Akamai | Competitive Intelligence Profile
Akamai is a leading provider of cloud computing, security, and content delivery solutions. With over 20 years of experience, the...
Akamai is a leading provider of cloud computing, security, and content delivery solutions. With over 20 years of experience, the company focuses on enhancing online experiences for billions of users globally by powering and protecting digital interactions. Akamai's platform is designed to keep applications running smoothly while safeguarding against online threats, making it a trusted partner for innovative companies worldwide.
🛍️ Akamai Product and Pricing Intelligence →
📅 Akamai Event Participations →
⚖️ Akamai Regulatory Intelligence →
👔 Akamai Management and Leadership Team →
⚔️ Akamai Alternatives and Competitors →
💼 Akamai Hiring and Layoffs →
🤝 Akamai Partnerships, Clients and Vendors →
📈 Akamai Financial Performance, Fundraising, M&A →
🛍️ Akamai Product and Pricing Intelligence
Leverage product insights to define key product development milestones, guide go-to-market planning, build a robust product-market fit matrix, and perform in-depth SWOT analyses.
Harness pricing intelligence to support strategic pricing decisions, conduct competitive pricing analysis, and craft effective differential pricing strategies.
- Akamai launched Attack Insights, a new feature in Web Security Analytics, to improve threat detection and response.
- Akamai unveiled two proactive techniques to disrupt cryptominer botnets, including a tool called XMRogue that reduced a malicious operation's hashrate to zero and cut attacker revenue by 76%.
- Akamai released API Security updates 3.48 and 3.49 with Compliance Dashboard enhancements, Zuplo API gateway integration, and expanded sensor coverage on June 20.
📅 Akamai Event Participations
Stay updated on where your competitors are showing up—industry conferences, webinars, podcasts, and speaking engagements—to gauge their messaging, target audiences, and strategic focus. Discover how they’re positioning themselves in the market, what narratives they’re pushing, and which partnerships they’re cultivating. Use this intelligence to refine your own positioning, identify missed opportunities, and stay top-of-mind in your industry.
- Akamai will sponsor HPN Midlands to help NHS and healthcare IT decision makers protect against ransomware attacks, June 26.
- Akamai joins as Platinum Sponsor at KCD Colombia 2025, reinforcing its engagement with Latin America’s cloud-native communities.
- Akamai announces its World Tour to teach building, securing, and scaling future applications.
⚖️ Akamai Regulatory Intelligence
Monitor critical regulatory events—such as issued or revoked licenses, lawsuits, investigations, and court rulings—to understand the compliance posture and legal exposure of your rivals. Spot early warning signs of operational risk, delays, or reputational damage, and use these insights to fine-tune your market strategy, mitigate your own risk, or capitalize on competitor setbacks.
- Akamai signed CISA's Secure by Design pledge to enhance security measures.
- Akamai discovered cybercriminals exploiting a security vulnerability in discontinued GeoVision surveillance cameras.
- Akamai announced its intent to achieve FedRAMP High accreditation for its services through the Defense Edge initiative.
👔 Akamai Management and Leadership Team
Understand who’s steering your competitors by tracking changes in their management and leadership teams. Gain insights into strategic direction, leadership style, and organizational priorities based on executive backgrounds and hiring trends. Use this knowledge to anticipate competitive moves, tailor your sales or partnership approach, and benchmark against industry leaders.
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SVP & CTO, Cloud Technology Group
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Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer[email protected]
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Chief Executive Officer[email protected]
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Director Business Operations[email protected]
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Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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Executive Advisor[email protected]
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Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
⚔️ Akamai Alternatives and Competitors
Identify the competitors of your competitors to uncover indirect threats, emerging disruptors, and untapped opportunities. Understand the broader competitive ecosystem, spot white space in the market, and gain strategic context that helps you position more effectively. These insights sharpen your market intelligence and reveal angles others often overlook.
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💼 Akamai Hiring and Layoffs
Track key workforce changes—new hires, leadership shifts, and layoffs—to spot strategic organizational moves. Identify rising competitors, uncover shifts in company direction, and seize opportunities to attract top talent or engage new decision-makers. Use these insights to refine your recruitment strategy and build stronger business relationships.
- Andy d'Andilly has joined Akamai as Director Product Manager in the United Kingdom, previously serving as Director of Product Management: Data Products and Analytics Platforms at National Energy System Operator.
- Mike Hunsicker is leaving Akamai as Regional Sales Director, Carrier / Partners North America to join Arqit as Vice President Sales - Telco, Wireless, Cable in the United States.
- Archana Arun Krishnamurthy joined Akamai as Director, Global Talent Development in India, previously holding a position at Akamai Technologies.
🤝 Akamai Partnerships, Clients and Vendors
Monitor new partnerships, client wins, and vendor relationships to understand where your competitors are gaining traction. Spot emerging alliances, evaluate ecosystem shifts, and identify potential partners or prospects early. These insights help you refine your sales strategy, anticipate market movements, and stay one step ahead in a dynamic competitive landscape.
- Akamai and Uniqlo released their second collaboration T-shirt ahead of the Akamai World Tour 2025 Tokyo event.
- Akamai partnered with Enea on June 24, 2025 to enhance network discovery and cybersecurity by combining Akamai's Fingerbank solution with Enea's traffic intelligence software.
- Akamai has updated its contact numbers from +1-8774252624 to +44-1784225531 across multiple sections of its website and announced a strategic partnership with Cloudinary for its next-generation Video Manager solution, alongside reporting an increase in DDoS attacks targeting the global financial sector in collaboration with FS-ISAC.
📈 Akamai Financial Performance, Fundraising, M&A
Track competitors’ financial performance, fundraising rounds, and M&A activity to assess their growth trajectory and strategic focus. Uncover signals of expansion, market entry, or consolidation, and benchmark your position accordingly. Use these insights to inform investor conversations, identify acquisition opportunities, and fine-tune your competitive strategy.
- Akamai has priced a private offering of $1.5 billion in convertible senior notes due 2033, with an option for an additional $225 million, and plans to use the proceeds to repay existing debt.
- As of April 2025, Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) experienced a decline in its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market share to 7.2%, down from 13.5% the previous year.
- Akamai released its 2024 Impact Report covering corporate sustainability, people, communities, governance, and data privacy and security practices.
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