To ensure that accountsIQ is delivered to users at a consistently high speed anywhere in the world, we have recently partnered with Akamai www.akamai.com, the world leader in web application performance management.

To optimise response times, requests and application responses between users and our hosted servers are sent over the Akamai network. Akamai has the world's largest fault-tolerant network, comprising 61,000 servers in 70 countries. When a user requests a function within AccountsIQ, dynamic mapping technology directs the request to the closest Akamai server.

Using route optimisation, Akamai identifies the fastest, most reliable path back to our server to retrieve the application content, and employs connection techniques to optimise communication between servers, improving performance and reliability of both retrieval and delivery. Access control features ensure application security is maintained throughout the process.