Press Releases

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

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. 

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

Alternative cloud usage nearly doubles over the past four years, as multicloud becomes prevailing approach for cloud computing infrastructure.

Linode bests AWS, GCP, and Azure in customer rankings from TrustRadius, as well as top scores on G2 and Peerspot.

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) […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

Survey shows developers equate performance and security of smaller hyperscalers to larger providers, but smaller players also offer added benefits.

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 […]

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 […]