Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Akamai Technologies offers cloud and security services to enhance the delivery and security of digital experiences for businesses.
Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies is a global cybersecurity, content delivery network, and cloud computing service provider. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company operates a distributed edge network spanning hundreds of thousands of servers across more than 130 countries. Its core technology suite includes web application and API protection, zero-trust security architecture, DDoS mitigation, dynamic content acceleration, and distributed edge computing infrastructure. The company serves global enterprises, government agencies, financial institutions, media organizations, and e-commerce platforms by securing digital applications, delivering digital media and software, and optimizing online performance for worldwide end users.
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Products and/or services of Akamai Technologies
- Cybersecurity - Application and API Security: Delivers web application protection, application programming interface security, client-side compliance tools, and distributed denial-of-service defense to safeguard web applications and online services across global enterprise networks.
- Content Delivery Networks: Provides distributed content delivery services, dynamic application acceleration, and media streaming solutions that utilize a global edge network to optimize data transmission speeds, reduce latency, and improve user experiences.
- Cloud Computing and Edge Infrastructure: Offers distributed virtual machines, object storage, managed database platforms, Kubernetes orchestration, and serverless compute capabilities designed to run workloads closer to end users across globally distributed edge data centers.
- Zero Trust Security and Microsegmentation: Implements network microsegmentation, secure web gateways, enterprise application access control, and multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized lateral movement and enforce granular access policies across corporate networks.
- Bot Management and Account Protection: Deploys threat intelligence and behavioral analytics to detect automated bot activity, mitigate credential stuffing, protect user accounts, and prevent content scraping across public-facing web applications and mobile endpoints.
- Infrastructure Security and Edge DNS: Supplies authoritative Domain Name System management, direct IP acceleration, and network-level security solutions that route internet traffic reliably while defending core network infrastructure against targeted cyberattacks.
Akamai Technologies executive team
- F. Thomson LeightonCo-Founder, CEO, President & Director
- Edward J. McGowanExecutive VP, CFO & Treasurer
- Adam KaronCOO & GM of Cloud Technology Group
- Paul JosephExecutive Vice President of Global Sales & Services
- Mani SundaramExecutive VP & GM of Security Technology Group
- Laura HowellSenior VP & Chief Accounting Officer
- Robert BlumofeExecutive VP & CTO
- Kate ProutySenior VP & Chief Information Officer
- Mark StoutenbergHead of Investor Relations
- Aaron S. AholaExecutive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary