Akamai Technologies

With more than 4,100 points of presence across 131 countries, Akamai operates one of the world’s most widely distributed content delivery and cloud computing platforms. Originally founded as a content delivery network (CDN), the company has gradually expanded its legacy infrastructure to incorporate distributed cloud computing capabilities, notably through the acquisition of Linode and the launch of its Gecko edge computing offering. This global backbone brings computing power and data closer to end users, reducing latency for latency-sensitive applications such as streaming, online gaming, and artificial intelligence inference. Its service portfolio covers large-scale content delivery, full-stack cloud computing, and cybersecurity solutions—including protection against DDoS attacks—across a network with a capacity exceeding 120 Tbps. Akamai also offers application security services and access protection for SaaS and artificial intelligence tools. This distributed infrastructure particularly benefits companies in the e-commerce, media, and finance sectors that require high performance on a global scale.