<s>
Akamai	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
(	O
CDN	O
)	O
,	O
cybersecurity	O
,	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
company	O
,	O
providing	O
web	O
and	O
Internet	O
security	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
Intelligent	O
Edge	O
Platform	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
operates	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
servers	O
worldwide	O
and	O
rents	O
capacity	O
of	O
the	O
servers	O
to	O
customers	O
wanting	O
to	O
increase	O
efficiency	O
of	O
their	O
websites	O
by	O
using	O
Akamai	B-Application
owned	O
servers	O
located	O
near	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
navigates	O
to	O
the	O
URL	O
of	O
an	O
Akamai	B-Application
customer	O
,	O
their	O
browser	B-Application
is	O
directed	O
by	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
domain	O
name	O
system	O
to	O
a	O
proximal	O
edge	O
server	O
that	O
can	O
serve	O
the	O
requested	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
mapping	O
system	O
assigns	O
each	O
user	O
to	O
a	O
proximal	O
edge	O
server	O
using	O
sophisticated	O
algorithms	O
such	O
as	O
stable	O
matching	O
and	O
consistent	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
,	O
enabling	O
more	O
reliable	O
and	O
faster	O
web	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
implements	O
DDoS	O
mitigation	O
and	O
other	O
security	O
services	O
in	O
its	O
edge	O
server	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
25th	O
year	O
of	O
creation	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
edge	O
,	O
its	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
,	O
edge	B-Device
computing	I-Device
,	O
edge	B-Protocol
security	I-Protocol
services	I-Protocol
,	O
overlay	B-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
,	O
IP	B-Application
geolocation	I-Application
and	O
other	O
internet	O
technologies	O
was	O
noted	O
in	O
an	O
of	O
ACM	O
SIGCOMM	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
named	O
after	O
akamai	B-Application
,	O
which	O
means	O
'	O
clever	O
,	O
'	O
or	O
more	O
colloquially	O
,	O
'	O
cool	O
 '	O
in	O
Hawaiian	O
,	O
which	O
Lewin	O
had	O
discovered	O
in	O
a	O
Hawaiian-English	O
dictionary	O
after	O
the	O
suggestion	O
of	O
a	O
colleague	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
entered	O
the	O
1998	O
MIT	O
$50K	O
competition	O
with	O
a	O
business	O
proposition	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
research	O
on	O
consistent	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
were	O
selected	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
finalists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conrades	O
became	O
the	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
in	O
April	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Russell	O
3000	O
Index	O
and	O
Russell	O
2000	O
Index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Paul	O
Sagan	O
was	O
named	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
,	O
taking	O
over	O
from	O
Conrades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sagan	O
worked	O
to	O
differentiate	O
Akamai	B-Application
from	O
its	O
competitors	O
by	O
expanding	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
breadth	O
of	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
S&P	O
500	O
Index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
reorganize	O
into	O
two	O
internal	O
groups	O
:	O
Security	O
Technology	O
and	O
Edge	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
headquarters	O
are	O
in	O
Kendall	O
Square	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
started	O
in	O
Technology	O
Square	O
and	O
later	O
expanded	O
to	O
multiple	O
buildings	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Akamai	B-Application
Intelligent	O
Platform	O
is	O
a	O
distributed	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
that	O
operates	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Akamai	B-Application
server	O
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
proprietary	O
software	O
that	O
uses	O
complex	O
algorithms	O
to	O
process	O
requests	O
from	O
nearby	O
users	O
,	O
then	O
serve	O
the	O
requested	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
process	O
begins	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
submitting	O
a	O
request	O
to	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
enters	O
a	O
URL	O
,	O
a	O
DNS	B-Application
request	O
is	O
triggered	O
to	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
authoritative	O
DNS	B-Application
and	O
an	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
is	O
retrieved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
can	O
then	O
directly	O
contact	O
the	O
Akamai	B-Application
edge	O
server	O
for	O
subsequent	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
(	O
CDN	O
)	O
structure	O
,	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
URL	O
is	O
translated	O
by	O
the	O
mapping	O
system	O
into	O
the	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
of	O
an	O
edge	O
server	O
to	O
serve	O
the	O
content	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
delivers	O
web	O
content	O
over	O
its	O
Intelligent	O
Platform	O
by	O
transparently	O
mirroring	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
software	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
media	O
objects	O
from	O
customers	O
 '	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Akamai	B-Application
server	O
is	O
automatically	O
chosen	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
content	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
network	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Receiving	O
content	O
from	O
an	O
Akamai	B-Application
server	O
,	O
near	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
allows	O
faster	O
downloads	O
and	O
less	O
vulnerability	O
to	O
network	B-Protocol
congestion	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
claims	O
to	O
provide	O
better	O
scalability	O
by	O
delivering	O
the	O
content	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
mile	O
from	O
servers	O
close	O
to	O
end-users	O
,	O
avoiding	O
the	O
middle-mile	B-Architecture
bottleneck	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Download	O
Delivery	O
product	O
line	O
includes	O
HTTP	O
downloads	O
for	O
large	O
downloadable	O
objects	O
,	O
a	O
customizable	O
application	B-Application
for	O
consumers	O
,	O
and	O
analytics	O
tools	O
with	O
metrics	O
that	O
monitor	O
and	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
download	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
using	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
own	O
servers	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
delivers	O
certain	O
content	O
from	O
other	O
end-users	O
'	O
computers	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
Network	O
Operations	O
Command	O
Center	O
(	O
NOCC	O
)	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
proactive	O
monitoring	O
and	O
troubleshooting	O
of	O
all	O
servers	O
in	O
the	O
global	O
Akamai	B-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NOCC	O
provides	O
real-time	O
statistics	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
web	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
traffic	O
metrics	O
update	O
automatically	O
and	O
provide	O
a	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
traffic	O
conditions	O
on	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
servers	O
and	O
customer	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
releases	O
quarterly	O
a	O
report	O
called	O
the	O
State	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
data	O
gathered	O
from	O
its	O
Intelligent	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
provides	O
global	O
Internet	O
statistics	O
such	O
as	O
connection	O
speed	O
,	O
broadband	O
adoption	O
,	O
attack	O
traffic	O
,	O
network	O
connectivity	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
tools	O
display	O
how	O
data	O
is	O
moving	O
across	O
the	O
Internet	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
net	O
usage	O
indices	O
monitor	O
global	O
news	O
consumption	O
,	O
industry-specific	O
traffic	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
trends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
the	O
Internet	O
Visualization	O
application	B-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
view	O
real-time	O
data	O
on	O
their	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
Open	O
Initiative	O
at	O
the	O
2013	O
Akamai	B-Application
Edge	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OPEN	O
allows	O
customers	O
and	O
partners	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
customize	O
the	O
way	O
they	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
Akamai	B-Application
Intelligent	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
components	O
of	O
OPEN	O
include	O
system	O
and	O
development	O
operations	O
integration	O
,	O
real-time	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
integration	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
single-point	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Plume	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
partnership	O
combines	O
Akamai	B-Application
Security	O
and	O
Personalization	O
Services	O
(	O
SPS	O
)	O
mobile	B-Application
security	O
suite	O
and	O
real	O
time	O
threat	O
intelligence	O
with	O
Plume	O
's	O
Consumer	O
Experience	O
Management	O
(	O
CEM	O
)	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
owns	O
about	O
60	O
other	O
domains	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
primary	O
domains	O
it	O
uses	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
at	O
Macworld	O
Expo	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
Apple	O
and	O
Akamai	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
strategic	O
partnership	O
to	O
build	O
Apple	O
's	O
new	O
media	O
network	O
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
TV	O
(	O
QTV	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
QuickTime	B-Operating_System
Streaming	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
continues	O
to	O
use	O
Akamai	B-Application
as	O
their	O
primary	O
CDN	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
applications	O
including	O
software	O
downloads	O
from	O
Apple	O
's	O
Website	O
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
movie	O
trailers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1999	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Akamai	B-Application
formed	O
a	O
strategic	O
relationship	O
to	O
incorporate	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
technology	O
in	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
FreeFlow	O
service	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
porting	O
of	O
the	O
FreeFlow	O
product	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	O
;	O
this	O
relationship	O
exists	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
offers	O
Akamai	B-Application
(	O
along	O
with	O
Verizon	O
)	O
as	O
options	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
standard	O
"	O
CDN	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arabic	O
news	O
network	O
Al-Jazeera	O
was	O
a	O
customer	O
from	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
until	O
April	O
2	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
when	O
Akamai	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
end	O
the	O
relationship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
The	O
NewsMarket	O
teamed	O
with	O
Akamai	B-Application
to	O
accelerate	O
dynamic	O
content	O
and	O
applications	O
to	O
global	O
media	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
Beijing	O
Olympics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BBC	B-Application
iPlayer	I-Application
uses	O
Akamai	B-Application
to	O
stream	O
its	O
recorded	O
and	O
live	O
programs	O
,	O
focused	O
through	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
playlist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entire	O
China	O
Central	O
Television	O
website	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
streaming	O
video	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
hosted	O
on	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
edge	O
servers	O
since	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hulu	B-Application
uses	O
Akamai	B-Application
for	O
hosting	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIT	O
OpenCourseWare	O
utilizes	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
EdgeSuite	O
for	O
its	O
CDN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trend	O
Micro	O
uses	O
Akamai	B-Application
for	O
their	O
Housecall	O
antivirus	O
application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
service	I-Application
uses	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
CDN	O
for	O
storing	O
screenshots	O
and	O
icons	O
uploaded	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
provided	O
streaming	O
services	O
to	O
ESPN	O
Star	O
(	O
India	O
)	O
during	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
ICC	O
Cricket	O
World	O
Cup	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rackspace	O
's	O
Cloud	O
Files	O
use	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
CDN	O
for	O
storing	O
its	O
customer	O
's	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
customers	O
include	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
Airbnb	O
,	O
AMD	O
,	O
AutoTrader.com,	O
COS	O
,	O
ESPN	O
,	O
The	O
Great	O
Courses	O
,	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
Hilton	O
Worldwide	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
J	O
.	O
C	O
.	O
Penney	O
,	O
Jehovah	O
's	O
Witnesses	O
,	O
MTV	O
Networks	O
,	O
NASA	O
,	O
National	O
Academy	O
of	O
Recording	O
Arts	O
and	O
Sciences	O
,	O
NBC	O
Sports	O
,	O
Pearson	O
Education	O
,	O
Red	O
Bull	O
GmbH	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
uses	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
Media	O
Delivery	O
Solutions	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
service	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
their	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
like	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Run	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Network24	O
Communications	O
for	O
621,000	O
shares	O
of	O
common	O
stock	O
and	O
$12.5	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
InterVU	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
10.0million	O
shares	O
of	O
common	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
CallTheShots	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
3,700,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Speedera	O
Networks	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
10.6million	O
shares	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
common	O
stock	O
and	O
options	O
to	O
purchase	O
1.7million	O
shares	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
common	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Nine	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
157,500,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Netli	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
Netli	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
154,400,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Red	O
Swoosh	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
18,700,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
aCerno	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
90,800,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Velocitude	O
LLC	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
12,000,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Blaze	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
19,300,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Cotendo	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
278,900,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
FastSoft	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
14,400,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Verivue	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
30,900,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Velocius	O
Networks	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
4,300,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
cyber	O
security	O
provider	O
,	O
Prolexic	O
Technologies	O
for	O
an	O
aggregate	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
390,000,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Xerocole	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
system	O
technology	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
cloud	O
OTT	O
IPTV	O
service	O
provider	O
Octoshape	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Bloxx	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
Secure	O
Web	O
Gateway	O
(	O
SWG	O
)	O
technology	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Concord	O
Systems	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
technology	O
for	O
the	O
high	O
performance	O
processing	O
of	O
data	O
at	O
scale	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Soha	O
Systems	O
,	O
an	O
enterprise	O
secure	O
access	O
delivered	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
provider	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Cyberfend	O
,	O
a	O
bot	O
and	O
automation	O
detection	O
solutions	O
provider	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
SOASTA	O
,	O
a	O
digital	O
performance	O
management	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
CA	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
all-cash	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
11	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Nominum	O
,	O
a	O
carrier-grade	O
DNS	B-Application
and	O
DHCP	O
provider	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
modern	O
DNS	B-Application
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
all-cash	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
security	O
software	O
provider	O
ChameleonX	O
for	O
$20million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
CIAM	O
provider	O
Janrain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
IoT	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
security	O
provider	O
Asavie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Inverse	O
Inc	O
.	O
a	O
Montreal	O
Canadian	O
based	O
security	O
company	O
making	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
Network	O
Access	O
Controller	O
(	O
NAC	O
)	O
called	O
PacketFence	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2021	O
Akamai	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
Acquired	O
Guardicore	O
for	O
$600	O
Million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
Akamai	B-Application
acquired	O
Linode	B-General_Concept
for	O
$900	O
Million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
patents	O
covers	O
delivering	O
electronic	O
data	O
using	O
a	O
CDN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
Web	O
site	O
proprietors	O
(	O
content	O
providers	O
)	O
contract	O
with	O
Akamai	B-Application
to	O
deliver	O
their	O
Web	O
sites	O
 '	O
content	O
to	O
individual	O
Internet	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
patented	O
method	O
permits	O
large	O
files	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
video	O
or	O
music	O
files	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
stored	O
on	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
servers	O
and	O
accessed	O
from	O
those	O
servers	O
by	O
Internet	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
patent	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
called	O
for	O
or	O
permitted	O
actions	O
by	O
multiple	O
persons	O
or	O
entities	O
—	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
content-provider	O
customer	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
providing	O
the	O
CDN	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
competitor	O
Limelight	O
chose	O
to	O
operate	O
its	O
allegedly	O
infringing	O
service	O
in	O
that	O
manner	O
—	O
it	O
performed	O
most	O
steps	O
of	O
the	O
patented	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
customers	O
performed	O
a	O
so-called	O
tagging	O
step	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
interpretation	O
of	O
patent	O
law	O
,	O
when	O
Akamai	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
sue	O
Limelight	O
for	O
patent	O
infringement	O
,	O
a	O
method	O
patent	O
could	O
be	O
infringed	O
upon	O
only	O
when	O
a	O
single	O
actor	O
performed	O
all	O
the	O
steps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
court	O
,	O
therefore	O
,	O
overturned	O
a	O
$40million	O
jury	O
verdict	O
in	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
favor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
initially	O
lost	O
the	O
case	O
,	O
even	O
taking	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Supreme	O
Court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Akamai	B-Application
presented	O
substantial	O
evidence	O
demonstrating	O
that	O
Limelight	O
conditions	O
its	O
customers	O
 '	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
CDN	O
upon	O
its	O
customers	O
 '	O
performance	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
steps	O
that	O
Limelight	O
does	O
not	O
itself	O
perform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	O
is	O
Akamai	B-Application
Techs.	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
v	O
.	O
Limelight	O
Networks	O
,	O
Inc	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
charged	O
a	O
former	O
executive	O
at	O
Akamai	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
for	O
illegally	O
tipping	O
non-public	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
financial	O
predicament	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
insider	O
trading	O
scheme	O
operated	O
by	O
now-imprisoned	O
Galleon	O
Management	O
hedge	O
fund	O
founder	O
Raj	O
Rajaratnam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
and	O
Federal	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Investigation	O
have	O
reportedly	O
used	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
Akamai	B-Application
CDN	O
to	O
collect	O
information	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
users	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
report	O
appears	O
to	O
show	O
intelligence	O
analysts	O
intercepting	O
communications	O
between	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
its	O
CDN	O
provider	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
indicate	O
Akamai	B-Application
as	O
being	O
complicit	O
in	O
this	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
Universities	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
and	O
California-Berkeley	O
,	O
University	O
College	O
London	O
,	O
and	O
International	O
Computer	O
Science	O
Institute-Berkeley	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
has	O
been	O
blocking	O
access	O
to	O
web	O
sites	O
for	O
visitors	O
using	O
Tor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
network	O
lists	O
,	O
'	O
is	O
optional	O
for	O
and	O
implemented	O
by	O
customers	O
of	O
Akamai	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
common	O
to	O
many	O
major	O
IT	O
vendors	O
that	O
provide	O
network	O
security	O
feeds	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Emerging	O
Threats	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
such	O
a	O
feed	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
papers	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
scientific	O
conferences	O
and	O
journals	O
,	O
are	O
describing	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	O
technology	O
in	O
greater	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
