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Akamai to Acquire Linode

Akamai To Acquire Linode to Provide Businesses with a Developer-friendly and Massively-distributed Platform to Build, Run and Secure Applications

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.

Hyperscalers and Alternative Cloud Providers: The Advantages of a Hybrid Public Cloud Model

Nearly One-Third of Developers are Turning to Alternative Cloud Providers, New Research from SlashData Finds

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

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Linode Bests AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure in Customer Rankings

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

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Media Coverage

Recent coverage of Linode in consumer and trade press, blogs, and elsewhere.

The ABCs of tech opportunities in the year ahead: AI, B2B, and CX

Looking Back at Top Cloud Computing Trends in 2022

Akamai’s Acquisition Of Linode Aims To Democratize The Cloud For Developers

Why are Akamai and Macrometa bringing the cloud and the edge together?

The Quest to Make Edge Computing a Reality with Andy Champagne

Last Week in AWS Podcast

With Linode, Akamai expands into edge cloud computing development

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Linode Blog

Perspectives, research, product updates, trends, best practices, and more.

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Blair Lyon

Announcing New Global Sites, New Cloud Computing Services, and Improved Performance

Continuing our journey to build a cloud for the needs of the next decade, not the last.

Linode Security Digest

Linode Security Digest July 3-July 9, 2023

by The Linode Security Team

In this week's digest, we discuss two critical Mastodon vulnerabilities.

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Harnessing NoSQL Capabilities in PostgreSQL

by Justin Cobbett

Manage unstructured data by combining database management and consistency with flexible schemas and quick querying of NoSQL databases.

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Customer Stories

The latest innovations from the Linode cloud community highlighted in our Craft of Code series.

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Secure, Accessible GPU Instances Unleash Millions of Adventurers

A cost analysis of GPUs proved that Akamai cloud computing services were the right choice, and Hero Forge has been a customer since 2013.

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How Zeet Helps Build Multicloud Strategies that Leverage Clouds’ Strengths

Customers turn to Zeet to set up their infrastructure layer by using existing public cloud vendor relationships like what it has with Linode.

Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)

Rutledge Daugette from TechRaptor

Rutledge Daugette

Ravenous Success: Solid Infrastructure & Reliable Performance at the Right Price

TechRaptor’s compute instances run out of Linode’s Newark, NJ data center. The site’s tech stack includes Ubuntu, Drupal, and MariaDB.

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Events

Monolith to Microservices

Welcome to “Monolith to Microservices,” a comprehensive course designed to guide you through the process of migrating from a monolithic architecture to a cloud-native microservice architecture. In this course, you will learn practical hands-on techniques and gain valuable insights into the tools, patterns, and technologies necessary for a successful transition. In this course, you will […]

From Code to Customer: Achieving Complete Observability for SaaS Application

In this upcoming live session, Akamai Solutions Engineers will explore observability for software applications, covering the pillars of logs, metrics, and traces, and how SaaS product teams can leverage open-source tech to achieve end-to-end visibility, empowering quick issue response, data-driven decisions, and an optimized user experience. By the end of the session, you’ll gain practical […]

Developer Tools

CompTia ChannelCon 2023

The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, NV

August 1, 2023 - August 3, 2023

Every day we’re told we can’t do something, that it’s not possible, and sorry, but there’s just no way. It’s time to think differently. Maybe it’s not possible… yet. After all, if technology innovation tells us anything it’s that we can overcome challenges, develop groundbreaking solutions—and do anything. ChannelCon 2023 is your chance to build […]

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