The CacheFlow appliance is placed between a content provider's Web servers and Akamai's globally distributed network of over 2,000 servers. The CacheFlow appliance fields the site's Web requests and 'Akamaizes' content based on site-specific policies. This content is then delivered via Akamai's FreeFlow service, ensuring an optimal end user experience. The intelligence of Akamai's service is built upon sophisticated algorithms to locally deliver content that has been Akamaized. Akamai's algorithms monitor the Internet on a real-time basis, understand the location of the requesting user and make intelligent decisions about the best and most efficient Akamai edge server from which to deliver content.
CacheFlow appliances are fast, simple, reliable devices that integrate seamlessly into the network.
The integration between CacheFlow and Akamai allows Web companies to focus less on their infrastructure and more on their business. We are excited to bring enhanced value to our customers by adding a complete content delivery solution to our arsenal with Akamai's FreeFlow service. About Akamai Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2,000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks.