Akamai (Akamai) (NASAQ: AKAM) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Akamai Content Delivery Network (CDN) capabilities are now available in the IBM Cloud. As part of the IBM Cloud content delivery network, the new product is designed to optimize the performance of deploying and delivering content and applications on the cloud.
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From e-commerce to finance and media, industries need to quickly and reliably deliver content such as video, web content, and mobile applications to end users anytime, anywhere, especially when demand peaks. To meet this requirement, Akamai and IBM jointly provide a new content delivery network service that can be configured and deployed on the IBM Cloud.
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To improve delivery speed and performance, this new service will integrate Akamai's global network nodes (nearly 1,700 networks in 131 countries) and IBM's global cloud deployment (nearly 60 in 19 countries) Cloud data center). This combination enables users to store content at the edge of the network to help them deliver web content, media, and applications to end users faster and more consistently.
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Faiyaz Shahpurwala, general manager of IBM Cloud, said: "Companies are increasingly relying on the cloud to provide and deliver business-critical applications to their customers." By combining the global deployment of IBM Cloud with Akamai's delivery and optimization capabilities, companies can provide innovation and Deliver the tools you need for a better customer experience. "
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"As more and more business-critical workloads move to the cloud, companies are looking to support the scale, performance, and performance of their applications," said Rick McConnell, president and general manager of Akamai Web. And security. "Joining the cloud ecosystem is very enjoyable, and we look forward to further collaboration between Akamai and IBM to help our mutual customers achieve their goals."
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IBM is Akamai's longest global partner and a fixed distributor of Akamai's web performance and security solutions. By providing Akamai technology directly to IBM Cloud customers, the two companies are helping both companies optimize the performance of their applications, ultimately reducing time to market and improving the end-user experience.
