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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.

Maddie Presland

Betas for Everyone: Now in Cloud Manager and the API

by Maddie Presland

We’re making it easy for all users to participate in beta testing products and services.

Docs Roundup.

Andy Stevens

Docs Roundup: Kubernetes Deployment Methods, Using Object Storage for Backups, and More

by Andy Stevens

Discover new how-tos, guides, and resources recently added to our growing documentation library.

Introduction to Server Security.

Talia Nassi

Introduction to Server Security

Server security is vital to an effective cloud environment. Learn about it here.

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Customer Stories

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

Robot Squid

The Small Game is the Right Game for These Founders

Robot Squid evaluated several cloud providers, searching for reliability and ease of use. Akamai stood out immediately.

Nathan Flurry & Nicholas Kissel, Rivet

Nathan Flurry & Nicholas Kissel

Game Creators Turn into Infrastructure Masters

Challenges with DigitalOcean's pricing, support, and reliability led Rivet to discover Rise, Akamai's cloud computing startup program.

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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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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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KubeCon North America 2023

November 6, 2023 - November 9, 2023

Join the CNCF conference in Chicago from November 6-9, 2023, and visit Akamai’s Booth L10 for swag and meet the team. Check out our full KubeCon event schedule below. Day Zero Training: Better Secrets Management with Kubernetes (November 6) Learn Kubernetes secrets management at this half-day workshop. Deploy a self-hosted HashiCorp Vault on Akamai’s cloud. […]

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SaaStock 2023

October 16, 2023 - October 19, 2023

Join over 600 SaaS Founders, Investors, Operators & more this year at SaaStock 2023. From start to finish, SaaStock is built to facilitate human connections. With 100+ Hours of networking opportunities, you can have back-to-back, meaningful conversations with fellow SaaS founders, future customers, or 400+ investors who want to fund your SaaS. Delivering unrivaled, actionable […]

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