Naukri.com Chooses Akamai Soln To Optimise Performance

Akamai Technologies has announced that Info Edge (India) has chosen Akamai’s Web Application Accelerator service to optimise the search application of its flagship brand and job site, Naukri.com.

Naukri.com is an online recruitment platform that provides a variety of services to job seekers, corporations and placement agencies in India and the rest of the world, including resume database access, response management tools, job postings, and branding solutions.

To maintain its position in this space, Naukri.com proactively addresses the technical issues - performance and scalability - that accompany fast growth. Naukri will leverage Akamai’s Web Application Accelerator service to accelerate its search application and enable faster accessibility of relevant jobs to its customers.

Vibhore Sharma, senior vice president, Info Edge (India) – parent company of Naukri.com – said, “Akamai-optimisation of our search application will result in a consistent user experience as well as reduced loads on our Web servers, while enabling us to focus on developing new products and services to further solidify our market position.”

“Naukri.com pioneered the concept of online job search in India by striving to provide the best possible job search experience and tools to help job seekers find the right job,” said Robert Hughes, executive vice president of Global Sales, Services and Marketing for Akamai Technologies. “We’re pleased to contribute to Naukri.com’s goal of providing an enhanced and consistent customer experience that keeps their corporate customers and job seekers repeatedly accessing their services.”

Akamai’s Web Application Accelerator service leverages Akamai’s globally-deployed platform to deliver consistent, improved application performance for enterprise customers. Akamai accelerates customers’ dynamic Web applications using a number of techniques including dynamic mapping, route optimisation and connection optimisation technology. The result is increased user adoption of applications for greater productivity and decreased support costs.