Blog Listing: Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform

Serverless functions are an ideal alternative to VMs or containers for microservices, as they are easy to create, less risky than VMs, and faster than containers. With Akamai’s EdgeWorkers, serverless functions run directly on the Edge, where users enter the Internet. This co-locates serverless computing with the web content consumers need, which enables massive scale and unparalleled performance.  EdgeWorkers is...

Akamai announces two major releases per year (in March and October) in order to help you more easily keep up with new functionality and innovations. In this blog post, we’ll provide you with selected highlights of Akamai's October 2019 Release that we think are of particular interest for developers, admins, and architects. Akamai API Gateway JSON Web Key Set (JWKS)...

As a developer or admin, there are certain situations when you need to generate a unique identifier for an object. Of course, you could just create a random string to do this, but the better and more popular way is to assign a universally unique identifier (UUID) to the object. (Note that UUIDs are also sometimes known as GUIDs or...

Today, we're excited to introduce the Akamai Developer Trial, a free 90-day Akamai account that developers and admins can use to test-drive Akamai’s top products. With the trial, you’ll be able to try a wide range of activities — including working with properties and creating credentials to test out Akamai APIs — and do it all without touching your production...

Today we’re excited to announce the general availability of Akamai Control Center, our redesigned customer and partner web-based management console and the next generation of the Luna interface. After a successful beta period with terrific feedback, we are happy to report that all customers now have access to this new experience, and can now manage Akamai’s products and services through...

Akamai announces two major releases per year in order to help you to keep up with new functionality and find all the latest information in one place. In this blog post, we’ll provide you with an overview of what’s new in Akamai's March 2019 Release specifically for developers and admins. This blog post covers the March 2019 Release details in...