CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced it is the winning bidder to acquire select assets from Edgio, including customer contracts from Edgio's businesses in security and content delivery, and non-exclusive license rights to Edgio's entire patent portfolio. No assets related to the Edgio network would be acquired as part of the bid. Pursuant to Edgio's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief on September 9, 2024, Edgio initiated a 363 bankruptcy sale procedure for qualified bidders to bid for the company's assets. The 363 sale auction was concluded on November 13, 2024, and winning bids were declared. The court hearing to consider approval of the sale transaction is currently set for November 25, 2024. Following court approval, the parties can proceed with closing the transaction. Akamai anticipates providing additional information regarding the expected financial impact from assets purchased as part of the transaction once approved by the court.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, announced today that Avesha Technologies is the latest organization to join the Akamai Qualified Compute Partner Program as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). Avesha Technologies is providing two distinct Kubernetes solutions–one for connectivity and one for autoscaling.

Only 27% of respondents know which APIs return the sensitive data that attackers seek

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced new research showing that while API attacks are rising, visibility into API risks that open doors for attackers is declining. Now in its third year, the API Security Impact Study (formerly the API Security Disconnect) explores the state of API protection based on a survey of 1,207 security leaders and practitioners across the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

Solves three of the biggest challenges for greater Kubernetes adoption: skills, scale, and lock-in

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud company that powers and protects business online, today announced the Akamai App Platform, a ready-to-run solution that makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale highly distributed applications.

Third quarter revenue of $1.005 billion, up 4% year-over-year and when adjusted for foreign exchange*

Security and compute revenue represented 68% of total revenue in the third quarter and combined grew 17% year-over-year and when adjusted for foreign exchange*

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

New real-time capabilities provide businesses with granular control and security across entire user account lifecycle

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today launched new capabilities to its Account Protector security solution. These enhancements are designed to safeguard user accounts against abuse throughout their entire lifecycle and provide advanced protection against account opening abuse, account takeover attacks, and other attack schemes.

New solution leverages machine learning and global intelligence to enhance robust detection and mitigation capabilities against application-layer DDoS attacks

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced the availability of Behavioral DDoS Engine for its App & API Protector solution. This new capability leverages machine learning for automatic, proactive protection against application-layer DDoS attacks.

British victims of cybercrime report fear, anxiety and shame lasting months, and call for more support, according to research from Akamai

LONDON, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced new research exposing the hidden mental health impact of cybercrime on the UK public, and has partnered with psychologist Dr Quinn-Cirillo to publish guidance on how to promote more supportive conversations with victims of cybercrime.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's third quarter 2024 financial results and may include forward-looking financial guidance from management. The call will also be broadcast live via the internet at Akamai's Investor Relations page.

Integration improves the protection of APIs by connecting to Akamai Connected Cloud

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced a new native connector between Akamai API Security and Akamai Connected Cloud. This integration simplifies and accelerates the discovery and protection of APIs by enabling customers to send a copy of their Akamai Connected Cloud traffic directly to API Security for analysis and to rapidly block attacks.