webperformance
Understanding Emerging Video Formats
In my previous post, we discussed two new image formats: High-Efficiency Image File (HEIF) and AV1 Image File (AVIF). In this article, we'll take a closer look at two emerging video formats ...
Metrics That Matter: Measuring Streaming Performance
The COVID-19 health crisis created a dramatic shift in our lifestyles. With work, school, and entertainment taking place in home environments now, it's no surprise that screen time is up. Nielsen reports ...
What’s New in Edge Delivery
Welcome to day two of the Akamai Platform Update! Today, we're focusing on Akamai's edge delivery products as well as other complimentary products that help drive great digital experiences. The last several ...
Measuring & Improving Core Web Vitals
Google recently announced a proposed update to its search ranking algorithm: the Page Experience Update. This change, which launches in 2021, includes more performance signals in the ranking algorithm. A subtle but ...
The Publishing Industry — Where to Now?
Many of us have spent far more time at home looking at screens to keep up to date with the world than would have seemed possible at the start of the year ...
What’s New in Web Performance? – March 2019
Organizations that do business on the web are at various stages in their digital transformation journey. Some are developing some of the most innovative and immersive digital experiences on the web, others ...
DataStream – The Real World Benefits of Real time Logging
Businesses need to know what's happening at the 'edge' of their networks in real time and bake that information into a holistic system health monitoring portal view across their sites with integrated ...
HTTP/2 Will be Automatically Enabled by Default on the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform
HTTP, the foundation for data communication over the web, wasn't designed for delivering the rich content that is common in today's websites. HTTP/2, which represents a major update to the HTTP network ...
Enhancing API Gateway With Request Throttling to Manage Overconsumption
API traffic is exploding online and across the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform. APIs are the connective tissue among organizations driving innovative and integrated digital experiences. As these experiences are mission critical for ...
As Predicted, Mobile Continued eCommerce Dominance Over the Holiday Weekend
Akamai predicted in September 2018 that mobile shopping would continue its growth this holiday shopping season. That prediction held true as we saw mobile devices increase their share of Black Friday online ...
