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Akamai Direct Connect (ADC is a high-performance network solution that establishes a dedicated, private connection between your origin infrastructure and Akamai's Intelligent Edge Platform. By bypassing the public internet, ADC enhances the reliability, security, and efficiency of content delivery, ensuring superior performance for media streaming, web applications, and API services. Key Features and Functionality: - Dedicated Connectivity: Provides a direct physical link between your data center or colocation environment and Akamai's edge network, available in 10 Gbit/s or 100 Gbit/s configurations. - Enhanced Security: Reduces the attack surface by allowing you to restrict public access to your origin infrastructure, thereby mitigating potential security threats. - Improved Performance: Ensures consistent and reliable first-mile performance, crucial for delivering broadcast-quality live streaming and high-quality web experiences at scale. - Cost Efficiency: Lowers IP transit expenses by minimizing reliance on the public internet and reducing origin egress costs. - Product Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Akamai's media delivery solutions (e.g., Adaptive Media Delivery, Media Services Live and application performance solutions (e.g., Ion, API Acceleration, as well as security solutions like Prolexic for DDoS protection. Primary Value and User Solutions: Akamai Direct Connect addresses the challenges associated with delivering high-quality digital experiences by providing a secure and efficient pathway for content delivery. It ensures that media companies, broadcasters, and enterprises can deliver content with minimal latency and maximum reliability, even during peak traffic periods. By establishing a private connection, ADC enhances security measures, protecting sensitive data and applications from potential threats. Additionally, it offers cost savings by reducing dependency on public internet routes and associated transit costs. Overall, Akamai Direct Connect empowers organizations to deliver superior digital experiences to their users while optimizing operational efficiency and security.

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