Garena speeds up game downloads with Akamai platform | Networks Asia
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Garena , an online game service provider, has chosen Akamai Technologies Inc. 's cloud platform to allow users to load games and download files as quickly and efficiently as possible regardless of where they are located.
End users would frequently complain on the forums about slow download speeds or unstable connections. This negatively resulted in end users spending more time on downloading games rather net than playing them, explains Ye Gang, Chief Technology Officer, Garena.
With the rapid growth in online gaming, Garena need to be cost-effective by overcoming its delivery challenges without investing heavily in acquiring new hardware in individual markets. Garena also wanted to encourage their community to view live games through Garena+.
There net were four key impacts using the solutions provided by Akamai. With Akamai net s Dynamic Site Accelerator, the average file download net time is shortened by up to 75% and complaints about stream lag dropped by more than 50%. The Akamai global platform also allowed Garena to quickly expand net into new markets without having to incur the higher cost required to deploy and invest in local hardware or software. Akamai s Legacy Streaming solution for HD streaming media also ensured high-quality online experience even with the constantly growing end user base.
Gan shares that with Akamai s vast network of servers across net the globe and industry-leading solutions, we are able to consistently deliver much faster downloads for our end users, as well as provide a reliable and stable video streaming platform net for viewers to spectate net live games.
Ever since Garena net started using Akamai s Dynamic Site Accelerator solution, they have shortened download times by up to 75%. Previously, users took an average of 3 to 4 hours to download a game through our platform. Now it only takes about 30 minutes to an hour. This has allowed us to deliver a lot more high-quality gaming content to end users consistently through regular updates which we might have struggled with previously because of file size. It would never have been possible without Akamai, says Gang. Tags
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Garena , an online game service provider, has chosen Akamai Technologies Inc. 's cloud platform to allow users to load games and download files as quickly and efficiently as possible regardless of where they are located.
End users would frequently complain on the forums about slow download speeds or unstable connections. This negatively resulted in end users spending more time on downloading games rather net than playing them, explains Ye Gang, Chief Technology Officer, Garena.
With the rapid growth in online gaming, Garena need to be cost-effective by overcoming its delivery challenges without investing heavily in acquiring new hardware in individual markets. Garena also wanted to encourage their community to view live games through Garena+.
There net were four key impacts using the solutions provided by Akamai. With Akamai net s Dynamic Site Accelerator, the average file download net time is shortened by up to 75% and complaints about stream lag dropped by more than 50%. The Akamai global platform also allowed Garena to quickly expand net into new markets without having to incur the higher cost required to deploy and invest in local hardware or software. Akamai s Legacy Streaming solution for HD streaming media also ensured high-quality online experience even with the constantly growing end user base.
Gan shares that with Akamai s vast network of servers across net the globe and industry-leading solutions, we are able to consistently deliver much faster downloads for our end users, as well as provide a reliable and stable video streaming platform net for viewers to spectate net live games.
Ever since Garena net started using Akamai s Dynamic Site Accelerator solution, they have shortened download times by up to 75%. Previously, users took an average of 3 to 4 hours to download a game through our platform. Now it only takes about 30 minutes to an hour. This has allowed us to deliver a lot more high-quality gaming content to end users consistently through regular updates which we might have struggled with previously because of file size. It would never have been possible without Akamai, says Gang. Tags
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