The Akamai Blog

Akamai Media Services Live 4 will be discontinued on December 31, 2026. The upgraded Akamai Media Services Live 5 is currently in general availability.

Akamai proved its resilience and scale by handling an 80% increase in traffic during the busiest shopping time of the year: Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Microsegmentation built directly into the network infrastructure means that stronger network security no longer equals slower systems.

Secure your connections against quantum threats. Learn about post-quantum cryptography and digital signatures.

Learn how Akamai Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall allows CISOs to manage risk, resilience, and reputation by delivering visibility, agility, and proactive defense.

Prepare for a quantum-safe future. Learn how Akamai App & API Protector helps stop the data leaks that fuel “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks.

Read how Akamai, a pioneer in CDNs, is undergoing a profound strategic transformation into a diversified cloud and cybersecurity provider in the AI era.

Discover how Akamai’s culture of belonging and inclusion empowers employees and drives innovation in tech.

Broadcom’s VMware acquisition has driven up costs and complexity. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers a modern, secure, and cost-efficient path beyond NSX.

Learn about a persisting scam on Telegram that involves scammers who are pretending to be from Akamai and requesting money.

Discover how Akamai’s new aggregated rate limiting strengthens defenses against large-scale, distributed DDoS attacks, and API abuse with smarter detection.