Name: Akamai Ion
Rating: 9.9 (3 reviews)
Author: Akamai

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Software Configuration Management

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Management

Desktop Publishing

Electronic Signature

Project Portfolio Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Corporate Wellness

HR Management

Leave Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Application Performance Management (APM)

Cloud Storage

Converged Infrastructure

Data Center Outsourcing (Canada)

Database Management

Database Performance Monitoring

Fraud Detection

Graph Database

IT Asset Disposal

IT Asset Management

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Machine Learning

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Security

Network Troubleshooting

Non-Relational Databases

Operating Systems

SQL Server Performance Monitoring

Scale-Out Storage

Single Sign-On

Smart Contracts

Testing Services

Vector Databases

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Creative Collaboration

Cross-Channel Campaign Management

Email Marketing

Influencer Marketing

Marketing Automation

Product Information Management (PIM)

Social Media Analytics

Social Media Customer Service

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Conversation Intelligence

Cross-Border eCommerce

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Sales

Cloud Computing Security

Security

3D Modeling

Chargeback Management

Emergency Notification

Jail Management

Military and Defense

PCB Design

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)

Shipping

Vertical-Specific

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Free

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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection

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Application

Network

Gateway

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

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Microsoft's Azure Application Gateway is a platform-managed, scalable, and highly available application delivery controller as a service with integrated web application firewall.

Azure Application Gateway

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Ivanti vADC (formerly Pulse vADC, for Virtual Application Delivery Controller) is composed of three products which can be combined to suit the needs of applications. The solution is now from Ivanti since the company's December, 2020 acquisition of Pulse Secure.

Ivanti vADC

Ivanti

F5 BIG-IP software from Seattle-based F5 Networks is a load balancing and application protection solution suite available on cloud or via virtual editions, on a subscription or perpetual licensing basis. The BIG-IP suite of products supports a wide range of security and application performance needs. The suite includes BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) traffic management and optimization, BIG-IP DNS, BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) identity and password protection, BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager, BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) and BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) web application firewall (WAF) and advanced DDoS protection.

F5 BIG-IP

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Virtual Private Network

AES 256-bit Encryption

Kill Switch

Multi-Platform Support

Split Tunneling

IP Address Masking

No-Logs Policy

Multiple Server Locations

Automatic Wi-Fi Protection

Simultaneous Connections

Customer Support Services

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A10 Thunder ADC

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Likelihood to Recommend

Usability

Support Rating

NetScaler

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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

Cisco Application Control Engine

Cisco

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Barracuda Load Balancer ADC

Likelihood to Renew

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Akamai offers the Ion application delivery controller suite to automatically supply performance optimization to websites and mobile or web applications.

Akamai Ion

Application delivery controllers (ADC) are devices housed in a data center between firewalls and application servers, existing basically for the purpose of application acceleration, reducing load on websites and performing load balancing, as well as other features (SSL offload, proxy/reverse proxy, a firewall for web applications, and more). They are part of an application delivery network (ADN), along with WAN optimization controllers (WOCs).

If you've ever shopped online, downloaded music, watched a web video or connected to work remotely, you've probably used Akamai's cloud platform.

Akamai helps businesses connect the hyperconnected, empowering them to transform and reinvent their business online. We remove the complexities of technology so you can focus on driving your business faster forward – enabling you to embrace trends like cloud, mobile and media, while overcoming the challenges presented by security threats and the need to reach users globally.

Customers trust our cloud platform to securely deliver high-performing user experiences to any device, anywhere. Reaching globally and delivers locally, The Akamai Intelligent Platform™, provides customers with unmatched reliability, security, and visibility into their online businesses.

Follow us at @Akamai, visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/AkamaiTechnologies, and check out our videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/akamaitechnologies. Also, read our Corporate blog at www.akamai.com/blogs

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Reviews

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TrustRadius

Bit challenging

Time zone

Account manager

Learning curve

Ease of management

Good ui

Dev ops

Home

BrightEdge

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai Edge DNS

Akamai Ion is the product name for Akamai's Content Delivery Network services. This enables you to push your content closer to the end users requesting web pages from your web site, thus decreasing time-to-first-byte, reducing round-trip requests and improving performance for the user. We use it on all of the web sites.

Product Usage

Pros and Cons

Ease of management with good UI for making rules and behaviors.
There is also an API and Code integration for the advanced Dev-Ops team to use as well.

Things done well

The learning curve on using a CDN is steep and requires class time. The initial onboarding and integration with the business' DevOps teams should be a bit closer relationship.
Global vs. Regional management can be a bit challenging if your account is centralized overseas, and you want a local time-zone account manager on your time.

Things done poorly

Akamai Ion is excellent if you have the staff to manage the configurations and understand how best to leverage its benefits amidst ongoing Dev work without getting in their way. You'll have to communicate consistently on what the CDN does and does not do as well as drive knowledge sharing sessions on expected behavior or unexpected behavior to help reduce unnecessary troubleshooting from your IT and Dev teams when tickets/issues arise. Akamai Ion is best suited for well equipped and well informed IT or Marketing teams that can leverage the delivery benefits of caching and offload. Doing so will increase customer satisfaction, reduce bounce rates, improve conversion rates as well as drive more time on site.

Improved conversion rates.
Reduced page load times.

Return on Investment

Support for tickets has gotten better/quicker over the years.Also, there is a wealth of information on the knowledge base, documentation, and there is also a message board too now.

Support

BrightEdge, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Akamai Fast DNS

Other Software Used

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Akamai Ion

Overview

What is Akamai Ion?

Over 30% of the world's internet traffic runs on Akamai Ion, so why wouldn't yours?

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