Rakuten Introduces Akamai For Japan’s Largest Online Mall
Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Akky Akimoto
Akamai’s Japan subsidiary(Akamai Kabushiki Gaisha) announced that Rakuten now uses their “Dynamic Site Solutions” for Rakuten Ichiba(=market), Rakuten’s flagship service holding 30,000 online shops. According to Internet Watch [J], Rakuten has been using Akamai for their Infoseek Rakuten(search), e-Bank, Rakuten ShowTime(movie) and Rakuten Taiwan.
Akamai Japan commented that this is the first case among Japanese big e-commerce sites. It is also expected to assist Rakuten’s oversea penetration.
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Author Information Akky Akimoto is a one of the first pro-bloggers in Japan [J]. As an individual he writes for Asiajin and his own weblog [J]. He also produces web services including Twitter book recording service IvRead.com and comparison-chart community Narabe.com. Currently traveling in Taiwan. 
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