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.
Recent Akamai Technologies News
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 ...