The Akamai Network

Nygren, E., Sitaraman, R. K., & Sun, J. (2010). The Akamai Network: A Platform for High-Performance Internet Applications. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, 2-19.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2010

Pages

2-19

DOI

10.1145/1842733.1842736

DOI registrant

Association for Computing Machinery

Link

https://doi.org/10.1145/1842733.1842736

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• Operational Reach
  • Computing: content-delivery networks and edge caches distribute the support tail close to points of action so that latency stays acceptable within a radius.

    This sourceDescribes a globally distributed edge-server network that places content close to end users to keep latency acceptable within a radius — the CDN/edge-cache instance of forward-positioning the support tail.

    Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract

    The abstract confirms a globally distributed content platform boosting application performance, but never states proximity to users or latency acceptable within a radius.

    “Comprising more than 61,000 servers located across nearly 1,000 networks in 70 countries worldwide, the Akamai platform delivers hundreds of billions of Internet interactions daily, helping thousands of enterprises boost the performance and reliability of their Internet applications.”

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