I recently worked with a client whose large e-commerce site was hosted with a popular cloud-based commerce solution. Its business was growing rapidly into new geographic markets, and it was not satisfied with the embedded content delivery network (eCDN…
Retrospective 2020: DDoS Risk Higher Than Ever
Never before has the risk of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack been higher. In 2020, we saw record-breaking attacks, a DDoS extortion campaign impacting thousands of organizations globally, more emergency customer turnups, and more Akamai c…
Sustainability at Akamai: An Efficient Platform Powered by Energy Aggregation
If I had a dollar for every time I heard ?unprecedented? in 2020, I could fund a clean energy project myself. And while we’re tired of hearing this term, it’s true amid the pandemic, U.S. presidential election, social justice movements, finalization of…
Congratulations to 2020 Akamai Partners of the Year
Last year proved to be a year like no other. We faced unforeseen challenges, including adjusting to a new way of working, collaborating, and conducting business. It is an honor for me to announce the Akamai Partners of the Year for 2020 who went above …
Streaming Traffic Peaks During Biden Inauguration
Live news streaming traffic during the Biden inauguration ceremony on January 20 peaked at 12 Tbps on the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform. The peak, which occurred as now-President Biden was taking the oath of office just before 12 PM ET, is roughly 8…
A Place To Belong
While I’ve worked for Silicon Valley-based startups and even spent time in the travel tech industry, I’d sometimes feel I was just part of the system. Working each day to earn my keep, and with no bigger purpose than that.
Games Drive Christmas Web Traffic
If you turned on a new game console and/or downloaded video games over the holidays, you certainly weren’t alone. New data from Akamai shows that game-related traffic delivered across our network was more than double the Q4 average on December 25, and …
5 Surprising Cybersecurity Features of Guardicore Centra
Check out these features around segmentation and visibility that can help working with Guardicore Centra even simpler.
Guardicore Insight: Adding Best-in-Class Osquery Visibility to Secure Your Workloads
What if you had a single solution that was able to detect non-compliant and high-risk endpoints and servers, assess their level of exposure, and then immediately secure these servers and endpoints with laser-sharp segmentation policies?
Internalship Program
In today’s workplace, the landscape is a fast-paced, competitive environment, and today’s employees are frequently on the hunt for growth opportunities.