Akamai EdgeWorkers

Akamai EdgeWorkers leverages Akamai’s extensive Content Delivery Network (CDN) to offer robust edge computing solutions. It allows developers to deploy JavaScript functions at the edge, enhancing performance and reducing latency for web applications.

Focus

• Dynamic content assembly: Deliver the right content to the right user by dynamically assembling content from various sources.
• Localization and personalization: Provide personalized customer experiences based on device type, location, and user data.
• Advanced caching and traffic routing: Streamline content delivery and reduce origin load with edge cache key manipulation and efficient route management.

Key features

• Support for functions with a JavaScript runtime environment.
• Integration with Akamai’s distributed key-value store EdgeKV.
• Close Proximity: 4200+ Points of Presence (PoPs) in 25 regions worldwide for high availability and global reach, ideal for large-scale, latency-sensitive applications.