Q: 1 Why does Akamai need to geographically disperse its server to deliver its c ustomers Web content?

Ans: Akamai needed to geographically disperse its server to deliver its customer s web content as todays internet have been facing many delays or internet failure . With the internet traffic exceeding the capacity of routers at local ISPs, malf unctioning peering points at hand-off of data between ISPs and traffic bottleneck s corporate data centers. Akamai came up with a solution of edge networking by p lacing copies of content close to the user so that the content only have to move across country once and can be delivered to users from local servers. Storing c opies of web content at different locations around the internet can be easily re trieved in the form of nearby copy, making web pages load faster. Akamai also la unched EdgeSuit which needed to be dispersed geographically .it allowed the cust omers to move their web content closer to end users, so a user in New York city for instance will be served L.L. Bean Pages from New York Metro area Akamai serv ers, while users of L.L.Bean site in San Francisco will be served pages from Aka mai servers in San Francisco. This makes the possibility for the customers web pa ges and other content to load and run quickly. As a result of placing it at diff erent locations it can gather unparallel data providing highly accurate knowledg e base with worldwide coverage. Frequently used portions of clients Web site woul d be difficult to send to users quickly. They provided Edge Computing which moni tors the entire internet devising faster routes for information to travel. So wh enever a customer request for content (a video or file) it is redirected to an A kamai server nearby and the content is served from this local server which is fo ur to ten times faster. Q: 2 If you wanted to deliver the software content over the Internet, would you sign up for Akamais service? Why or why not? Ans: Yes, I would sign up for Akamai if I wanted to deliver software content ove r the internet because Akamai is among the major Web helpers which helped to spe ed the delivery of content. Since there is high internet traffic and internet sp eed is slow. Through the use of Akamai server I would be able to get my internet delay or failure problems resolved and my content would not be disintegrated un der load. Akamai has come up with the solution of EdgeNetwork which speeds up th e system expediting the internet traffic to overcome limitations. It also provid es EdgeSuites which allows web pages and other content to load and run quickly. . Frequently used portions of clients Web site would be difficult to send to user s quickly. They provided Edge Computing which monitors the entire internet devis ing faster routes for information to travel. So whenever a customer request for content (a video or file) it is redirected to an Akamai server nearby and the co ntent is served from this local server which is four to ten times faster. Q: 3 What advantages does an advertiser derive from using Akamais EdgeScape servi ce? What kinds of products might benefit from this kind of service? Ans: An advertiser can deliver ads based on country, region, city, market area, area code, country, zip code, connection type and speed. Akamais EdgeScape servi ce constantly map the internet and is a global network which gathers the unparal lel data providing highly accurate knowledge base with worldwide coverage. It pr ovides enterprises with intelligence generated by internets most accurate and com prehensive knowledge base of internet network activity. Akamais massive server de ployment and strong relationships with the networks throughout the world will be nefit the advertisers to collect optimal collection of geography and strengthen their relationships. It will help the advertiser in targeting their customers ve ry easily based on their location and zip code, lowering their cost as well. Pro ducts having visualization can be benefited from this kind of service Q: 4 With the demand for higher-bandwidth music and video exploding, why isnt Aka mais stock performing better? If you were an investor, what factors would encoura ge you to invest in Akamai? What factors would discourage you? Ans: Since the burst of internet bubble in 2001 and 2002 there was a deep impact on corpoarate and stock performance of Akamai even with the demand for higher-b andwidth music and video exploding Due to this competition the stock prices of A

kamai have gone down. Content delivery from other delivery networks is quite low . They are offering their content delivery services at a very lower price.