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Upwork Selects PacketZoom to Speedup APIs over Cellular Networks
[March 08, 2017]

Upwork Selects PacketZoom to Speedup APIs over Cellular Networks


SAN MATEO, Calif., March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Upwork (formerly Elance-oDesk) a global freelancing platform recently selected PacketZoom to enhance Upwork's existing Web CDN and speed up its dynamic content and API calls. Upwork has more than 12 million registered freelancers internationally with many of them leveraging the mobile app to lookup for projects when on the go.

"Upwork mobile apps were built to allow our community to stay connected with the job market wherever they go. One of the main design principles was to enable quick and efficient communication on the go," said Bittu Ahlawat VP of Engineering of Upwork. "PacketZoom allowed us to speed up the response time of our key APIs in the app and their SDK was very easy to integrate. Combined with PacketZoom's capability to reduce failed request transfers we have seen an increased activity in our apps."

PacketZoom's Mobile Expresslane removes roadblocks in the mobile last mile and is able to significantly accelerate content delivery, rescue up to 80% of the sessions from mobile connection drop while reducing CDN costs. The SDK easily integrates into the mobile app within minutes to improve performance.

Upwork's mobile application represents a unique problem set. Looking for a job and navigating through the different job posts on mobile networks represented a clear performance issue. Yet, since most of the content is textual, small in size and dynamic, this use case is not helped by traditional CDN type solutions at all. PacketZoom Mobile Expresslane helped to peedup API calls and demonstrated higher user engagement once the service was turned on.



"Mobile network conditions vary from place to place and present a constant challenge for mobile developers," said Chetan Ahuja, CTO of PacketZoom. "PacketZoom's SDK is designed so developers can focus on building wonderful applications and stop worrying about the way they perform under different networks and changing network conditions. With PacketZoom, mobile developers need not worry about mobile networks slowing them down, or worse, preventing users from using their apps."

With PacketZoom integrated, Upwork is able to reduce transfer failure rate (a common problem on mobile and wifi networks) by almost 80%, making the job search activity more reliable.


About PacketZoom

PacketZoom Mobile Expresslane improves user experience on mobile apps by eliminating performance roadblocks in the mobile last mile, helping mobile publishers boost app performance worldwide by accelerating and improving reliability of content delivery.

PacketZoom's SDK redefines mobile performance via in-app networking technology, customized for each user. By removing roadblocks in the mobile last mile, PacketZoom is able to significantly accelerate performance by 2x to 3x, rescue up to 80% of the sessions from TCP connection drop and reduce CDN costs.  For more information:  http://www.packetzoom.com

About Upwork

Upwork is the world's largest freelance talent marketplace. As an increasingly connected and independent workforce goes online, knowledge work —like software, shopping and content before it— is shifting online as well. This shift is making it faster and easier for clients to connect and work with talent in near real-time and is freeing professionals everywhere from having to work at a set time and place.

Freelancers are earning more than $1 billion annually via Upwork. Upwork is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in San Francisco, California, and Oslo, Norway. For more information, visit our website at www.upwork.com, join us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Media contact:

Daniella Balaban
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(650) 690-2444

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