Global internet infrastructure company Akamai suffered an outage that lasted over an hour, taking down several online applications across India and overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akamai is a global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud services platform that is rented by online content and commerce services apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edge DNS as a technology provides a shorter route for DNS, or domain name services, between a company\u2019s servers and its users, thereby drastically decreasing resolution times and providing low latencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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