Why does akamai need to geographically disperse its servers to deliver its costumers’ web content? Akamai allows its costumers to move their web-based products closer to their end users (local). Meaning that an Akamai website can deliver from 4 to 10 times faster as non-Akamai website‚ due to the 73.000 servers around the world. 2. If you wanted to deliver software content over the Internet‚ would you sign up for Akamai’s service? Why or why not? Yes we would sign up for the Akamai service due
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1. Why does Akamai need to geographically disperse its servers to deliver its costumers’ web content? Akamai allows its costumers to move their web-based products closer to their end users. Meaning that an Akamai website can deliver from 4 to 10 times faster as non-Akamai website‚ due to the 73.000 servers around the world. 2. If you wanted to deliver software content over the Internet‚ would you sign up for Akamai’s service? Why or why not? Yes I would sign up for the Akamai service due to the
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ON STRATEGIC CAPACITY PLANNING Submitted to Submitted By‚ Prof. J.P.RATH Md Sarfaraz Khan 15320 WHAT IS CAPACITY PLANNING? Capacity can be defined as the ability to hold‚ receive‚ store‚ or accommodate; a measure of an organization’s ability to provide customers with the demanded services or goods in the amount requested and in a timely manner. Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization
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Determining Capacity Requirements Capacity planning decisions involve both long-term and short-term considerations. Long-term considerations relate to overall level of capacity‚ such as facility size; short-term considerations relate to probable variations in capacity requirements created by such things as seasonal‚ random‚ and irregular fluctuations in demand. Because the time intervals covered by each of these categories can vary significantly from industry to industry‚ it would be misleading to
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Capacity Management Article Capacity management is used to manage a company’s information technology. The primary goal of capacity management is to make sure that the information technology capacity meets current and future business requirements in a cost-effective manner. Not all companies are familiar with capacity management but those that are familiar with the concept seem to be quite happy with the benefits it provides. One company that recently became familiar with the concept of capacity
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digital content have expanded significantly‚ and Akamai took the effort to benefit from this trend. The Porter’s analysis is a powerful tool to identify the company’s current competitive position and determine whether the business has the potential to be profitable in the future perspectives. According to the Five Forces Analysis‚ there are five factors that can determine Akamai’s competitiveness. Let us look at them in detail. Threat of Substitution: Akamai is the leading provider of cloud services staying
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When a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and way of life dies out. Is it pointless to keep them alive? Agree or disagree. Looking at our history‚ it is not difficult to discover that when a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and ways of life are actually dying out in today’s society. However‚ not all countries are developed and therefore still using their traditional knowledge to survive. There is a possibility that it is pointless to keep them alive‚ this
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Communicorp‚ a leading communication technology company is faced with financial difficulty due to disorganized internal communications. In order to remedy the situation‚ the CEO instructs us to phase in a corporate intranet to help departments communicate effectively. The schedule for different departments to ‘go live’ on the intranet is set‚ and we have to purchase the appropriate servers‚ minimizing cost and making sure that the intranet has enough capacity to handle the employees that start
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Capacity Planning The overall objective of strategic capacity planning is to reach an optimal level where production capabilities meet demand. Capacity needs include equipment‚ space‚ and employee skills. If production capabilities are not meeting demand‚ high costs‚ strains on resources‚ and customer loss may result. It is important to note that capacity planning has many long term concerns given the long term commitment of resources. Managers should recognize the broader effects capacity
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Chapter 12: Capacity Planning Question #1: Why are facilities decisions often made by top management? What is the role in these decisions of operations‚ marketing‚ finance‚ accounting‚ engineering‚ and human resources? “Facilities decisions often made up by the top management and the chief executive‚ and the board of directors because these decisions are strategic in nature‚ they require the input of all functional areas in the firm.” It is longest-term planning decision that contains all the important
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