Tom Leighton stories
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Akamai announces Auckland cloud data centre
Fri, 24th Feb 2023
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cybersecurity
Cloud services provider Akamai Technologies is building a Scrubbing Centre and Cloud Data Centre in Auckland to defend against DDoS attacks.
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Akamai launches new connected cloud and computing services
Wed, 15th Feb 2023
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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dc
The new services offer a fundamentally different approach to the cloud by integrating core and distributed computing sites with a massively scaled edge network.
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Akamai 'building the cloud the next decade needs' with latest release
Wed, 15th Feb 2023
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edge computing
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cloud services
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akamai
Akamai Technologies has launched Akamai Connected Cloud, a massively distributed edge and cloud platform for computing, security and content delivery.
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Akamai to acquire Linode in USD $900 million deal
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
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uc
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iaas
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ar, vr & metaverse
Cloud infrastructure provider Akamai announced it has secured an agreement to acquire Infrastructure as a Service platform, Linode.
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Akamai acquires Guardicore to expand zero trust portfolio
Fri, 1st Oct 2021
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ransomware
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malware
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cybersecurity
Akamai Technologies is set to acquire Guardicore for around $600m, adding micro-segmentation capabilities to its zero trust security portfolio.
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Akamai unveils new managing director for APJ
Wed, 7th Oct 2020
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apj
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job moves
Akamai Technologies appoints Parimal Pandya as managing director for Asia Pacific - Japan, in addition to his role as VP of Media and Carrier Sales.