> My boss wants me to look into what is involved with using > Akamai's services. > I'm hoping someone may have used them before, and could give > a brief overview of what's involved: pricing structure, how > is their service, how it ties into current hosting, did you > notice a speed increase, that sort of thing.
Several of our customers use Akamai. I don't really know anything about the pricing structure. Their service is good, in that you get what you pay for. You have to figure out what will be cached, and how aggressively. Your users will definitely notice a speed increase, if done properly. Not all sites benefit from this kind of caching; it depends on the ratio of information content vs application functionality, in my opinion. The clients of ours who are using it are CMS clients, with lots of information content. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281911 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
