Akamai Delivers High Quality Experiences To iPad For Condenast, National Geographic And NPR
UK - Apr 8, 2010 (PRN):
Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that Akamai supports high quality online experiences to the iPad. Akamai’s HD Network enables adaptive bitrate video streaming for the iPad, in addition to support for the iPhone and iPod touch, available since the June 2009 launch of iPhone 3.0 OS. Akamai has been working closely with a number of customers, including CondeNast, National Geographic and NPR, to prepare their content and applications for the launch of iPad.
“Content will be accessed on millions of mobile devices and hundreds of device types moving forward, and the iPad introduces significant opportunity for content distribution with its large form factor, allowing people to make more of their Internet experiences portable, whether live video or Internet browsing,” said Robert Hughes, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, Services and Marketing at Akamai. “The combination of Akamai’s HD Network and Site Solutions helps our customers provide a consumer experience that is as available and high performing as on their PC. Delivering HD quality, live and on-demand content and applications to the iPad supports Akamai’s goal of continuing to transform the way consumers view video and control their experiences while mobile.”
Conde Nast
Conde Nast’s Epicurious and GQ magazine iPad and iPhone applications will be delivered across the Akamai platform. Both applications have been optimized for the iPad and feature new functionalities, making the experience more dynamic and customized for the user. Given these new features, Conde Nast is leveraging Akamai’s Dynamic Site Accelerator to accelerate the dynamic elements of the applications. By leveraging Akamai’s services for delivering its content to the iPad, all GQ content is delivered and stored in the cloud minimizing the need for origin severs and data center dependencies, which allows them to reduce costs and provide a faster user experience with greater stability.
National Geographic
National Geographic is listed on Apple's "iPad ready" website for www.nationalgeographic.com. Leveraging the Akamai HD Network to ensure that viewers have a high quality, high performing video experience online, National Geographic is delivering vibrant content to the iPad, creating an innovative new consumer experience for nationalgeographic.com
NPR
NPR released an iPad application and has developed an iPad-optimized version of www.npr.org.NPR has been delivering content to mobile devices, including the iPhone, since August 2009.
