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Akamai Technologies

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Akamai is a leading web services provider based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the primary player in content delivery expediting space. It was started in 1998 to use advanced computing techniques to deliver a streamlined web experience to the end user. Its first customer was Yahoo.

Since 1998 Akamai has retained content delivery as its core business, but has also branched out with two tiers of professional Internet consulting services along with related digital media and site delivery solutions. These businesses target firms seeking to deliver a rich user experience quickly and consistently.

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  Akamai Technologies added Mridul Agarwal as Leadership (Multiple) - Solutions, Sales, Services. (1/4/04)
  Posted 12/20/11 at 9:59pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Rob Foley as Sr Product Manager. (8/15/10)
  Posted 2/25/11 at 5:17pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Pamela J. Craig as Board of Directors. (1/20/11)
  Posted 1/20/11 at 10:22am
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  Akamai Technologies added David Kenny as President. (7/28/10)
  Posted 7/28/10 at 3:10pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Chuck Neerdaels as VP of Enginering, Cloud Platforms. (7/14/10)
  Posted 7/14/10 at 11:39am
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  Akamai Technologies added Kevin Freund as Chief Technologist, Media & CDN Engineering. (4/5/10)
  Posted 4/22/10 at 11:50pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Witold Stankiewicz as Software Engineer.
  Posted 1/7/09 at 10:06am
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  Akamai Technologies added Travis Kalanick as Head of P2P Initiatives.
  Posted 1/2/09 at 10:47pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Robert Gribnau as Dir, Sales.
  Posted 12/30/08 at 8:33pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Jay Parikh as VP Engineering.
  Posted 8/29/08 at 1:01am
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  Akamai Technologies added David Barrett as Engineering Manager.
  Posted 5/2/08 at 12:48pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Mike Stanley as VP of Engineering.
  Posted 3/9/08 at 5:46pm
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  Akamai Technologies added Robert Wood as VP of Business Development.
  Posted 8/14/07 at 2:00am
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  Akamai Technologies added J.D. Sherman as Chief Financial Officer.
  Posted 8/14/07 at 1:59am
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  Akamai Technologies added Chris Schoettle as Board.
  Posted 8/14/07 at 1:58am
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  Akamai Technologies added Tom Leighton as Co-Founder and Chief Scientist.
  Posted 8/14/07 at 1:57am

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1. Akamai Acquires Website Performance Company Blaze Software (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Done Deal – Akamai Buys Rival Cotendo For $268 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Akamai Acquires Mobile Content Platform Velocitude (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Payday for Red Swoosh 15 million from Akamai/ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Akamai Press Release (akamai.com) [edit]
7. Akamai Acquires Speedera Networks (networkworld.com) [edit]
Akamai Reports All Time Single Day Peak of 3.45 Terabits Per Second on April 9 (beet.tv) [edit]

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