Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) provides cloud-based services for optimizing Web and mobile content and applications, online HD video, and secure e-commerce.
Combining highly-distributed, energy-efficient computing with intelligent software, Akamai’s global platform aims to transform the cloud into a more viable place to inform, entertain, advertise, transact and collaborate.
Akamai has deployed a pervasive, highly distributed cloud optimisation platform with nearly 100,000 servers located in more than 650 cities, in 72 countries and within many of the key networks that make up the internet.
With more than 2,100 employees, annual revenue in 2010 was $1,023.6 million, up 19 percent from the previous year. Follow postings related to Akamai Technologies on tech4tea.com.
Akamai’s product portfolio includes:
Digital Asset Solutions – to manage, store and deliver exceptional digital media experiences across a wide range of platforms/devices around the world. These include Akaimai HD Network, Akamai Media Delivery and Electronic Software Delivery.
Dynamic Site Solutions – to spped up rich interactive content and accelerate all customer-driven transactions. These include Dynamic Site Accelerator and Dynamic Site Accelerator Enterprise.
Application Performance Solutions – enables the public Internet to be the platform for accelerating any critical enterprise application to anyone, anytime, anywhere. 
These include Web Application Accelerator and IP Application Accelerator.
Advertising Decision Solutions – to enable more relevant online advertising, using Predictive Segments.
