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HTTP/2 Turns One: Farewell to SPDY
Akamai was the first CDN to support HTTP/2. This blog post is part of an ongoing series where we will discuss a wide range of H2-related topics. In today's post, we are boding a fond farewell to SPDY.
Analyzing Web Performance: Why you need to go beyond ...
Solutions Architects on the Performance Specialist Team at Akamai closely work on performance analytics, we do a lot of value confirmations for our customers we show how Akamai Web Performance Solutions benefit our customer's websites. As part of our job, we get a lot of requests from customers who want to compare how Akamai stacks up against their current content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure as well as that of other
HTTP/2 is here; come and get it!
Since showcasing a production demonstration of HTTP/2 at Velocity in 2014 and announcing broad support in 2015, Akamai has been actively working with hundreds of customers to deliver HTTP/2-enabled websites.
The Recipe for SaaS Success Part 2: MINDBODY
In my previous post, I discussed roadblocks to successful SaaS application delivery and IDC's recommendation that most providers partner or buy, rather than build, infrastructure and monitoring cloud services. Now I want to delve into what that process looks like and the business benefits providers can see using MINDBODY, which has perfected their own personal recipe for SaaS success.
The Big Short on User Experience in Financial Servic ...
4 Critical Focus Areas During a recent business trip, I had the opportunity to finally see Adam McKay's wonderful portrayal of the horror that was the 2008 financial crisis - "The Big Short." Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell brought me right back to that time, not so long ago, when we all witnessed the fall of major Wall Street firms and the destruction caused by the sub-prime mortgage
Games Industry Leaders Speak About Player Experience
Whenever I'm at a games event, I try to start debates. My go-to firestarter is the topic of whether or not we're doing everything we can to make the player experience better. Some people insist that players don't care, and will put up with anything. Others argue that gameplay is king. Still others (close to my heart) suggest that there are many places where the player experience could be made
Embracing a Customer-centric Mobile Strategy - How F ...
We've always known that you never get a second chance to make a first impression and it couldn't be truer than it is with mobile financial services. It takes less than two-tenths of a second for an online visitor to form a first opinion of your brand, and as noted in Akamai's recent whitepaper "Digital Transformation, Millennials and the Future of Financial Services", 52% of mobile financial services customers expect
Running a successful automotive ad campaign during b ...
Not a single member of the Akamai automotive team has been to a Super Bowl party in the last 12 years. It's not because we're anti-social - quite the opposite - during each Super Bowl, we find ourselves in the same location where we are collectively sitting with one eye on the game, one eye on our screens and usually on a call (or several) with our automotive customers. We
Engaging Millennials - What Financial Institutions N ...
3 Key Insights As the mother of two Millennials, I know first-hand about the wants and needs of this young generation. My sons are always connected to their smartphones, expect immediacy in their digital experiences, have very little patience for processes that aren't smooth and easy, and spend significant time researching products and services in-depth online before making purchasing decisions. Because of this dedication to pre-purchase research, there have been