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Seacom teams up with Akamai [ITWeb](ITWeb Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Seacom says its partnership with Akamai will give African users a better Internet experience when accessing content from around the world. African subsea cable operator Seacom has partnered with Akamai Technologies in a move it says will afford users lower latency and higher speeds when accessing popular Web services and content from around the world. Seacom said in a statement today that it had deployed Akamai content clusters and caching nodes on its pan-African IP network footprint. "The nodes will accelerate and optimise HTTP content, rich media, downloadable files, video, music, software updates and other Web content requested by operators and Internet Service Providers connected to Seacom's IP network," says the company. Sabine Sitterli, senior director of network business development for Akamai Europe, Middle East and Africa, Akamai's "accelerated network" partnership with Seacom is an important part of the company's platform expansion strategy in Africa, which aims to improve reliability and performance for Internet users across the continent. Akamai provides cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications. Global head of product at Seacom, Robert Marston, says bringing content directly onto the African continent enables the company to provide a more comprehensive IP transit offering to its customers. Related stories: Eassy gets major boost (../index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70328&catid=260&Itemid=55) Seacom's cloud service grows in Africa (../index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70273&catid=86&Itemid=64) (c) 2014 ITWeb Limited. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |