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Akamai provides cybersecurity-based cloud services, including for edge computing. The company’s Intelligent Edge Platform uses cybersecurity protocols that protect all parties in the edge computing infrastructure. Akamai’s platform is used by 250,000 edge servers that ingest a total of 2.5 exabytes of data a year from 1.3 billion connected devices.
Akamai Recent News
Will Digital Ocean use M&A for CDN or edge services power SaaS growth?
Cloud services provider Digital Ocean recently shared some insights and data points with investors about the state of the business…
| May 20, 2022 | StackPath offers tiered plans for WAF, broadens appeal to SMB marketEdge computing, CDN, and security company StackPath showed off a tiered subscription plan for its web application firewall (WAF). The… |
| May 17, 2022 | Cloudflare releases application customization platform, database service for WorkersCloudflare launched Cloudflare for Platforms, a set of tools that enable developers to modify applications using the latest open API… |
| May 3, 2022 | Google Cloud releases Media CDN to strengthen edge streaming infrastructureWith the explosion of demand for streaming services that are straining global bandwidth infrastructure at the network edge, Google Cloud… |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Limelight Networks quarterly revenue, earnings falls ahead of Edgecast integrationLimelight Networks saw a dip in its revenue and adjusted EBIDTA from the fourth quarter of 2021 in its financial… |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Akamai acquires Linode for $900m to address edge cloud applications like metaverseAkamai, the CDN and security services provider, has bought Linode, one of the last remaining sizeable independent hosting providers in… |
| Jan 27, 2022 | Ridge taps into $22M round for Kubernetes-ready edge cloud serviceRidge, a startup that provides an edge cloud service that is optimized for Kubernetes-based architectures, has raised $22m in venture… |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Webscale launches CloudEDGE content delivery network to improve commerce performance needsCloud platform provider Webscale has launched a new cloud-agnostic content delivery network (CDN) with edge compute capabilities. The company, with… |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Edgegap secures $7 million from Akamai, investors to reduce online gaming latency via edge computingEdgegap, a provider of an edge infrastructure platform for online gaming, announced a $7m Series A investment. The round was… |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Cloudflare, Fastly among CDNs set to become key edge development platform as market growsThe global edge computing market is set to reach $17.8 billion in 2025, according to new figures from GlobalData. A… |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Azion teams up with Radware to block bots at network edge‘Next-generation’ CDN service provider Azion is teaming up with security vendor Radware to help its customers detect and block malicious… |
| Aug 22, 2021 | CDN second-quarter earnings wrap: who has an edge in serverless growth?It’s time for earnings reports again, and a look at the results from the major content delivery networks is offering… |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Akamai tries to counter Cloudflare with free tier for edge application serviceAkamai recently announced enhancements designed to enable Akamai customers to create and deliver even more exceptional user experiences at the edge…. |
| Apr 27, 2021 | Cloudflare to offer Nvidia GPUs for edge AI; will it beat competitors to the punch?Cloudflare is set to make a jump into the market for edge AI services, announcing a partnership with Nvidia. The… |
| Apr 13, 2021 | Catchpoint’s CEO: Edge performance is not a commodityA recent conversation about application performance set Catchpoint CEO Mehdi Daoudi on edge—metaphorically speaking. “[I’m] a little bit tired of… |
Akamai Industry Insights
Stealth startup Ridge.co aims to build edge cloud offering with the help of data center providers
This is a guest post by Phil Shih, Managing Director and Founder of Structure Research. Stealth startup Ridge has been…
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Edgegap: Making edge infrastructure easier for gaming, enterprise markets
Edgegap can be described as a provider of an edge infrastructure platform for online gaming. The company’s technology is used…
