Akamai helps you build, run, secure, and deliver digital experiences on the world’s most distributed cloud platform. Teams use Akamai to place compute, storage, AI inference, and security closer to users for lower latency, higher availability, and stronger protection.
Organizations choose Akamai to: - Build and operate modern applications and AI workloads on a globally distributed cloud. - Secure apps, APIs, identities, and networks with real-time intelligence and adaptive AI. - Deliver web and media content with predictable performance at global scale
Notable capabilities you can incorporate: - Global server load balancing with Application Load Balancer Cloudlet for availability and scale. See the product brief - People-driven Security Optimization Assistance to tune defenses and keep protections current. Read the brief - Managed CDN for network operators (Aura Managed CDN) to deliver at scale without building your own infrastructure. Learn more
Build low-latency, AI-driven applications with: - Compute: GPU, CPU, and accelerated options for inference and general workloads. - Orchestration: Managed Kubernetes (including secured VPC environments) and an app platform for containerized and web apps. - Data: Managed databases, block and object storage, and backups. - Networking: Cloud firewall, DNS management, and load balancing. - Serverless: Akamai Functions for event-driven logic at scale.
A large global technology company recently committed over $100M to Akamai’s full-stack cloud to run managed Kubernetes, load balancers, and integrated application/network security with ultra-low latency economics — validation of performance at enterprise scale. Read the news
How to get started with cloud: 1) Review regions and pricing to plan placement and costs. Check cloud pricing 2) Provision resources in Cloud Manager, then deploy your app or containers. Sign in to Cloud Manager 3) Add resilience and reach: configure load balancing, DNS, and CDN where needed. 4) Secure the stack with WAAP for apps and APIs, bot protection, DDoS, and zero trust access.
Developer resources: - Read the cloud docs to deploy quickly. Visit the Cloud docs - Browse guides and tutorials. See guides and tutorials
The exact steps vary by use case. Here’s a proven path for most deployments:
1) Create or access your account - Use Control Center to configure CDN and security. Open Control Center - Use Cloud Manager to provision and manage cloud resources. Open Cloud Manager
2) Stand up your application footprint - Cloud: Launch compute or a managed Kubernetes cluster, attach block/object storage, and set up managed databases. - Networking: Configure DNS, TLS, and load balancing (including global server load balancing where required).
3) Secure by design - Enable App & API Protector for WAF/WAAP and API protection. - Add Bot Manager or Account/Content protection, as applicable. - Protect the network edge with DDoS (Prolexic) and Edge DNS; apply zero trust access and SASE for workforce and B2B access. - For expert tuning and day‑2 operations, engage Security Optimization Assistance. Learn about SOA
4) Optimize delivery and user experience - Put web or media properties behind Akamai CDN and configure caching and performance policies. - Use global traffic management and the Application Load Balancer Cloudlet to steer users for performance and availability. See ALB Cloudlet
5) Validate, monitor, and iterate - Use monitoring and logs to verify performance, security efficacy, and cost. - Adjust policies and capacity; add regions to place workloads closer to users. See global infrastructure