Akamai Security delivers enterprise-grade cloud security through 4100+ global edge nodes, including Kona DDoS mitigation, WAF, Bot Manager, and API Security — the security standard for large-scale internet businesses.
Akamai is the world's largest content delivery network, with 4100+ nodes across 135+ countries. Founded in 1998 at MIT, it serves over 85% of the world's largest internet companies as the premier enterprise CDN and edge computing platform.
Akamai is a globally leading content delivery and cloud security provider that entered cloud computing by acquiring Linode, offering edge cloud and managed services. Combined with one of the world's largest distributed edge networks, Akamai now delivers full-stack cloud solutions from edge computing to cloud servers.
Rackspace, founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the world's earliest managed cloud service providers. Rackspace CDN is a fully managed CDN acceleration service built on Akamai's global content delivery network, layered with the signature Fanatical Experience.
Founded in 2003 in Philadelphia, Linode is one of the oldest cloud server providers. Acquired by Akamai in 2022, now part of Akamai Connected Cloud. Known for $5/mo starting price, clean UI, and excellent developer docs.
Cotendo was an early innovator in CDN acceleration whose dynamic content acceleration led the industry, until its 2011 acquisition by Akamai for about $280M folded the technology into the Akamai platform.