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2022 Stevie Awards - Linode

Linode Adds New Customer Service Accolades with 2022 Stevie® Award Wins

Mar 1, 2022
Extends early 2022 customer service recognition with Stevie Awards for ‘Best Customer Engagement Initiative’ and ‘Customer Service Department of the Year.'
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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

Feb 15, 2022
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. 
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CRN Recognizes Alternative Cloud Provider Linode as a Cloud 100 Company for 2022

Jan 31, 2022
List spotlights tech suppliers for their commitment to channel partners as well as their demonstrated innovation in cloud-based technology development.
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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

Jan 31, 2022
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

Jan 25, 2022
Linode bests AWS, GCP, and Azure in customer rankings from TrustRadius, as well as top scores on G2 and Peerspot.
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Linode and Other Alternative Cloud Providers Outperform AWS, Azure and GCP in NVMe Benchmarking Analysis

Nov 5, 2021
Study conducted by Cloud Spectator Shows Linode’s latest NVMe-based Block Storage offering outperformed the next closest provider by 30% PHILADELPHIA, November 5, 2021 — A study conducted by Cloud Spectator and released by Linode reports that NVMe-based block storage from alternative cloud providers consistently outperforms offerings from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) […]
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Tailored to the Needs of Smaller and Mid-Market Resellers, Linode Partner Program Booms in 2021, Adding More Than 150 New Members

Nov 2, 2021
The Linode Partner Program added new features this year, avoiding the tactics favored by large hyperscalers that foster adversarial relationships with partners. PHILADELPHIA, November 2, 2021— CHANNEL PARTNERS CONFERENCE & EXPO — Alternative cloud provider Linode added more than 150 new participants in its Linode Partner Program since the beginning of 2021, driven by predictable […]
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Linode Launches Rise Startup Program to Provide Cloud Infrastructure to Pre- and Early-Revenue Startups

Sep 29, 2021
Linode today launched Rise, a startup program built to give bootstrapped and venture capital-backed startups an escape from the trappings of free infrastructure credits.
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Linode Goes All In on NVMe Block Storage

Sep 22, 2021
Cloud Spectator benchmarks reveal Linode NVMe storage outperforms DigitalOcean, AWS and Azure PHILADELPHIA, September 22, 2021 — Linode is rolling out faster, better performing, and more reliable NVMe (non-volatile memory express) storage across its entire block storage fleet. The rollout kicks off in the company’s Atlanta data center, with the remainder of its global network […]
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Cloud Provider Trust Research

Study: Trust in Cloud Providers Is Not An Issue With Developers, Until It Is

Aug 11, 2021
Survey shows developers equate performance and security of smaller hyperscalers to larger providers, but smaller players also offer added benefits.
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New Security and Networking Benefits from Linode

Linode Announces Joseph Zhou as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Jul 14, 2021
Alternative cloud provider strengthens leadership team and launches two network security services as independent developers, small businesses, and managed service providers seek greater choice in cloud computing services PHILADELPHIA, JULY 14, 2021 — Linode, the world’s largest independent cloud computing infrastructure provider, appointed Joseph Zhou as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Zhou will lead all […]
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Linode Names William Charnock as CTO

Jul 7, 2021
Charnock brings nearly two decades of experience leading technical teams and scaling infrastructure across a range of startups and global organizations, including as CTO at StackPath PHILADELPHIA, JULY 7, 2021 — Linode, the world’s largest independent cloud computing infrastructure provider, appointed Will Charnock as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Charnock will lead Linode’s engineering […]
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