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Akamai Boosts Edge Application Power, Expanding Possibilities for Developers
Akamai edge platform enhancements include free usage tier, rapid data access, and API traffic acceleration CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Akamai edge platform enhancements include free usage tier, rapid data access, and API traffic acceleration\n\n\nCAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world's most trusted solution for protecting and delivering digital experiences, today announces powerful enhancements designed to enable Akamai customers to create and deliver even more exceptional user experiences at the edge.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSince its introduction, Akamai's EdgeWorkers serverless edge compute solution has empowered developers to build and deliver digital experiences from Akamai's platform of unparalleled scale, worldwide. With the latest release, Akamai gives developers even richer capabilities and greater control at the edge.\nNew Akamai edge platform enhancements include:\nMore flexibility for EdgeWorkers, making it even easier for developers to deploy code at the edge. New resource tiers offer developers a choice by packaging CPU and memory, along with commensurate pricing options, to best fit their needs. The two tiers — Basic Compute for applications requiring lower CPU and memory consumption, and Dynamic Compute for those applications demanding higher levels — include free usage for a combined 60 million EdgeWorkers events per month, up to 30 million per tier.\nEdgeKV provides high-availability, low-latency access to data for custom code at the edge. EdgeKV is a globally distributed key-value store that simplifies and accelerates database functions for edge applications. There is no complex query language, and it supports a wide range of data types. As an example, a sports and entertainment company has implemented EdgeKV with EdgeWorkers to perform complex geolocation calculations. The capability maps users' longitude and latitude coordinates in relation to state borders, helping to ensure compliance of their service with local laws. \nAPI Acceleration, Akamai's newest delivery offering specifically optimized for API traffic, provides increased reliability and performance at scale. As API-intensive applications have become increasingly popular, API traffic has exploded. In 2020, Akamai delivered more than 300 trillion API requests — a 53% year-over-year increase. API acceleration uses special-purpose hardware, reserved capacity, and prioritized routing to help ensure API transactions are completed successfully...