Akamai Technologies, Inc., a global content delivery network (CDN) service, announced the company is collaborating with Google Cloud Platform as part of the Google Interconnect Program.
Akamai said its participation is designed to reduce hosting and egress costs and improve performance for Akamai customers taking advantage of Google Cloud Platform.
Akamai’s participation as a Google Cloud Platform CDN Interconnect Provider is intended to ensure that the Google Cloud Platform serves all in region traffic destined for the Akamai Intelligent Platform via Akamai regions. Customers are expected to benefit from performance improvements as well as egress cost savings of up to 66 percent based on the pricing structure of Google Cloud Platform.
“As more and more enterprises come to rely on cloud-based computing and storage resources to drive their businesses, it’s critically important that performance is maximized and cost effectiveness is maintained,” explained Bill Wheaton, executive vice president and general manager, Media Products Division, Akamai. “As the operator of the world’s largest distributed CDN platform, we’re collaborating with Google Cloud Platform to ensure that our joint customers can pass traffic directly from Google Cloud Platform to the Akamai CDN, empowering them to take full advantage of their cloud investments.”
Akamai serves two trillion Internet interactions every day. The Akamai Intelligent Platform consisting of software resides in 3,000+ locations, 1,300+ networks in 110+ countries.
