Akamai

Syria Has Dropped Off the Internet, Again

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 7 at 2:19 pm PT

A second countrywide outage in the war-torn country.

Akamai Sells Its Ad-Targeting Business to MediaMath

Peter Kafka in Media on January 24 at 5:21 am PT

Akamai created its Advertising Decisions Solutions unit in 2008. Now it’s done with it.

Akamai Names Chief Scientist Tom Leighton as CEO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 17, 2012 at 7:38 am PT

A founding scientist steps into the top job.

Syria’s Throwing of the Internet Kill Switch Raises Lots of Questions

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 29, 2012 at 3:14 pm PT

More answers concerning how it went down yield more questions about why.

Syria Has Disappeared From the Internet

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 29, 2012 at 6:41 am PT

Not a good sign.

Seven Questions for Tom Leighton, Chief Scientist of Akamai

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 10, 2012 at 3:57 am PT

After years of helping big companies deliver their stuff on the Internet, Akamai is emerging as a quiet power in the Web security business.

Meet Gild, the Software Developer Search Service That Just Poached a Salesforce VP

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 18, 2012 at 11:48 am PT

It’s easy to find software developers. It’s hard — really hard — to find truly good ones.

Akamai Confirms the Rumors, Nabs Cotendo for $268 Million

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 22, 2011 at 5:19 am PT

Akamai confirms the rumors, and nabs Israeli content-distribution start-up Cotendo, apparently outbidding Juniper in the process.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …