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Maddie Presland

Supporting Cloud Growth in Japan with Tokyo Expansion

Dec 11, 2024
by Maddie Presland
Our latest core compute region expansion in Tokyo is now available for all customers.
Compute
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Authentication Isn’t Everything

Dec 10, 2024
by Alex Leung
Alex Leung explains why fortifying one's login API and loosening other parts of one's security posture can lead to cybersecurity issues.
Security
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Pad Credit Card Information to Protect Your Customers’ Wallets

Dec 5, 2024
by Alex Leung
We take a look at a recently-assessed API, to see how it avoided the problem that helped the Allies beat the Axis powers in World War II.
Security
Maddie Presland

Just Right: New GPUs Now Available

Dec 3, 2024
by Maddie Presland
Deploy cloud GPU instances optimized for media workloads and lightweight AI applications, powered by NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation GPU cards.
Compute
Linode

What’s New for Developers: November 2024

Dec 2, 2024
by Linode
As the holiday season approaches and we bid farewell to another year, there’s no slowing down in developer content and releases. Last month, we launched the latest Akamai Terraform Provider and enhanced the Terraform CLI. We also have new details about the latest Edgegrid Golang releases, along with a comprehensive guide on in-memory data management […]
Compute
Maddie Presland

Frankfurt Expansion Now Available for All Customers

Nov 26, 2024
by Maddie Presland
Our latest core compute region expansion is live in Frankfurt, DE.
Compute
Maddie Presland

More Power at the Edge: Introducing Distributed Compute Regions

Nov 18, 2024
by Maddie Presland
10 Distributed Compute Regions across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania are now available.
Compute
Akamai Managed Database Services, powered by Aiven, offers scalable and secure MySQL and PostgreSQL databases worldwide. Streamline your database management with automated maintenance, high availability, and performance optimization, allowing you to focus on application development and reduce costs. Start now with the Linode API or Cloud Manager!
Peter Sari

Akamai Managed Database Services: Powered by Aiven

Nov 14, 2024
by Peter Sari
Akamai has partnered with Aiven, a leading global managed database provider, to offer customers a streamlined way to offload the complexities of database setup, configuration, patching, backups, and scaling. This partnership enables businesses to concentrate fully on core application development, knowing their database infrastructure is in expert hands. Almost all applications rely on databases in […]
Databases
Sander Rodenhuis

Getting Started with Akamai App Platform

Nov 13, 2024
by Sander Rodenhuis
Step-by-step instructions to provision a Kubernetes cluster with Akamai App Platform enabled and then build, deploy and publicly expose an application.
Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)
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Introducing the Akamai App Platform

Nov 12, 2024
by Ari Weil
Akamai App Platform, built on Otomi, is now available in beta.
Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)
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In the Dark about Shadow APIs?

Oct 31, 2024
by Alex Leung
Shadow APIs aren’t typically a risk you would think about when developing APIs. See real-world examples to understand the threats they pose.
Security