Broadcast Operations Control Center (BOCC) is designed to maintain and improve the quality, reliability and availability of your media streams. It is a managed solution for customers looking to offload (or supplement) proactive monitoring, alerting, live support and mitigation for their OTT video streams to Akamai media experts
AnswerX is built for ISPs that view DNS as more than "the Internet Phone Book." With an advanced architecture and feature set designed to improve response times, AnswerX features a powerful, extensible policy engine that can be used to enable a safer and more secure Internet for end-users. Offered in a choice of three flexible deployment models with best-in-class total cost of ownership, AnswerX is giving operators good reason to re-think recursive DNS.
With Aura Managed CDN, operators can deploy a highly scalable, completely turnkey media CDN leveraging Akamai technology on servers dedicated and customized for the network operator's services. Operators can deliver multi-screen streaming video services and large objects, plus offer commercial content delivery network services, relying on Akamai experts and proven technology for content provisioning, delivery and reporting
Visitor prioritization is designed to decrease abandonment by providing a user friendly waiting room experience when your back end application becomes overloaded by providing granular control of traffic accessing your resources and bandwidth without abandoning the branded experience.
Akamai's IP Application Accelerator is a managed service designed to enhance the performance, security, and availability of non-cacheable, IP-based applications. By leveraging Akamai's global edge network, it ensures that applications are delivered swiftly and reliably to users worldwide, regardless of their location or device. This solution is particularly beneficial for enterprises aiming to optimize application delivery without the substantial capital expenditures associated with private WAN infrastructures. Key Features and Functionality: - Dynamic Mapping: Utilizes real-time monitoring of internet conditions and server loads to direct user requests to the optimal edge server, ensuring consistent high availability. - Transport Protocol Optimization: Segments TCP transmissions and applies proprietary techniques to reduce latency and improve data transfer efficiency. - Packet Replication: Mitigates packet loss by replicating packets and transmitting them along multiple network paths, enhancing application reliability. - Route Optimization: Employs Akamai's SureRoute technology to identify and utilize the fastest, least congested paths across the internet, bypassing traditional routing limitations. - Security Enhancements: Features such as Fast IP Blocking (FIPB allow for the filtering of traffic from specified sources, protecting origin servers from potential attacks. - Support for IPv6: Ensures compatibility with modern internet protocols, allowing seamless access for users on IPv6 networks. Primary Value and Problem Solved: The IP Application Accelerator addresses the challenges of delivering high-performance, secure, and reliable IP-based applications over the public internet. Traditional internet routing can introduce latency, packet loss, and security vulnerabilities, especially for applications that cannot be cached. By optimizing data transmission paths, reducing latency, and enhancing security measures, Akamai's solution ensures that enterprises can provide a superior user experience without the need for costly private network infrastructures. This is particularly advantageous for businesses with globally distributed users, as it guarantees consistent application performance and availability across diverse geographic regions.
Akamai Hunt is a managed threat hunting service designed to detect and eliminate the most elusive security threats within an organization's network. By integrating with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and leveraging Akamai's extensive global threat intelligence, Hunt provides continuous monitoring and expert analysis to identify and remediate advanced threats that often bypass traditional security measures. This proactive approach ensures that organizations can swiftly address vulnerabilities, enhance their IT infrastructure, and maintain robust security postures. Key Features and Functionality: - Real-Time Threat Detection: Utilizes machine learning and AI to process data, enabling the identification of ongoing and emerging security events. - Expert Analysis and Investigation: A dedicated team of security professionals investigates each detected incident to confirm its legitimacy, reducing false positives and alert fatigue. - Comprehensive Alerts and Reporting: Provides instant notifications for critical incidents and delivers monthly executive-level threat reports, offering detailed insights into the security landscape. - Guided Mitigation Assistance: Collaborates closely with internal teams to remediate identified threats, virtually patch vulnerabilities, and strengthen IT environments. - Seamless Integration: Operates in conjunction with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation without requiring additional configurations or agent deployments, ensuring immediate value upon activation. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Akamai Hunt addresses the challenge of detecting and mitigating sophisticated threats that evade conventional security defenses. By combining advanced analytics, global threat intelligence, and expert human oversight, it empowers organizations to proactively identify and neutralize security risks, thereby reducing potential damage and ensuring business continuity. This service acts as an extension of an organization's security team, providing continuous monitoring and rapid response capabilities without adding operational overhead.
Client-Side Protection & Compliance helps protect against end-user data exfiltration and shield websites from JavaScript threats. It analyzes script behavior in real time, provides actionable insights in a single dashboard view, and delivers alerts to mitigate harmful script activity. Designed for PCI DSS v4.0, the solution helps businesses meet new script security requirements and safeguards against client-side attacks.
Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is a cloud-based DNS firewall designed to safeguard organizations by proactively blocking malicious DNS requests, including those associated with malware, ransomware, phishing, and DNS data exfiltration. This solution ensures that all users and devices, whether on or off the corporate network, can securely connect to the internet without the need for on-premises appliances, thereby reducing security complexity and management overhead. Key Features and Functionality: - Real-Time Threat Intelligence: Utilizes Akamai's extensive internet visibility to identify and block access to malicious domains and websites, providing up-to-date protection against emerging threats. - Flexible Inspection Levels: Offers customizable security measures, including recursive DNS-only inspection and proxy capabilities for risky web traffic, allowing organizations to tailor protection to their specific needs. - DNS Data Exfiltration Prevention: Detects and blocks low-throughput DNS data exfiltration attempts in real-time, safeguarding sensitive information from unauthorized transfer. - Shadow IT Control: Identifies and manages unsanctioned applications within the network by controlling applications based on risk scores or application types, enhancing overall security posture. - Multi-Device Protection: Secures various devices, including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS, with lightweight client applications, ensuring comprehensive coverage across diverse IT environments. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise addresses the critical need for organizations to protect their users and devices from internet-based threats, regardless of their location. By leveraging real-time threat intelligence and eliminating the need for on-premises hardware, it simplifies security management, reduces complexity, and enhances the overall security posture. This solution effectively mitigates risks associated with malware, ransomware, phishing, and data exfiltration, ensuring secure and reliable internet access for all users and devices.
Authoritative DNS services are critical to configuring, publishing, and distributing access to IP services (websites, video downloads, email, VOIP, etc.), and they are visible and available to everyone on the Internet. The initial user experience with an IP service starts with authoritative name servers, which provide addressing or other information needed to reach the service. Availability, performance, and security of authoritative DNS infrastructure are thus essential to ensuring a positive user experience
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