No, bandwidth isn't an issue. We're using the Akamai Web Application Accelerator to get around the slow downs that happen normally and to ensure a good end user experience during peak (holiday) seasons.
Akamai Web Application Accelerator speeds performance of dynamic, interactive Web applications without requiring additional infrastructure by taking a fundamentally different approach to application delivery, employing techniques including:
* Dynamic mapping
* Dynamic routing
* Compression
* Caching and pre-fetching
* Connection/TCP optimization
* Access control
How it Works
Requests and application responses between users and your origin server are sent over the Akamai platform. It's the world's largest fault-tolerant network, comprising 20,000 servers in 71 countries. When a user requests an application, dynamic mapping technology directs the request to the closest Akamai server. Using route optimization, we identify the fastest, most reliable path back to your server to retrieve the application content, and employ connection techniques to optimize communication between servers, improving performance and reliability of both retrieval and delivery. Access control features ensure application security is maintained throughout the process.
Why have Akamai accelerate your Web applications?
* More control over the delivery of your applications
* Optimized delivery means faster performance
* The Akamai platform handles peak usage easily
* IT burden drops - no additional hardware
Sounds like a different tier to me. The best part is that it doesn't force the end user to pick up the tab.
It happened to me when I upgraded from an intel 2100 wireless card to an intel 2200 wireless pci card in an eight month old Compaq X1000 laptop. Rolling back to an older bios "fixed" the problem.
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Wouldn't this bleed over into email as well?
the floods in Cedar Rapids, IA?
No, bandwidth isn't an issue. We're using the Akamai Web Application Accelerator to get around the slow downs that happen normally and to ensure a good end user experience during peak (holiday) seasons.
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From the page:
Akamai Web Application Accelerator speeds performance of dynamic, interactive Web applications without requiring additional infrastructure by taking a fundamentally different approach to application delivery, employing techniques including:
* Dynamic mapping
* Dynamic routing
* Compression
* Caching and pre-fetching
* Connection/TCP optimization
* Access control
How it Works
Requests and application responses between users and your origin server are sent over the Akamai platform. It's the world's largest fault-tolerant network, comprising 20,000 servers in 71 countries. When a user requests an application, dynamic mapping technology directs the request to the closest Akamai server. Using route optimization, we identify the fastest, most reliable path back to your server to retrieve the application content, and employ connection techniques to optimize communication between servers, improving performance and reliability of both retrieval and delivery. Access control features ensure application security is maintained throughout the process.
Why have Akamai accelerate your Web applications?
* More control over the delivery of your applications
* Optimized delivery means faster performance
* The Akamai platform handles peak usage easily
* IT burden drops - no additional hardware
Sounds like a different tier to me. The best part is that it doesn't force the end user to pick up the tab.
Isn't there already a tiered internet? I know that the company I work for is paying a small fortune for Akamai to serve pages via their network.
Wouldn't we all love to see "WindowsSucks" under "Sections" in the left menu?
So we just need to go search for Open Document?
Wasn't this a theme in one of the 2001+ A Space Odyssey books?
It happened to me when I upgraded from an intel 2100 wireless card to an intel 2200 wireless pci card in an eight month old Compaq X1000 laptop. Rolling back to an older bios "fixed" the problem.
More info here: http://www.x1000forums.com/index.php?showtopic=573 9
Today's lesson: Don't buy Compaq.
How much did Primedia pay for about.com? Wasn't it around $200 million more than they're selling it for?
BTW, here's part of the story on Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topN ews&storyID=7676834&pageNumber=1/
What is this television thing anyway? Does it involve moving away from my computer?
Yeah. After you cancelled your membership, I couldn't afford to keep the doors open. ; )
Anyone interest in a similar campaign for Mozilla? I'll donate FeedTheLizard.com and FeedTheLizard.org to the cause.