- Speed of delivery to Australia nearly tripled compared to local Australian infrastructure
- Delivery times in Spain measured over 3 seconds without Akamai, but only half a second using EdgeSuite
- Quality of corporate communications was ensured and consistently delivered
- Branding worldwide was preserved and enhanced
- Inherent security benefits across the organization
- A better architectural framework for doing business online
When you’re a financial service provider operating business lines in virtually every region across the globe, guaranteeing availability and performance across multiple Web sites and geographies is no easy task. Neither is ensuring total security for a global user base of customers, partners and service providers. That’s why one of the world’s leading financial services providers chose Akamai after putting us through one of the most exhaustive due diligence processes in our company’s history when considering a partnership.
The potential client considered a range of critical factors, including Akamai’s ability to drive significant performance improvements in certain geographies, including Australia and Spain, as well as our ability to leverage a distributed infrastructure to guarantee uptime regardless of events or conditions that could threaten it. Finally, the company closely analyzed Akamai’s ability to provide a totally secure platform for large-scale, international financial transactions—one that would protect against all types of attacks that might compromise data or undermine performance. At the end of this process, the inherent security of Akamai’s EdgeSuite was chosen as a platform for the client’s global e-business that would be secure, scalable and cost-effective. EdgeSuite was deployed to support the client’s main global branding site, and provided an important strategic foundation for ongoing site and application development initiatives throughout the broader global organization. The result? A better way to operate online – securely and globally—to keep our client at the forefront of the financial services industry.
"The architectural foundation to support financial service providers is critical if enterprises are to improve operational efficiency, develop deeper customer relationships, produce faster and more-accurate decisions, and exploit market opportunities."
- Gartner: September 2003
