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Akamai Technologies, Inc. reports developments in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and content delivery for enterprises, public-sector customers, media operators, and digital businesses. The company describes its business through Security, Delivery and other cloud applications, and Cloud Infrastructure Services, including Akamai Cloud and edge-based infrastructure.
Recurring updates include quarterly financial results, API security capabilities such as Security Posture Center and code-to-runtime mapping, brand-impersonation protection through Akamai Brand Guardian, threat research from State of the Internet reports, and partner or contract activity involving compute, streaming analytics, application delivery, and public-sector procurement.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) released its 2026 Apps, APIs, and DDoS State of the Internet report on March 17, 2026, warning that APIs are the primary attack surface as cybercriminals industrialize attacks against AI-enabled infrastructure.
Key metrics: Layer 7 DDoS attacks surged 104% over two years, daily API attacks rose 113% YoY, web application attacks increased 73% (2023–2025), and 87% of organizations reported an API-related incident in 2025.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) launched Akamai Inference Cloud as the first global-scale implementation of the NVIDIA AI Grid on March 16, 2026, routing AI inference across its 4,400+ edge locations and multi-thousand GPU clusters using NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs.
The platform includes intelligent orchestration to optimize cost, latency, and throughput and is available today for qualified enterprise customers.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced that Digital Convergence Technologies (DCT) joined the Akamai Partner Connect Program on March 13, 2026, forming a partnership to simplify cloud modernization through refactoring, architecture modernization, and managed services for mid-market and enterprise clients.
The collaboration targets media, healthcare, and fintech verticals and emphasizes cost optimization, compliance (HIPAA, ISO 27001, HITRUST), and plug-and-play streaming solutions for mid-market media customers.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) disclosed technical details on a four-year, $200 million service agreement to host a multi‑thousand NVIDIA Blackwell GPU cluster for a major U.S. AI company. The deployment uses high-density data center power, AI-optimized Ethernet, NVMe-over-Fabric storage, and Akamai's distributed cloud and managed container services.
The contract underscores demand for Akamai's integrated AI development and deployment platform and follows its expansion to 41 datacenters and purchases of thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced on March 3, 2026 the deployment of thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to build a globally distributed AI inference platform.
The platform routes inference workloads to optimized, localized GPU clusters across Akamai's global fabric of over 4,400 locations, targeting lower latency and reduced data egress versus centralized clouds.
According to the company, the stack can reduce latency up to 2.5x and save businesses as much as 86% on AI inference costs versus traditional hyperscaler infrastructure.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) and NVIDIA launched an agentless Zero Trust segmentation solution combining Akamai Guardicore Segmentation with NVIDIA BlueField DPUs to protect OT and ICS, including "un-agentable" industrial equipment. The hardware-isolated approach enforces real-time policies, improves visibility and anomaly detection, and is expected globally in Q2 2026.
This aims to reduce operational disruption, align with stricter regulations, and lower cyber insurance risk while preserving host performance.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.095B (+7% YoY) and full-year 2025 revenue of $4.208B (+5% YoY). Q4 GAAP EPS was $0.58 (down 36% YoY) and non-GAAP EPS was $1.84 (up 11% YoY).
High-growth segments included Cloud Infrastructure Services (+45% Q4) and Guardicore Segmentation & API Security (+36% Q4; +43% FY). The company recorded a $55M restructuring charge in Q4 and repurchased $800M of stock in 2025 (10.0M shares).
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) was named a Customers’ Choice in the January 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report for Network Security Microsegmentation. Akamai earned a 99% recommendation rate and was one of two vendors to receive that score. Gartner’s distinction reflects end-user ratings across User Interest and Adoption and Overall Experience. The report marks the first Voice of the Customer for network security microsegmentation, indicating broader market maturity. Customer testimonials cited strong implementation support, reliability, and user experience.
Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced on January 21, 2026 that Deutsche Telekom Security, an Akamai Partner Connect member, is using Akamai’s Security Certified Service Provider program to expand managed cybersecurity offerings across finance, insurance, critical infrastructure, and the public sector.
Deutsche Telekom Security will provide Day-2 operations for full API security lifecycle management, hybrid deployments, quarterly business reviews, API audits and compliance, incident management, and proactive API testing. It will also support Akamai Guardicore Segmentation with segmentation administration and audit services, deployable on sovereign cloud environments. A recent deployment secured a major German state bank.
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) will hold a conference call on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET to discuss fourth quarter and full-year 2025 financial results and may provide forward-looking guidance.
The call will be broadcast live on Akamai's Investor Relations website. Live dial-in: U.S. (833) 634-5020; International (412) 902-4238; Password: Akamai Technologies call. A replay will be available for two weeks at (855) 669-9658 or (412) 317-0088 (Conference ID: 5393108). The archived webcast will be accessible via the Akamai website.