gains, often led by Turkey's substantial annual growth across a variety of metrics. These metrics include average connection speed, average peak connection speed, broadband adoption, high broadband adoption, and