Akamai Technologies

Overview

American company that provides cloud services for content delivery, security, and media delivery. Operates one of the world’s largest content delivery networks (CDN).

Key Facts

  • Founded: 1998-05-01

  • Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • Status: Public (NASDAQ: AKAM)

  • CEO: Tom Leighton

  • Founded by Tom Leighton and others from MIT

  • Largest CDN in the world with 330,000+ servers in 130+ countries

  • Akamai Edge Computing provides serverless compute at the edge

  • Akamai Kona Site Defender provides WAF and DDoS protection

  • Liquidware acquired by Akamai (2020) for edge computing

  • Major competitor to Cloudflare and Fastly in CDN space

Products Mentioned in Wiki

Cloudflare | Akamai and F5 compete in application delivery and security