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Maddie Presland

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Secure Your Data with Automated Local Compute Disk & Block Storage Volume Encryption

July 09, 2025Maddie Presland

We're continuing to add free intuitive features and Disk encryption is now available as a free, on-by-default security feature for Akamai Cloud compute instances.

Comparing Video Processing Units (VPUs), GPUs, and CPUs

May 14, 2025Maddie Presland

More users than ever subscribe to on-demand media streaming and engage with live streaming video over the internet, rather than broadcast television.

Behind the Scenes: Introducing the Akamai Design System

March 10, 2025Maddie Presland

We recently made some design changes to our UI to improve the user experience. Lead Senior Software Engineer Jaalah Ramos expands on the “why” in this Q&A.

Supporting Cloud Growth in Japan: Tokyo Expansion

December 11, 2024Maddie Presland

Our latest core compute region expansion in Tokyo is now available for all customers.

Just Right: New GPUs Now Available

December 03, 2024Maddie Presland

Deploy cloud GPU instances optimized for media workloads and lightweight AI applications, powered by NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation GPU cards.

Frankfurt Expansion Now Available for All Customers

November 26, 2024Maddie Presland

Over the past year, Akamai’s core and distributed cloud architecture has grown significantly to better serve our customers requiring greater availability, lower latency, and more freedom of choice when it comes to how and where they run applications and workloads.

More Power at the Edge: Introducing Distributed Compute Regions

November 18, 2024Maddie Presland

For edge-native applications, performance is closely tied to the location of cloud services.

Increased Capacity in Asia: Mumbai and Singapore Expansions Now Available

October 03, 2024Maddie Presland

We’re continuing to expand our cloud computing footprint and capacity with both new core compute regions and expansions of popular regions.

New Core Compute Regions: London Expansion and Melbourne Are Live

August 22, 2024Maddie Presland

Our latest sites include a new core compute region in London, England, and a new core compute region in Melbourne, Australia.