As a reseller company for Akamai, my typical use case for Akamai Edge DNS is its distribution worldwide, providing DDoS attack prevention which is crucial in current times.
Head Chief Executive Officer, Cloud & Security at EXBIZ TELECOM TECNOLOGIA LTDA
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Feb 18, 2025
I have experience with all Akamai products because I use all of them, including Edge DNS, API Security, and App and API Protector. I use Akamai Edge DNS to protect against DDoS attacks and to enhance the performance of our DNS zones across various industries, including financial, healthcare, and education. Our clients include small, medium, and large businesses.
There is not much of a big use case related to the solution in our company. In our company, we have the DNS for all the domains configured in Akamai Edge DNS. The only use cases I can see with Akamai Edge DNS are to make an MX record, dns.exe, CNAME record, or a PTR record.
Akamai Edge DNS provides organizations with independent protocol-driven security, ease of record updates, and global distribution. It ensures 100% availability, low latency, and intelligent traffic management, serving diverse industries with enhanced DNS zone performance. Akamai Edge DNS stands out for its independent protocol which enhances security and provides global distribution to thwart DDoS attacks. The solution offers reliable 100% availability and low latency responses, crucial for...
As a reseller company for Akamai, my typical use case for Akamai Edge DNS is its distribution worldwide, providing DDoS attack prevention which is crucial in current times.
I have experience with all Akamai products because I use all of them, including Edge DNS, API Security, and App and API Protector. I use Akamai Edge DNS to protect against DDoS attacks and to enhance the performance of our DNS zones across various industries, including financial, healthcare, and education. Our clients include small, medium, and large businesses.
Some of the use cases we looked at are site forwarding for the root domain to another record so we can maintain control of its overall management.
There is not much of a big use case related to the solution in our company. In our company, we have the DNS for all the domains configured in Akamai Edge DNS. The only use cases I can see with Akamai Edge DNS are to make an MX record, dns.exe, CNAME record, or a PTR record.