Akamai Technologies
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- Legal Name: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Website: akamai.com
- Founded: 1998
- Founder(s): Daniel Lewin, F. Thomson Leighton, Randall Kaplan, Preetish Nijhawan, Jonathan Seelig
- Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies
- Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: AKAM
What is Akamai Technologies?
Akamai obtained an exclusive license to certain intellectual property from MIT, and development efforts began in 1998. Following this license, the company launched commercial service in April 1999. Akamai Technologies had annual revenue of 3.2 billion dollars in 2020. The company has over 8000 employees worldwide. Akamai has a portfolio covering edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions.
The Akamai Intelligent Edge is one of the most trusted and sophisticated edge platforms. In 2021, Akamai announced enhancements to enable users to create and deliver better user experiences at the edge. The enhancements are designed to allow users to develop and deliver better user experiences at the edge. The latest release provides developers richer capabilities and greater control at the edge.
In addition to edge computing solutions, Akamai offers security and CDN offerings. In 2021, the company launched Learn Akamai to help customers quickly and easily achieve the full value of Akamai solutions. It comes with connected learning, linking customers with a variety of related learning resources. Akamai announced revenue of $853 million in the second quarter of 2021. U.S. revenue was $450 million, up 1% year-over-year.
Akamai Technologies News
Akamai researchers warn about the new HinataBot botnet
Cybersecurity researchers from Akamai have published a whitepaper regarding a new botnet named HinataBot. The new botnet supports HTTP and ...
Akamai to acquire Ondat
Akamai Technologies announced that the company acquires the cloud storage technology company, Ondat. Ondat’s technology delivers persistent storage directly onto ...
Akamai Connected Cloud is now available
Akamai Connected Cloud is a massively distributed edge and cloud platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai is ...
Akamai introduces next-gen DDoS defense platform
Akamai announced a significant evolution of its DDoS protection platform with a global rollout of new, fully software-defined scrubbing centers. ...
Akamai announces 12 new Linode data centers
Akamai announced its plans to add more than a dozen new Linode data centers across North America, APAC, LATAM, and ...
Akamai reports a new record-breaking DDoS attack in Europe
Akamai mitigated a new record-breaking DDoS attack against a Europen customer. The attackers originated from a previous campaign that took ...
Akamai mitigates the largest European DDoS attack ever recorded
Akamai announced that the DDoS attack that target the company's victim peaked at 853.7 Gbps and 659.6 Mpps over 14 ...
Akamai Linode supports Kali Linux
Akamai Linode now offers Kali Linux, open-source Linux distribution used for penetration testing, ethical hacking, and network security assessments. Kali ...
8220 gang targeting Linux systems again, Microsoft says
Microsoft warned Linux administrators about a crypto mining malware campaign. Microsoft stated that the threat actor group known as 8220 ...
Akamai announces Linode acquisition
CDN services and cloud security solutions provider, Akamai Technologies announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to ...
FritzFrog botnet attacks are growing
The decentralized botnet attack botnet, FritzFrog is resurged after a big decline by the beginning of this year. According to ...
Akamai Technologies to acquire Guardicore
Akamai announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tel Aviv, Israel-based Guardicore. With the acquisition, the ...
Akamai unveils free and on-demand Learn Akamai platform
Akamai Technologies unveiled Learn Akamai, a free, on-demand learning platform designed to help customers achieve the full value of Akamai ...
Akamai enhances its edge platform
Protecting and delivering digital experience solutions provider, Akamai announced enhancements which include free usage tier, rapid data access, and API ...
Akamai advances 5G security strategy with Asavie acquisition
Edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, Akamai announced that the company has acquired Asavie, whose global platform manages ...
Equinix and Akamai Team collaborate against sophisticated DDoS attacks
The largest DDoS attack to date was recorded by Akamai in 2018, peaking at 1.3 Tbps. Between November 2017 and ...
World’s largest tech brands are threatened by phishing attacks
Hackers are using the phishing method when doing an attack on some of the world’s largest tech brands. Akamai, a ...
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