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TV Everywhere Sees Renewed Vigor in Time for NAB 201 ...
One year ago, at NAB 2011, TV Everywhere was talked about... well... everywhere. Operators and programmers were racing to secure their strategies to stay relevant in the Media 3.0 world and take advantage of new business models; and after enjoying a few years of vigorous discussion, months went by with stalled progress, leaving many to wonder what happened. Operators want to bundle content to their throngs of paying subscribers, and
The Performance Arms Race Continues in Financial Ser ...
Since joining Akamai just over 2 years ago I have had the privilege to meet with Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) around the world and hear firsthand about their opportunities and challenges. It never ceases to amaze me how performance continues to play such a critical role in this industry, and how passionate and competitive people are about this. This passion exists firm-wide in many cases, and at the individual level.
Life after Akamai - Responsible Electronic Waste Man ...
The Internet has enabled massive dematerialization of traditional brick and mortar industries through the emergence of online services such as shopping, banking, communications and entertainment. However, this success has been accompanied by rapid growth in the Internet's own increased material consumption and waste generation. Akamai is front and center in the Internet industry (albeit behind-the-scenes!) and has been working diligently to get in front of this challenge by implementing socially
Blazing Akamai
As you may have heard, Akamai acquired Blaze today.This is obviously big news for Blaze, and we're thoroughly excited about it. Beyond that, we see this as a big moment for the field of Front-End Optimization (FEO), and for the goal of making the web faster. Having Akamai provide an automated FEO solution will make this technology easily available to thousands of the top websites in the world, and make
State of the Internet in Q3 2011: Observations on At ...
To say that Web-based security attacks are on the rise would be an understatement. Consider this: in just the past three years, we've seen an eye-popping 2,000% increase in the number of DDoS attack incidents investigated on behalf of our customers. And while those DDoS numbers are not currently part of Akamai's State of the Internet report (Q3 2011 edition released today at http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/), the attack traffic that we monitor
Can the Cloud Solve Fragmentation Problems as Device ...
The sun has set on another CES show filled with new gadgets, celebrity appearances, endless cab lines, partially-functional voice and data services, and back-to-back meetings. After meeting with many connected device companies, content owners, press and analysts, a few themes seemed to stand out.The first big theme is that hyperconnectivity has become completely pervasive. Every imaginable device can be connected to the Internet to provide additional services. Phones, tablets, TVs
The Hyperconnectivity and Hyper-Growth Spiral for St ...
The promise of startups, especially venture backed ones, is predicated on fast growth. Even with that touchstone, relative to prior decades or even prior years, the growth trajectory of today's startups is in the warp speed territory. According to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal earlier this year, the fastest growing startups are achieving revenue growth and even profitability much faster than leading startups of yester years. While the
Innovation All Star
Last night our CEO Paul Sagan was honored as a "Tech Luminary" at the 16th annual Innovation All Stars awards event, hosted by the Boston Business Journal and Mass High Tech. Selected by readers and editorial staff, Paul was recognized for being one of the "driving forces in the New England tech sector." The event was held at Boston's House of Blues and drew an impressive crowd of executives from
A Winning Team
Akamai recently announced the addition of two exceptionally talented executives to our senior leadership team: Rick McConnell, Executive Vice President, Products and Development and Kumud Kalia, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Individually, Rick and Kumud are tech rock stars in their own right. Together, they complete a winning team at Akamai that is perfectly aligned to propel us even faster forward as we embark on our next stage