Global internet infrastructure company Akamai suffered an outage that lasted over an hour, taking down several online applications across India and overseas.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Akamai is a global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud services platform that is rented by online content and commerce services apps.
Akamai faced a disruption on its Edge DNS service that took down platforms such as Zomato, Paytm, parts of Amazon, Airbnb, PlayStation Network, Steam, Disney+Hotstar, etc for a short while.
Edge DNS as a technology provides a shorter route for DNS, or domain name services, between a company’s servers and its users, thereby drastically decreasing resolution times and providing low latencies.
