Akamai

Report Shows Akamai has the Highest Score in the "Current Offering Category" and "Is the Best Fit for Companies Looking to Thwart Bots at the Edge" Akamai Technologies, Inc., the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, announced that it was cited as a Leader in The Forrester New Wave: Bot Management, Q1 2020 evaluation. In the report, Forrester evaluated "the 13 most significant providers in the category" and "where they stand in relation to each other." Akamai received a "differentiated"…

Customers Praise Akamai's WAF Intelligent Edge Security Solutions in Independent Testimonials Akamai Technologies, Inc., the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has been named a January 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Web Application Firewalls. The Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice is a recognition of vendors by verified end-user professionals, acknowledging the best web application firewalls tools as reviewed by customers. "Akamai's vision is to make it…

20% of OTT subscribers say they would have reconsidered cancelling if they could have put hold on subscription Parks Associates research finds, among the US broadband households that cancelled an OTT service in the past year, 20% say they would have reconsidered if they'd had the ability to put the subscription on hold to use later. Parks Associates will host the second annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media, December 9-11, in Marina del Rey, California, featuring industry leaders perspectives on viewer…

Akamai Scores Highest in API Security, Web Scale Critical Business Applications Use Cases; Company Also Positioned as a Leader in Magic Quadrant Companion Report Akamai Technologies, Inc. , the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, announced it received the highest scores in the API security and web scale critical business applications use cases for the second year in a row, and ranked third out of 12 providers in the public-facing web application use case in Gartner's 2019 Critical…

Report Recognizes Akamai's Zero Trust Offerings Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, announced that it was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q4 2019 evaluation. Forrester evaluated 14 vendors and their Zero Trust security portfolios based on 16 criteria including their current offering, strategy, and market presence. The report gave Akamai the highest scores possible in the workload security, people/workforce security,…

Peak Traffic on the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform Exceeds 100 Tbps for First Time  Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, announced that traffic on its global content delivery network (CDN) reached a new peak last week of 106 Tbps (terabits per second). It was the first time in the company's 20-year history that the peak volume of data it delivered exceeded the 100 Tbps threshold. "Delivering 106 terabits per second is roughly the same as downloading 3,300 two-hour HD…

More than two-thirds (68%) of British businesses think that being educated in tech subjects such as coding trumps the importance of more classic subjects such as maths and science. The research, from tech job board CWJobs, also found that 71% of businesses urge candidates to learn tech specialisms in order to futureproof their careers. Tina Devis, Senior Director, HR, EMEA at Akamai, comments: “The way people around the world consume media is changing forever. As office chat about prime-time TV gives way to spoiler alerts…

At IBC 2019, stand 1.D35, Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, will showcase solutions that can support OTT operators' revenue goals, manage viewers and secure valuable content and services against evolving piracy and cyber threats. These solutions are designed to help operators meet the performance and security requirements demanded by today's audiences and a multi-faceted threat landscape. Akamai showcases new capabilities addressing the advancing OTT industry at IBC…

IoT Edge Connect, the newest product in the Edge Cloud solution line, enables real-time messaging and reliability to millions of IoT and application endpoints Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, unveiled Edge Cloud, a solution line that leverages the power of the Akamai edge platform to streamline and secure the delivery of data to connected devices and in-application messaging at scale. Edge Cloud is designed to serve the needs of businesses bringing billions of endpoints…

Akamai Edge Delivery Now Integrated with Azure Media Services and Azure Blob Storage Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, announced it has integrated Akamai's content delivery network (CDN) capabilities with Microsoft Azure Media Services and Blob Storage. The collaboration will make it easier and more cost effective for media organizations to combine cloud-based video processing with edge delivery, from content preparation to playback. Going forward, Akamai will…

New Capabilities Designed to Improve Cloud Security, Accelerate Time to Value, and Streamline Operations for Cloud Applications Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, announced enhancements designed to help businesses accelerate their cloud migration strategy. The new features protect content, apps, and APIs, accelerate web and mobile experiences, and help make development teams more agile as they move to the cloud. "Eighty-five percent of companies today have a hybrid…

Akamai Recommending Encoding.Com to Customers Transitioning from Its Video-On-Demand Transcoding Services Encoding.com, the world's most trusted cloud media processing service, has been selected by Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, as its preferred partner for Akamai customers transitioning its Media Services On Demand (MSOD) transcoding services. With Akamai retiring MSOD transcoding, the Company is recommending to its customers that they transition to Encoding.com's…

Janrain Secure Edge Integrates New Enterprise Security Capabilities into the Janrain Identity Cloud Customer identity data has never been more valuable than it is at this moment. It has become the core currency for global brands. And with this heightened value comes increased risk, as bad actors tirelessly find new ways to attack data systems with the goal of exfiltrating consumer data. Our clients value their customers and fully understand the need to manage consumer consent and profiles in a manner that earns trust.…

World's Largest CDN Exceeds 72 Tbps of Data Delivered; Concludes Record-Setting Year with Another Milestone Akamai , the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has set a new record for peak traffic on its global content delivery network (CDN). On Tuesday, December 11, the volume of data being delivered across the Akamai network exceeded 72 Tbps, surpassing the 70 Tbps threshold for the first time in the Company's 20-year history. "In a year during which Akamai has set numerous…

Akamai, SpotX and Yospace have set out the key principles of monetizing major live events over OTT in a white paper entitled “Go Live: Addressable, Ad-Supported, Live Video At Scale,” which was made available at the IBC Show in Amsterdam this month. Drawing from the technology companies’ wealth of combined experience in delivering and monetizing the largest live audiences in the world, the paper focuses on the three key pillars of major event television – monetization, scale and viewer experience – and outlines the…

Neta Agmon Director of Product, Cloudinary Video and visual storytelling are inter-connected and make personalization campaigns more effective. There are many vital components in delivering a flawless video experience across channels. Neta Agmon, Director of Product, Cloudinary, reveals more about Video Management and her team's work with Digital Asset Management.Tell us about your role at Cloudinary and the team and technology that you handle. I’m a director of product at Cloudinary, managing our newly launched…

Yospace and Akamai Will Join SpotX, the Leading Video Advertising and Monetization Platform, as Co-Hosts in Both New York City and Los Angeles SpotX, the leading video advertising and monetization platform, announced that it will co-host, with Yospace and Akamai, an exclusive event called Go Live to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and innovations around live, over-the-top (OTT) advertising. The event is scheduled to take place on two separate days in both New York City and Los Angeles with presentations from SpotX,…

Salesforce Commerce Cloud Customers Can Leverage the New Akamai Connector to Access Akamai's Web Performance Solutions Akamai Technologies Inc., one of the world's largest and trusted cloud delivery platforms, announced the release of the new Akamai Connector for Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Commerce Cloud enables brands to provide personalized experiences for shoppers that span web, mobile, social and in-store. And now, as part of the world's #1 CRM platform – Salesforce – brands can deliver completely unified experiences…

Strategic Platform Updates Designed to Support Secure Cloud Adoption, Superior Web and Application Performance and Availability, High-Quality and Scalable Video Streaming and Streamlined Application Development Akamai Technologies Inc., the world's largest and most trusted cloud delivery platform, recently announced significant enhancements that are designed to improve website, app, and network security without compromising the performance of digital applications. With these additions, Akamai's cloud delivery platform is…

Wagner Has Was Also a Member of Board of Directors for  LogMeIn & ChurnZero Akamai Technologies, the world's largest and most trusted cloud delivery platform, announced the appointment of William "Bill" Wagner to the Akamai Board of Directors effective April 3, 2018. "We are pleased to welcome Bill to our Board of Directors and look forward to the expertise and insights that he can bring thanks to his impressive leadership skills, proven experience scaling a market leader into increasingly larger opportunities,…