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Instart Logic Announces $100M Performance Upgrade Program for Akamai Customers(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/16/14 -- Instart Logic, the Cloud Application Delivery Service for performance-obsessed organizations, announced a new performance upgrade program to help e-businesses seeking faster web performance. The new program eliminates the primary barrier to adopting Instart Logic's software-defined application delivery (SDAD) solution -- Akamai's contract "lock-in." Instart Logic will fund the buyout of the existing Akamai contract for eligible program participants, up to an aggregate total of $100 million in contract value. Companies that upgrade can typically expect to see immediate 30 percent-plus application performance improvements, especially for end users on mobile devices or wireless connections. The "RIP Akamai" offer is effective immediately for all Akamai customers. "As the holiday shopping season approaches, many companies are preparing for the increased performance expectations of shoppers. CDN technology is an antiquated approach that doesn't help mobile shoppers using wireless access," said Manav Mital, CEO, Instart Logic. "This program helps customers by removing the primary barrier to upgrading their performance." "RIP Akamai" participants will join the growing ranks of performance-obsessed marquee web companies that have abandoned their CDNs to move to SDAD on Instart Logic. "Prior to Bonfaire's acquisition by Moda Operandi, we used Instart Logic for 100 percent of our traffic. Based on that experience, and the fact that Moda Operandi's soon-to-be-launched new site is a visually rich and image-heavy site, we decided to switch all of our traffic from Akamai to Instart Logic, including our fast-growing mobile traffic," says Keiron McCammon, CTO, Moda Operandi, Inc. "Instart Logic offers much better performance as well as unique technology features that boost user engagement." As software continues to eat the web performance world, hardware-driven CDNs are increasingly losing favor among companies that care about consistently improving web performance across diverse network environments and device types. This is especially true for companies that serve users over wireless networks such as Wi-Fi and 3G/4G. Instart Logic's Cloud Application Delivery Service was built from the ground up as an end-to-end solution to uniquely handle infinite device diversity, wireless network congestion and wide performance variability in the last mile. The first SDAD offering on the market, Instart Logic enables the ultra-fast performance, control and extensibility required by companies in e-commerce, media and SaaS that are serious about application performance and dedicated to innovative application delivery. For more information about the Instart Logic Akamai-customer contract buy-out program, please visit http://instartlogic.com/akamai. About Instart LogicInstart Logic accelerates cloud application delivery for the world's most performance-obsessed organizations. Its patented software-defined application delivery (SDAD) technology solves performance challenges inherent in wireless connections and obsoletes content delivery networks (CDNs). Using Instart Logic, organizations can provide ultra-fast, visually immersive experiences on any device to supercharge revenue, deliver unsurpassed customer experiences and gain absolutely measurable competitive advantage. Instart Logic is funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sutter Hill Ventures, Tenaya Capital and several notable Silicon Valley angel investors. Learn more at http://instartlogic.com/ or follow us on Twitter at @InstartLogic. Media Contacts: Corinna Krueger Instart Logic +1 (510) 219-3634 Email Contact Brigit Valencia BOCA Communications +1 (360) 597-4516 Email Contact Source: Instart Logic |