CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's fourth quarter and full-year 2024 financial results and may include forward-looking financial guidance from management. The call will also be broadcast live via the internet a ...

The most recent trading session ended with Akamai Technologies (AKAM) standing at $93.56, reflecting a -1.95% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 1.26%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.8%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.77%.The the stock of cloud services provider has fallen by 2.03% in the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 0.84% and overreaching the S&P 500's loss of 2.82%.The investment comm ...

The technology sector stocks have largely led a bull run and outperformed the S&P 500 index in 2024. The steady decline in the inflation rate since early 2024, the relatively low unemployment rate and consumers’ resilience in some end markets were positive factors driving the growth. Investors have increasingly favored companies with a strong focus on AI advancements.Despite an overall positive picture, some companies were not able to capitalize on this favorable trend. Global macroeconomic uncertainty, ris ...

Akamai is recognized by top industry influencers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cyber security and cloud computing company that protects business online, today announced that its API Security solution has been recognized as a market leader by several independent outlets. Three industry awards and a leading position in a top analyst report validate Akamai's commitment to providing the best products to combat the increasing threat of breaches resu ...

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) has completed the acquisition of select assets of the bankrupt media firm Edgio Inc. The acquired asset portfolio includes certain customer contracts from Edgio's content delivery and security businesses and the non-exclusive license rights to its patents. However, the deal excluded the buyout of Edgio personnel, technology or assets related to the network.The completion of the buyout deal was made possible following the requisite approval last month from the U.S. Bankruptcy ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers business online, today announced it has completed its acquisition of select assets from Edgio, including certain customer contracts from Edgio's businesses in content delivery and security, and non-exclusive license rights to patents in Edgio's portfolio. On Nov. 26, 2024, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved Akamai's bid to acquire th ...

Cloud companies are shining today, after a slew of analyst attention. Cloudflare Inc (NYSE:NET) stock scored an upgrade from Morgan Stanley to "overweight" from "equal weight" earlier, as well as a price-target hike to $130 from $92. The firm called the company "one of the most compelling secular stories” within the sector and added it could sustain revenue growth in the years ahead. Oppenheimer upgraded peers Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Fastly Inc (NYSE:FSLY) to "outperform" from "perform." ...

文章核心观点 - Akamai Technologies宣布美国破产法院已批准其收购Edgio的部分资产，包括内容交付和安全业务中的某些客户合同以及Edgio专利组合的非独家许可权。此次交易不包括Edgio的人员、技术或与Edgio网络相关的资产。[1][2] 交易细节 - 法院批准是在Akamai在2024年11月13日的Edgio破产拍卖中提交的获胜竞标之后作出的，作为Edgio申请第11章破产保护的一部分。[2] - 交易预计将于2024年12月初完成，需满足此类交易的常规成交条件。[6] 客户迁移 - 交易完成后，数百个新客户将获得必要的支持，以便在Edgio停止运营其内容交付网络之前顺利迁移到Akamai。这些客户还将立即获得Akamai的网络安全和云计算服务的全部产品组合。[3] - Akamai的首席运营官和云技术集团总经理Adam Karon表示，Akamai将为Edgio客户提供平稳、安全的过渡，不影响其业务或最终用户的业务。[4] 财务影响 - 对于2024年第四季度，Akamai预计该交易将增加约9-11百万美元的收入，并预计过渡服务成本约为15-17百万美元。该交易预计将使非GAAP净收入每股稀释收益减少约0.03-0.05美元。[4] - 对于2025年全年，Akamai预计该交易将增加约80-100百万美元的收入，过渡服务成本约为25-30百万美元，并将使非GAAP净收入每股稀释收益增加约0.15-0.20美元。[5] - Akamai的首席财务官Ed McGowan表示，通过将这些客户整合到其平台上，预计将提高盈利能力并解锁新的增长机会。[6] 公司背景 - Akamai是网络安全和云计算公司，为在线业务提供动力和保护。其市场领先的安全解决方案、卓越的威胁情报和全球运营团队提供多层次防御，以保护企业数据和应用程序。Akamai的全栈云计算解决方案在世界上最分布的平台上提供性能和成本效益。[7]

Akamai公司产品升级相关 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM)扩展其行业领先的Akamai Guardicore Segmentation和企业应用访问解决方案以提升云环境性能安全和可扩展性 可能支持亚马逊网络服务(AWS)中的无代理执行 [1] - Akamai Guardicore Segmentation最新版本强化安全能力 可近实时可视化云工作负载 提升管理员对网络流和应用依赖关系的可视性 有助于弥合DevOps和SecOps团队之间的差距 更有效地管理云网络安全 [2] - 混合执行引擎简化网络策略意图定义过程 自动确定在网络不同点应用基于代理或无代理执行 简化策略管理并确保云安全措施符合组织特定需求 [3] - 公司解决方案确保云环境下可扩展性和安全性且不影响性能 数据保留在云环境中 解决方案架构自动扩展 集成信誉分析和DNS防火墙功能以减少事件检测和响应时间 [4] - Akamai对企业应用访问产品进行改进 该产品是公司零信任网络访问(ZTNA)产品的一部分 [5] - 企业应用访问解决方案包含边缘传输功能 将性能优化直接嵌入应用路径 本地接入点(PoP)可让组织对办公室内用户本地应用ZTNA策略 有望将应用响应时间和文件下载时间提高三倍 [6] Akamai公司股票相关 - Akamai的云优化解决方案有助于公司提升性能增加可用性并增强从数据中心到终端用户的应用和关键网络资产的安全性 公司通过Akamai Connected Cloud扩展云计算生产 有望推动收入增长进而推动股票上涨 [7][8] - Akamai股票过去一年下跌22.8% 而行业增长27% [9] - Akamai目前Zacks排名为4(卖出) [10] 其他公司相关 - Plexus Corp. (PLXS)目前Zacks排名为1(强力买入) 上季度盈利惊喜为20.92% [11][12] - Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET)目前Zacks排名为2(买入) 上季度盈利惊喜为14.83% 长期增长预期为16% [12]

Akamai continues to demonstrate its commitment to helping customers achieve their Zero Trust goalsCAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced that it is extending its industry-leading segmentation solution, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, to support agentless enforcement for cloud native resources in Amazon Web Services (AWS), further expanding its existing ca ...