Performance & Security
Akamai FASTER FORWARD PERFORMANCE&SECURITY PROTECTING YOUR STREAMING VIDEO, AUDIO & RICH MEDIA IDG conducted a survey of 130+ respondents on behalf of Akamai to determine priorities in regard to the delivery of streaming video, audio, and rich media. Survey participants evaluated performance of current media, frequency of performance disruptions, security of media content, and challenges in content protection. COST THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES 53% Cost is cited as the biggest barrier to protecting streaming video, audio and rich media content. Integrating security and performance management solutions with other technology is also identified as a challenge by more than one-third (38%) of our survey respondents. INTEGRATION 38% PRIORITIES Security and performance top the list of priorities when delivering streaming video, audio, and rich media. Very Important Important Not Very Important Not At All Important Web 61% 32% 5% Security Performance 48% 46% 5% & Speed Reliability 43% 47% at Scale Any Device, Anywhere 32% 44% 21% 4% Integration & Compatibility 18% 43% 26% 14% ROOM TO IMPROVE ~1/3 of respondents assign a rating of "fair" or "poor" when assessing the ability of current media solutions to deliver 36% RELIABILITY FAIR – POOR performance and reliability. 32% PERFORMANCE FAIR – POOR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR Frequent Disruptions 1 Occasional Disruptions No Disruptions I Don't Know More than three-quarters of respondents reported that end users complain on at least an occasional basis of disruptions in performance when consuming streaming video, audio and/or rich media content. 12% 13% 10% 65% 2% 6% 6% WEB ATTACKS 14% Only 32% of respondents are highly confident that their organization's content is well protected from Web attacks such as DDOS. 26% 46% Extremely Confident Very Confident Somewhat Confident Not Very Confident Not At All Confident Don't Know Learn how Akamai solutions are helping companies enable secure, high-performing, scalable user experiences on any device, anywhere. Find out what it takes to maximize online engagement and the top issues you must address to ensure a successful online video strategy. Visit http://bit.ly/19EBTBD for more info. Source: IDG Research Services | Copyright 2014 Akamai Technologies. All Rights Reserved. %24
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