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The Changing Requirements of Application Delivery So ...
The correlation between the success of a company and its operational agility is no secret - the faster an enterprise is able to tackle new challenges and introduce new innovations, the more likely it is to be successful in those areas. The rapid pace of technological developments in the modern world has introduced wrinkles to this paradigm and left many businesses shackled to old methods of networking and legacy
A Tale of Mobile Waiting
A few weeks back at the Velocity Conference, Akamai's own Guy Podjarny released a little book he wrote on the intersection of responsive web design and performance. Many of you have downloaded it, but if not, I urge you to do so here. But if you weren't at Velocity, and in particular weren't around for Guy's keynote; then you missed a very special "Book Reading" (and a pretty special hat)
Web Experience Overview with M.J. Johnson
Watch this overview of how Akamai helps our customers deliver reliable, fast and secure web experiences with Akamai Director of Web Experience Product Marketing, M.J. Johnson. M.J. also provides an overview of how websites have evolved into full-fledged dynamic applications and how the way users interact with these sites has changed with the proliferation of new devices and variable network conditions.
Mobile Retail Traffic represents 35 percent of the T ...
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Extreme Image Optimization: WebP & JPEG XR in Aqua I ...
Images are probably the simplest component on a web page today. They don't block the parsing of the HTML and don't get in the way of rendering other components. Generally, they just sit there and look pretty. However, for what they lack in complexity, they compensate in volume. According to the HTTP Archive, images make up 61% of the bytes on the average desktop homepage, and 65% of the bytes
The online holiday shopping season: A look back at 2 ...
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Mastering Multi-Channel Madness
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An Exciting Day for the WAN - Akamai & Cisco Announc ...
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Why Early Termination Is Not A Bad Thing...
On July 31st Facebook announced that they have enabled secure browsing by default. More and more companies such as Google, Twitter and PayPal have started to switch to always on SSL/TLS to ensure more secure browsing. And the growth of HTTPS use is likely to continue. Number of Sites With Valid Certificates Part of Netcraft's SSL Server Survey Source: Netcraft This sounds all well and good. However, as is often