Akamai in the News

Bloomberg Businessweek

June, 2010

Akamai named #32 on Bloomberg Businessweek's top 50 list

Akamai has been named #32 on Bloomberg Businessweek's list of the 50 companies in the S&P 500 with the best total returns for shareholders over the last five years as of Mar. 31, 2010.

The New York Times

June, 2010

Akamai Going Mobile With Velocitude Buy

Akamai, in a move aimed at helping it better deliver customer websites to a wider range of mobile devices, has acquired mobile services company Velocitude.

The Boston Business Journal

May, 2010

Akamai named "Company of the Year" by Boston Business Journal

The editors of The Boston Business Journal name Akamai "Company of the Year" stating... The Cambridge-based company has a number of different functional divisions, all of which share one overriding mission - to speed up the delivery of content over the Internet for all end users. In the space of a decade, Akamai has grown from MIT $50K startup to a guidepost on the information super-highway.

The Daily Journal

April, 2010

Global company to expand locally

Akamai Technologies, Inc., based in Cambridge, Mass., currently employs about 250 people in San Mateo and is set to hire another 50 to 70 people locally by the end of the year. Akamai is a leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online and earned $859.8 million last year. The company employs more than 1,800 people globally.

Technology Review

2010

Akamai named to Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World

The editors of Technology Review looked for those companies that, over the last year, have demonstrated their superiority at inventing technology and using it both to grow as businesses and to transform how we live. Recognized for 'optimizing the Internet,' Akamai is one of four Public Web Companies that made the TR50 list, joining Adobe, Google, and IBM.