The GCSS-AF (Global Combat Support System – Air Force) Portal has leveraged Akamai’s secure, globally distributed Cloud platform since December, 2004. Akamai defends GCSSAF’s Enterprise web infrastructure from malicious activity, and provides seamless, on-demand, scaling without sacrificing performance. GCSS-AF partners with Akamai because of the proven benefits of Akamai’s cloud based application acceleration and security services. Combining Akamai’s globally distributed platform with the Air Force’s globally distributed users (850,000+), has allowed the GCSS-AF Portal program to save millions of dollars annually in capital and operational costs. This innovative Air Force team implemented this cloud based solution before cloud was “cool”, and has reaped the benefits ever since.
