G&L-Blog

Livestream planning, the basics: preparation is everything

by Jochen Herkenrath, October 7, 2019

A livestream has been planned. Maybe it’s not even your first and you’ve already been able to gather some experience. And yet: you are unsure how many visitors to expect, whether your ...

The media industry as a goal of cyberattacks: Media Under Assault

by Jochen Herkenrath, September 20, 2019

From January 2018 through June 2019, Akamai recorded more than 61 billion credential stuffing attempts and more than 4 billion web application attacks. In this special edition of the State ...

CloudTest Summary Report: Web Performance and Load Testing

by Jochen Herkenrath, June 27, 2019

System test under peak load

NAB 2019: Short Review + Interview "Fully integrated OTT-System"

by Philipp Spiel, May 3, 2019

Cooperation with G&L: Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier expands its range of CDN services

by Jochen Herkenrath, April 8, 2019

Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier is the international wholesale division of Deutsche Telekom. It offers its customers a comprehensive portfolio of services to meet all the needs of a rapidly ...

Expansion of our AWS partnership: Certification as Authorized Public Sector Partner

by Jochen Herkenrath, March 20, 2019

After several years of experience as a technology partner in the AWS partner network, we have now successfully added certification in the Public Sector Partner Programme to our range of ...

Per-Title Encoding: Encoding optimised for specific video content

by Jochen Herkenrath, March 8, 2019

The initial concepts for Per-Title Encoding were developed previously around 2012, and the technology was then used productively from 2015, driven forward significantly by Netflix. At that ...

Fast and secure deployment of enterprise applications

by Jochen Herkenrath, January 7, 2019

Companies need to provide their employees with secure access to corporate applications deployed behind the firewall. In parallel, access is often provided to contractors, suppliers, ...

Web performance, user experience and RUM

by Jochen Herkenrath, December 13, 2018

RUM stands for “Real User Monitoring” – a service that passively collects data directly from the website visitor’s browser session and generates comprehensive user experience reports from ...

"Challenges of public service broadcasting in distribution via the internet" – an interview

by Alexander Leschinsky, December 5, 2018

At IBC 2018, the company Akamai asked me to discuss the particular challenges faced by ARD, ZDF and Deutsche Welle in distributing their radio and television channels over the internet as ...

OTT: Over-the-Top Streaming as the Standard of Television Broadcasting

by Jochen Herkenrath, September 18, 2018

Evolution and Future of Over-the-Top TV: 4-part e-book "Broadcast Over the Internet" available for free download, provided in cooperation with Akamai. Time-shifted TV, video-on-demand and ...

Dynamic image optimisation – a must for the perfect web experience.

by Jochen Herkenrath, September 6, 2018

Below are some excerpts from an interview with Melissa Webster, IDC Analyst. She leads IDC’s research in digital experience management software and cloud services. This includes content ...