Optimize App Performance and Avoid Outages
Akamai Kona Site Defender provides an intelligent load balancing solution to optimize app performance and prevent outages. With this tool, organizations can efficiently manage global traffic without the need for additional infrastructure deployments. By leveraging Akamai's powerful technology, users can ensure the consistent performance of their applications, APIs, and content, ultimately enhancing the user experience.
Gain Greater Control Over User Experience
One of the key benefits of Akamai Kona Site Defender is the ability to gain greater control over the user experience. This tool allows users to fine-tune traffic allocation, set up new sites, and deploy applications without disrupting current traffic patterns. By utilizing powerful APIs and DevOps capabilities, organizations can streamline workflows and effectively manage load balancing configurations.
Scalable, Intelligent Load Balancing
Akamai's Global Traffic Management offers scalable, intelligent, policy-based load balancing that ensures optimal performance. This solution includes dynamic failover capabilities that direct requests to alternate locations in the event of a primary site failure, even across different providers. It also utilizes policy-based intelligence to route traffic based on geographical location, server status, and IP header information, optimizing configurations to enhance end-user experiences.
Real-Time Data and Fine-Grained Controls
With Akamai Kona Site Defender, organizations can manage load balancing configurations and diagnose issues using real-time data. Load-based feedback enables intelligent routing based on communication with data centers, ensuring the best possible outcomes. Additionally, fine-grained controls allow for precise traffic allocation by combining failover mechanisms, policy-based intelligence, and weighted load balancing.
Budgetary Efficiency and Predictability
Akamai's Global Traffic Management provides organizations with the ability to forecast budgets accurately. With no usage limits and penalties for fluctuations in usage, users can achieve budgetary efficiency and predictability. By leveraging user-aware allocation that maps end-users to the nearest data centers dynamically, organizations can optimize performance while maintaining cost-effectiveness.