Akamai and Macrometa partner to create an edge cloud ‘super platform’
The partnership aims to create a single platform for enterprise developers.
Akamai Technologies and Macrometa announced that they have struck a partnership to develop an Edge Cloud "super platform".
Akamai actually led the funding round in Macrometa, a company that calls itself the "first-of-... Read more
Akamai and Linode launch managed database service
Akamai launched a managed database service. The service is provided by Linode, a subsidiary and recent acquisition.
Akamai was founded in 1998. In its early years, the organization built a content delivery network (CDN). CDN providers operate data centres worldwide to push customer content to en... Read more
Akamai buys IaaS provider Linode for 790 million euros
Akamai Technologies is acquiring infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Linode for 790 million euros (900 million dollars). The CDN provider aims to offer the world's largest distributed application platform with this acquisition.
By combining the technology of both companies, developers wi... Read more