CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today announced that since
showcasing a production demonstration of HTTP/2 at Velocity in
2014, the Company is now actively working with more than 150
customers to deliver HTTP/2-enabled websites and is expanding its
HTTP/2 program to all customers using qualifying products to
deliver TLS encrypted web content.
HTTP/2 represents the first major update to the HTTP network
protocol in nearly 20 years. Although websites have dramatically
evolved during this time, HTTP, the underlying protocol of the Web,
has not. Through features and capabilities such as multiplexing and
concurrency, header compression, server push, support for the
latest cipher suites, and an overall reduction in development
complexity, HTTP/2 is intended to significantly improve the
performance and security/privacy of today's Web.
"For the past 17 years, customers have relied on Akamai to
transform the unpredictable Internet into a fast, reliable, and
secure platform for transacting e-commerce, distributing rich
media, and delivering enterprise applications," explained Ash
Kulkarni, senior vice president and general manager, Web
Experience, Akamai. "HTTP/2 is a critical piece in the puzzle of
how to deliver near-instant web experiences, especially for mobile
users on constrained cellular networks. Akamai is proud to be at
the forefront of driving the adoption of this new web
standard."
With Akamai engineers deeply involved in the IETF HTTP Working
Group, Akamai has been instrumental in working with other
Internet industry leaders to define the new HTTP/2 protocol. The
company's activities in this area were grounded in its commitment
to benefit users, content providers, service providers, developers,
and the Internet community at large.
"In addition to the great performance benefits, we believe
HTTP/2 will drive greater adoption of TLS. We believe the
combination of Akamai's industry-leading TLS offerings with the
HTTP/2 protocol will provide a faster and more secure Internet for
everyone," continued Kulkarni.
More than 70 percent of requests on Akamai's CDN currently come
from HTTP/2 compliant browsers; however, some older browser
versions will continue to be used for the foreseeable future.
Therefore, Akamai's implementation of HTTP/2 has been designed to
use real-time network and end-user intelligence to dynamically
apply the appropriate performance optimizations to ensure the best
performance for each user. In addition, we believe Akamai is well
positioned to offer the tools and intelligence required to take
full advantage of the move to HTTP/2. For example, easy‑to‑use,
self-service and highly granular configurability allows customers
to control the deployment of HTTP/2, while built-in monitoring and
reporting helps measure the impact.
One organization taking advantage of Akamai's HTTP/2 support is
Concur, the world's leading provider of integrated travel and
expense management solutions and services.
"Concur's users rely on us for the perfect trip and they
interact with our applications from all over the world, often in
'network-hostile' conditions. Advances in network capabilities,
such as HTTP/2, that can improve end-user performance are important
to us," stated Drew Garner, senior
director, Cloud Architecture, Concur. "Akamai was able to begin
serving our traffic over HTTP/2 almost immediately after the new
protocol was ratified. It took us approximately 30 seconds to turn
on HTTP/2. So far, we have seen significant performance
improvement, up to 68 percent faster page load times for mobile
cellular users for certain pages."
To learn more about Akamai and HTTP/2 please visit
http2.akamai.com.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
This release contains information about
future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management
that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe
harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, including statements about future business plans and
opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of
various important factors including, but not limited to, a failure
of Akamai's offerings or functionalities to operate as expected, a
lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and
functionalities, and other factors that are discussed in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-
Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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