Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides content delivery and cloud infrastructure services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the Internet in the United States and internationally. It offers application and cloud performance services, solutions for digital media and software distribution and storage, Website optimization services, security tools, network operator solutions, and other specialized Internet-based offerings. The company?s solutions include Terra solutions, such as Terra Alta that are designed to improve the operation of dynamic applications used by enterprises to connect with their employees, suppliers, and customers; and Aqua solutions, including Aqua Ion, Aqua Ion Mobile, and Dynamic Site Accelerator, which are designed to accelerate business-to-consumer Websites that integrate collaborative content and applications into their online architecture. Its solutions also comprise Sola solutions, such as Sola Sphere HTTP delivery network, Sola Vision, Sola Media Analytics, and Sola Software Distribution that are designed to enable enterprises to execute digital media and software distribution strategies; Kona Security Solutions, including Site Defender and Web Application Firewall for overall Web security; and Aura Network Solutions, a line of managed and licensed content delivery network offerings designed specifically for network operators to build their own content delivery network capabilities. The company markets and sells its services and solutions through direct sales and services organization; and through active channel partners. It has a strategic partnership with Swisscom AG. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
