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Akamai to Acquire Linode

Akamai To Acquire Linode to Provide Businesses with a Developer-friendly and Massively-distributed Platform to Build, Run and Secure Applications

Akamai Technologies, Inc. today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Linode, one of the easiest-to-use and most trusted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform providers.

Hyperscalers and Alternative Cloud Providers: The Advantages of a Hybrid Public Cloud Model

Nearly One-Third of Developers are Turning to Alternative Cloud Providers, New Research from SlashData Finds

Alternative cloud usage nearly doubles over the past four years, as multicloud becomes prevailing approach for cloud computing infrastructure.

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Linode Bests AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure in Customer Rankings

Linode bests AWS, GCP, and Azure in customer rankings from TrustRadius, as well as top scores on G2 and Peerspot.

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Media Coverage

Recent coverage of Linode in consumer and trade press, blogs, and elsewhere.

The ABCs of tech opportunities in the year ahead: AI, B2B, and CX

Looking Back at Top Cloud Computing Trends in 2022

Akamai’s Acquisition Of Linode Aims To Democratize The Cloud For Developers

Why are Akamai and Macrometa bringing the cloud and the edge together?

The Quest to Make Edge Computing a Reality with Andy Champagne

Last Week in AWS Podcast

With Linode, Akamai expands into edge cloud computing development

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Linode Blog

Perspectives, research, product updates, trends, best practices, and more.

Hillary Wilmoth

Deploy Workloads in Seattle (New Compute Core Region)

by Hillary Wilmoth

Deploy workloads in Seattle, our second core compute region on the West Coast.

How to (Right) Size a Kubernetes Cluster for Efficiency

Daniele Polencic

How to (Right) Size a Kubernetes Cluster for Efficiency

by Daniele Polencic

Set the right values for requests and limits, select the right instance type, and use calculators to make Kubernetes costs more predictable.

Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)

Talia Nassi

Web Server Foundations

Understand how web servers are used in cloud computing.

Cloud Overviews

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Customer Stories

The latest innovations from the Linode cloud community highlighted in our Craft of Code series.

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Secure, Accessible GPU Instances Unleash Millions of Adventurers

A cost analysis of GPUs proved that Akamai cloud computing services were the right choice, and Hero Forge has been a customer since 2013.

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How Zeet Helps Build Multicloud Strategies that Leverage Clouds’ Strengths

Customers turn to Zeet to set up their infrastructure layer by using existing public cloud vendor relationships like what it has with Linode.

Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)

Rutledge Daugette from TechRaptor

Rutledge Daugette

Ravenous Success: Solid Infrastructure & Reliable Performance at the Right Price

TechRaptor’s compute instances run out of Linode’s Newark, NJ data center. The site’s tech stack includes Ubuntu, Drupal, and MariaDB.

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Events

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HashiConf 2023

San Francisco, CA

October 10, 2023 - October 12, 2023

HashiConf is HashiCorp’s flagship global user conference bringing together cloud technical experts, platform teams, thought leaders, partners, and executives in person and online to share their insights and learn about the latest advances from HashiCorp. For two and a half days, attendees will gather in person to hear from HashiCorp product experts, attend educational deep […]

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WebSummit 2023

Lisbon, Portugal

November 13, 2023 - November 16, 2023

Web Summit brings together leading speakers, tech’s biggest companies, and top media outlets. Join us in Lisbon this November to find valuable leads, access premium content and make meaningful connections.

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KubeCon North America 2023

November 6, 2023 - November 9, 2023

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Chicago, Illinois from November 6-9, 2023. Join our CNCF Graduated and Incubating Projects as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

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