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Akamai Page Updates
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a global content delivery network (CDN), cybersecurity, and cloud service company, providing web and Internet security services.[2][3] Akamai's content delivery network Intelligent Edge Platform is one of the world's largest distributed computing platforms, responsible for serving between15% and 30% of all web traffic. [4] The company operates a network of servers around the world and rents out capacity on these servers to customers who want their websites to work faster by distributing content from locations near the user. When a user navigates to the URL of an Akamai customer, their browser is redirected to one of Akamai's copies of the website.

(The edits for this section are to more accurately depict Akamai as an Intelligent Edge Platform, as capabilities and offerings have expanded well beyond those of a Content Delivery Network, and to remove a statistic that cannot be accurately confirmed. The amount of traffic delivered on a daily basis fluctuates greatly and Akamai now delivers various types of traffic, not limited to web

History
In 2005, Paul Sagan was named chief executive officer of Akamai. Sagan worked to differentiate Akamai from its competitors by expanding the company's breadth of services.[9] Under his leadership the company grew to $1.37 billion in revenues.[13] Sagan served as chief executive officer until co-founder and current CEO, Tom Leighton, was elected to the position in 2013.[14] On July 10, 2007, Akamai was added to the S&P 500 Index. Akamai's headquarters are in Kendall Square. Akamai started out in Technology Square and later expanded to multiple buildings in Cambridge Center. They consolidated their offices in a purpose-built building at 145 Broadway in December 2019.[15] As of February 28th, 2020, cybersecurity solutions accounted for $1b in annual revenue, or roughly 30% of total annual revenue.

(The edits for this section are to include two major milestones in Akamai’s history, the addition to the S&P 500, and reaching $1b annual revenue in the cybersecurity business, accounting for roughly 30% of total annual revenue. Please note I'm having trouble maintaining the list format that currently exists on the page. I would like to keep the format the same.

Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform
The Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform is a distributed cloud computing platform that operates worldwide. It is a network of over approximately 275,000 servers deployed in more than 136 countries.[16] These servers reside in roughly 1,500 of the world's networks gathering real-time information about traffic, congestion, and trouble spots.[16] Each Akamai server is equipped with proprietary software that uses complex algorithms to process requests from nearby users, then serve the requested content.[17]

(The edit for this section is just to more accurately describe Akamai’s platform as an Edge platform

Acquisitions
•	On February 10, 2000, Akamai acquired Network24 Communications[49] for an aggregate purchase price of $203,600,000.[50] •	On April 20, 2000,[50] Akamai acquired InterVU Inc.[51] for an aggregate purchase price of $2,800,000,000. •	In July. 25, 2000, Akamai acquired CallTheShots, Inc., for an aggregate purchase price of $3,700,000.[50] •	On June 10, 2005, Akamai acquired Speedera Networks, Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of $142,200,000.[52] •	In December 13, 2006, Akamai acquired Nine Systems, Inc.,[53] for an aggregate purchase price of $157,500,000.[54] •	On March 13, 2007, Akamai acquired Netli Inc. (Netli),[55] for an aggregate purchase price of $154,400,000. •	On April 12, 2007, Akamai acquired Red Swoosh Inc.[56] for an aggregate purchase price of $18,700,000.[57] •	On November 3, 2008, Akamai acquired aCerno Inc.,[57] for an aggregate purchase price of $90,800,000.[58] •	On June 10, 2010, Akamai acquired Velocitude LLC,[59] for an aggregate purchase price of $12,000,000.[60] •	On February 7, 2012, Akamai acquired Blaze Software, Inc.,[61] for an aggregate purchase price of $19,300,000.[62] •	On March 6, 2012, Akamai acquired Cotendo, Inc.,[61] for an aggregate purchase price of $278,900,000.[63] •	On September 13, 2012, Akamai acquired FastSoft, Inc.,[61] for an aggregate purchase price of $14,400,000.[64] •	On December 4, 2012, Akamai acquired Verivue, Inc.,[61] for an aggregate purchase price of $30,900,000.[65] •	On November 8, 2013, Akamai acquired Velocius Networks[66] for an aggregate purchase price of $4,300,000.[67] •	In February 2014, Akamai acquired cyber security provider, Prolexic Technologies[66] for an aggregate purchase price of $390,000,000.[68] •	In February 2015, Akamai acquired Xerocole Inc., a domain name system technology company.[69] •	On April 6, 2015, Akamai acquired cloud OTT IPTV service provider Octoshape,[70] for an undisclosed amount.[71] •	On November 2, 2015, Akamai acquired Bloxx, a provider of Secure Web Gateway (SWG) technology,[72] for an undisclosed amount.[73] •	On September 28, 2016, Akamai acquired Concord Systems, a provider of technology for the high performance processing of data at scale,[74] for an undisclosed amount.[75] •	On October 4, 2016, Akamai acquired Soha Systems, an enterprise secure access delivered as a service provider,[76] for an undisclosed amount.[77] •	On December 19, 2016, Akamai acquired Cyberfend, a bot and automation detection solutions provider,[78] for an undisclosed amount.[79] •	On March 29, 2017, Akamai acquired SOASTA, a digital performance management company based in Mountain View, CA, for an undisclosed all-cash amount.[80] •	On October 11, 2017, Akamai acquired Nominum, a carrier-grade DNS and DHCP provider and one of the major players in the creation of the modern DNS system, for an undisclosed all-cash amount.[81] •	On November 3, 2017, Akamai acquired Xerocole, a provider of recursive DNS functionality, for an undisclosed all-cash amount. •	On January 7, 2019, Akamai and Janrain announced an agreement for the acquisition Janrain, a major CIAM provider. •	On September 10, 2019, Akamai acquired Exceda for an undisclosed all-cash amount. •	On September 23, 2019, Akamai acquired authentication technology from KryptCo, creator of multifactor authentication technology, for an undisclosed amount.}} •	On October 9, 2019, Akamai acquired security software provider ChameleonX for $20 million.[82][83]

(The edits for this section are just to add acquisitions that were not yet on the list. Please note I'm having trouble maintaining the bulleted list format that currently exists on the page. I would like to keep the format the same.)

Billykamenides (talk) 14:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC)