Performance and Security of Internet Applications
John ButenManager, Enterprise [email protected]
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• Leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online
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• $860MM in Revenue 2009
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• 1,400+ Employees
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Evolution of Health Information
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Internet
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Imperatives of Health 2.0
1. Performance Matters
2. Size Matters
3. Security Matters
4. Location Matters
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1. Performance Matters
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Consumer Expectation for Page Load
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Source: Forrester Research
Over 50% of consumers expect pages to load in 2 seconds or less
North American consumers
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1. Performance Matters
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Sites are getting heavier and slower, not lighter and faster
Source: Akamai - global average page response of
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2. Size Matters
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Web sites are critical point of communication in moment of truth
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2. Size Matters
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Web sites are critical point of communication in moment of truth
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3. Security Matters
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Healthcare and Pharmaceutical lead other industries with a poor 50%
Source: White Hat Security, 2009
SocialNetworking
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Insurance Retail Pharma Telecomm Health
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3. Security Matters
• 130 million accounts compromised• $100 million in fines to card issuers
• 200-500,000 records compromised• Forced to notify members
• 29,000 employee records compromised• 15,000 patient records compromised• $200,000 in fines
Data theft is real as are the consequences
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4. Location Matters
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Healthcare and Pharmaceutical lead other industries with a poor 50%
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4. Location Matters
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Clinical research is a global endeavor
Countries with Rave SitesMedidata OfficesOutsourced LocationsData Center
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South America1%
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Europe 18%
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R&D Spend Analysis (PhRMA Members, 07)
% of Worldwide Total R&D Spend% Change in Spend 06-07
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delivers all forms of Web content and applications for over 2,800 customers and 25,000 domains
Resulting in traffic of:• 500 billion hits / day • 8+ million hits per second• 100+ million streams / day • 1,000,000+ concurrent streams• 800+ Gbps
The Akamai EdgePlatform:
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70Countries
1,000+Networks
750+ Cities
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Making the Internet Reliable
Akamai’s Edge Platform and optimization technologies make the Internet a reliable and high-performance place to do business
End UserApplication
Origin Route Optimization
Protocol OptimizationApplication Optimization
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Akamai enables richer Web experiences
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Akamai Flattens the Globe
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Akamai Inherent SecurityProtecting Applications in the Cloud
Akamai’s 60,000+ servers act as a distributed firewall
Resources for outclassing any DDOS or DNS attack
Lock down your application to unknown traffic
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John ButenManager, Enterprise [email protected]
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