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Akamai
Based on 127 reviews.
McAfee
Based on 135 reviews.
Overview
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a content delivery network or CDN and cloud services provider headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. Akamai's content delivery network is one of the world's largest distributed computing platforms, responsible for serving between 15 and 30 percent of all web traffic. The company operates a network of servers around the world and rents capacity on these servers to customers who want their websites to work faster by distributing content from locations close to the user. Over the years their customers have included Apple, Facebook, Bing, Twitter and healthcare.gov. When a user navigates to the URL of an Akamai customer, their browser is redirected to one of Akamai's copies of this website, almost entirely invisible to the vast majority of its users.
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Sample Customers
Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise
MCNC, Educational Testing Service
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
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