AKAMAI CHINA CDN · END OF LIFE JUNE 30, 2026
AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS), Edge Delivery Services (EDS), and Adobe Commerce all rely on a China delivery strategy that now needs a path forward. StreamX works with your existing Adobe architecture to maintain fast, reliable experiences in mainland China without rebuilding your stack.
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THE PROBLEM
When Akamai China reaches end of life, your traffic automatically reroutes to the nearest available region, typically Hong Kong or Singapore. For your Chinese users, that means slower pages, broken experiences, and potential compliance issues overnight.
The reality is that mainland China operates on a fundamentally different internet infrastructure. No global cloud platform delivers natively inside the firewall. A CDN swap addresses the symptom, not the underlying architecture gap.
Migrating to one of Akamai's recommended partners, Tencent Cloud or Wangsu, isn't a turnkey solution. It's a reseller arrangement. WAF rules, DNS updates, SSL certificates, and caching logic all need to be rebuilt manually, with no guarantee of feature parity on the other side.
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Akamai will automatically reroute China-bound traffic to the nearest available region, typically Hong Kong or Singapore. For users in mainland China, that can result in significantly higher latency, slower page loads, intermittent timeouts, and functionality issues when experiences depend on cross-border requests. Depending on your architecture and compliance requirements, serving content from outside mainland China may also introduce additional regulatory considerations.
Yes. Organizations serving websites to users inside mainland China generally require an ICP filing or license depending on the nature of the site and business. StreamX does not replace that requirement. StreamX provides the delivery infrastructure needed to support compliant operation once the appropriate ICP requirements are met.
Yes. StreamX works alongside AEMaaCS, EDS, Adobe Commerce, and other systems within your digital experience stack. Your existing Adobe environment stays in place. StreamX extends your architecture by moving content and experiences into mainland China without requiring a rebuild or platform replacement.
No. StreamX works alongside AEMaaCS, EDS, and Adobe Commerce without requiring a replatform or major architectural redesign. It extends your existing Adobe investment rather than replacing it.
No. StreamX is designed to integrate with a wide range of technologies across the digital experience architecture, including content management systems, commerce platforms, CRM and ERP systems, APIs, and custom applications. If your environment includes technologies beyond Adobe, our team can help determine the best integration approach for your architecture.
Switching to Tencent Cloud or Wangsu through Akamai's reseller model primarily addresses CDN delivery. Organizations still need to validate and rebuild supporting components such as WAF policies, DNS configuration, SSL certificates, caching behavior, and operational processes. StreamX addresses the broader content delivery architecture for Adobe environments while minimizing the amount of rework required.
HOW IT WORKS
StreamX connects directly to AEMaaCS, Edge Delivery Services, or Adobe Commerce. Once content is published, StreamX takes it from there.
StreamX detects what changed and pushes only those updates to a delivery cluster inside mainland China. Not a full rebuild. Just the change, delivered locally.
Every request is served from inside China. Fast, compliant, and consistent with your global site.
WHAT STAYS THE SAME
StreamX works alongside AEM as a Cloud Service, Edge Delivery Services, and Adobe Commerce without rebuilding your architecture.
Maintain a unified digital experience strategy instead of operating disconnected regional implementations.
StreamX extends what you've already built on Adobe; no new platforms, no new licensing, no redundant tools.
Designed specifically for China performance, compliance, and availability. No workarounds, no compromises.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING
StreamX works with your existing Adobe architecture.
No rebuilding, no separate China stack.
Just fast, compliant delivery from inside mainland China.
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