Story
Akamai
EchoStarEchoStar Standardizes Application Traffic on Akamai
EchoStar, a communication services organization in the United States, uses App and API Protector from Akamai to support application delivery for network and app owners.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because application traffic has a clear owner |
| Risk and compliance | App and API Protector is the governed place network and app owners use for application delivery |
| Capability | New joiners can see how application delivery actually runs |
Story
Communication Services work at EchoStar spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in the United States. Application traffic was splitting across regional habits. Network and app owners asked for a shared way to run application delivery without freezing local judgment.
Akamai (App and API Protector) is what they standardized on. Akamai operates a large edge platform for content delivery, application security, and microsegmentation. EchoStar uses it as the system of record for application traffic, with network and app owners as the primary operators and other groups coming in through the same queue.
Leaders get a picture they can actually walk. Teams get fewer mystery statuses. The story is about operating change, not an unpublished percentage.
