Akamai node comes to Teraco
Teraco Data Environments has teamed up with Vox Telecom to make Akamai’s global content available through its NAPAfrica peering point.
Akamai Technologies is a leading cloud platform for media and content delivery, application performance and Web security.
The Akamai infrastructure will provide access to key content from global providers, as well as access to an SSL certificate node.
The Akamai node and infrastructure will be set up in Teraco and connected to NAPAfrica in Johannesburg.
“By leveraging the Vox Telecom carrier network, and by being hosted in the Teraco DC, Akamai will deliver international content to local consumers at improved speeds at high end speed,” Teraco said in a press statement.
“Deploying our African node at Teraco forms part of our strategy to be a global provider of content delivery network services in Africa. Teraco provides the ideal environment for us,” said Christian Kaufmann, director of network architecture at Akamai Technologies.
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