Akamai
Akamai Technologies is a global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud services provider, operating a vast distributed network of servers to improve the performance, reliability, and security of websites and applications. It specializes in bringing content closer to end-users via edge…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1998
- Category
- cloud_infrastructure
- Problem solved
- Akamai was created to solve the fundamental problem of internet congestion, high latency, and unreliability in delivering web content, especially rich media, from centralized servers to a globally distributed user base. It aimed to improve the speed, availability, and user experience of websites by delivering content from servers geographically closer to the end-users.
- Platforms
- mobile, IoT, any_internet_connected_device, gaming_consoles, web
Related technologies
Notable users
- Government agencies
- Major media and entertainment companies (e.g., BBC, Hulu, Netflix during peak times)
- Large technology companies (e.g., Adobe, IBM)
- Large e-commerce platforms
- Financial services institutions (e.g., Nasdaq)