Our engineers have with our customers for years been working to modernize and improve their extensive networks to provide the best possible performance application to remote sites. We are very familiar with how it is when using a service such as leased lines, MPLS done, both in the quality of the Service Router and Wide Area Application Acceleration. It was much harder to do with applications delivered over the Internet, and in most cases, we have not even tried. All that now with the achievements of the company Akamai, which are to accelerate application delivery to remote users over the Internet changed.

Most people are familiar with Akamai know that it started with the intermediate storage of important files on their servers in order to accelerate the delivery of static Web content, and they are to take forever. A few years ago they rolled on a fully dedicated to accelerating dynamic content on the Internet. This service can provide a large performance improvement for any organization that dynamic content over the Internet nationally or internationally to remote employees, customers or business partners.

Now Akamai has with its vast network of servers, the 61 000 separate servers worldwide in 70 countries and applied it to dynamic content delivered over the Internet has. Examples:

  • Improve VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) power

  • expedite all applications of the end user. supplied by HTML or IP.

  • Remote Desktop VPN and acceleration of the end user.

  • accelerate the transfer of large files.

  • WAN supplement or replacement.

    • Benefits> Akamai’s service

    So if a company uses the service, Akamai to improve the delivery of dynamic content on the Internet What are the benefits that organizations which have their service to be provided

    • accelerate application performance for remote users.

      • Reduce Server Load
    • .

    • improve the reliability of application delivery. reduce

    • bandwidth data center server

    There are two services of Akamai that are used to achieve this goal. . The first is the IP Application Accelerator (IPA) and the other is the Web Application Accelerator (WAA) is. Both products accelerate dynamic content applications faster for end users, application performance for remote users. The difference between the two is the accelerator of the Web application is used primarily for the delivery of HTML content and is optimized for them while speeding up the IP Application Accelerator, the delivery of the content of all TCP.

    If anybody can use this service

    There are some things that should be made about these services?. The first is that they provided all as a managed service, there is no hardware to buy or install. The second remark is that this only applies to content on the Internet. Akamai has no effect on the acceleration on an internal corporate LAN or WAN. Finally, the greater the physical distance between server and client, rather an improvement will be there. If all users are in a regional area, it is probably not a service for you. So if you end customers are nationally or internationally, particularly in countries where the provision of IP can be unreliable at times, it will make a big difference.

    How Dynamic Application Acceleration Works

    There are specific technologies that Akamai uses to achieve this acceleration of dynamic applications. Some of them are in all techniques include acceleration and compression, caching and token-passing, to replace the cached content dynamically. Then there are other technologies that only an organization such as Akamai, the tens of thousands of servers worldwide are able has to fulfill.

    Since one of their Akamai server platform edge in most data centers worldwide and is in most cities, every application for the service provided Accelerated Intelligent Akamai DNS points the user to a local server. When a user opens a connection to the local server, it is a very low latency, TCP window size is maximized, and all local content that is already cached for immediate delivery. The same happens with the head in which the application server is located – it communicates with the local Akamai servers get the same benefits. Each dynamic content from the application server are delivered to the consumer is first transferred to the local server Akamai Akamai servers and between the two, then on the local server for use by Akamai of the end user. Communication is both Akamai Akamai server is a special way of speed, reliability and security to maximize the traffic, essentially three copies of each TCP packet is sent over the Internet routes different from the first package is it the other two are ignored.

    Network Security Application Acceleration

    There are significant advantages for security applications in this area through the use of Akamai services. First links are directly oppose the Akamai servers to servers in the head on the end user application. This means that all potential attacks, not to have been leveled against the servers actually Akamai servers and clients. As the application delivery network Akamai server is distributed, but also includes features to defend against denial of service attacks and denial of service.

    In addition, for customers who want to network security to the next level of Internet take-connected hosts, there is a third product called Web Application Firewall (WAF) that Akamai provides. The module is integrated into the W. AF accelerator and provides additional protection such as:.

    • limit HTTP request methods to stop

    • queries from spam-robots and security scanners.

    • Prevent command injection attacks in the use of data validation.

    • Stop Trojan activity.

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    • leaks SQL.

    What is the service delivered?

    The WAA services and APIs are more complex than the traditional service of Akamai static cache, Akamai has decided to offer these services through channel partners who are experts in network optimization, application acceleration and network security. Since in many cases, the customer may want to try to supplement or replace them with Akamai accelerates WAN VPN service on the Internet, these business partners all have a deep understanding of routers, network protocols and the optimization of the diffusion of information.

    The acceleration may be based, like the creation of an entrance test, the Akamai DNS managed and remote users, the performance difference between regular and internet applications test is required, accelerated by the use of the criterion the DNS entry. It is easy to install and test the service Akamai.

    Where the difference

    Most organizations usually a test to be with each application of the origin of most issues and problems at the time. This can be a VDI deployment for remote users who know too little power, slow Remote Desktop Protocol sessions, slow performance of enterprise applications, or other similar questions that users or customers complain.

    learn more please contact a reseller of Akamai, specializing in the acceleration of dynamic applications on the Internet, such as “Document” Akamai briefcase

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    Author: Rolf Versluis
    Adcap Network Systems – Atlanta and Miami
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