The Connect Global solution module embeds Akamai's EdgeSuite service to provide the following benefits in global elearning deployments:

Quality user experience - eliminates problems with the Internet by delivering content and media from the end user’s ISP or nearby on the Internet.

Consistent User Experience - deployed in 68 countries and 1100 networks, the Akamai netowrk ensures users receive the same level of quality regardless of where they are connecting.

Scalability on demand - enabling customers to offer events and handle traffic spikes that typically require massive infrastructure build-outs at great expense.

Minimized costs - The cost of supporting a large or growing audience base, as well as the infrastructure and software to support it, drops dramatically through the use of Akamai services.

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