Akamai Technologies has introduced the Akamai App Platform, a turnkey solution designed to simplify the deployment, management, and scaling of highly distributed applications. Built on the cloud-native Kubernetes technology Otomi—acquired by Akamai from Red Kubes earlier this year—the platform offers ready-to-use templates that address common challenges in scaling Kubernetes clusters.
By automating the provisioning process, the Akamai App Platform eliminates the need for extensive configuration and inter-departmental coordination, enabling developers to deploy complex applications in just a few clicks. This reduces deployment times from months to under an hour and provides rapid scaling to meet growing production demands.
“Over the past decade, developers have been forced to choose between two evils: Either accept complexity, vendor lock-in, and spiraling cloud costs if they build with hyperscaler solutions, or grapple with skills gaps, longer time to value, and perceived increased risk if they build on open-source solutions,” said Ari Weil, Vice President of Product Marketing, Akamai. “We’re giving them a better way by harnessing the power and potential of the open-source ecosystem to strike a balance between the ease of use of the one-size-fits-all hyperscale world and the flexibility and control afforded by open source.”
Akamai designed the platform for development and operations teams at various stages of scaling their deployments. Whether they are anticipating growth, just realizing the need to scale, or actively working on scaling and expanding existing services, the Akamai App Platform is purpose-built to accelerate time to value for every business.
The Akamai App Platform is also designed to help solution integrators who want a fast and simple way to architect multicloud solutions by managing a platform for their applications instead of managing the infrastructure to build it; value-added resellers looking to eliminate the overhead of Kubernetes configuration and deployment; and independent software vendors that want to make it easier for customers to adopt their partner solutions through pre-built configurations and add partner solutions to application architectures.
Kubernetes serves as a foundational technology in the open-source ecosystem, empowering organizations to build, deploy, and manage containerized applications with ease, portability, and scalability. According to the CNCF’s latest annual survey, more than 60% of enterprises have adopted Kubernetes.
Yet despite its widespread adoption, Kubernetes is often a challenge for DevOps teams still getting up to speed on the container orchestration technology. The Akamai App Platform helps alleviate some of the sharpest pain points faced by development and operations teams in today’s complex containerized environments by: simplifying operational complexity; standardizing and integrating deployments and tools; embracing true portability; and integrating advanced security and observability features.
When combined with services from Akamai Connected Cloud, the platform empowers companies to build scalable, distributed, low-latency applications. It also offers unparalleled price-performance for integrated development, delivery, and security.
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