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Retail Asia16/01/2018

A recent report claims that Akamai is working with Morgan Stanley to explore strategic alternatives. On the table, apparently, is a sale of the company. To whom, though? The move may be in response to pressure from Elliot Management Corp, which holds a 6.5% stake in Akamai and has been pushing the company to consider ways to […]

Retail Asia21/03/2017

Akamai and AT&T have renewed their global alliance, extending it through 2019. The agreement will keep Akamai’s CDN and web security services on AT&T’s business solutions menu, including the addition of DDoS capabilities. Akamai will also be able to further extend it’s server footprint out onto AT&T’s edge. The partnership between AT&T’s IP network and […]

Retail Asia20/02/2017

Unsecured IoT devices continued to drive significant DDoS attack traffic in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet / Security Report. The fourth quarter report also revealed that attacks greater than 100 Gbps increased to 12 during the quarter, a 40% year-over-year increase. Seven of the 12 Q4 2016 […]

Retail Asia20/10/2016

A recent spate of attacks involving attackers using IoT devices to remotely generate attack traffic by using a 12-year old vulnerability in OpenSSH have been discovered by researchers at Akamai Technologies. Akamai notes that the research and subsequent advisory do not introduce a new type of vulnerability or attack technique, but rather a continued weakness […]

Retail Asia18/10/2016

Singtel announced it has expended its alliance with Akamai by becoming the world’s first telco provider to have its advanced security operations centre staff certified to deliver Akamai managed security services. The two companies teamed up last month to offer DDoS mitigation services based on Akamai’s Intelligent Platform to enterprises across APAC. Now this alliance […]

Retail Asia12/10/2016

South Korea continued to have the highest average connection speed in the world at 27 Mbps while Singapore maintained its position as the country with the highest average peak connection speed at 157.3 Mbps. These were among the findings of the Akamai Technologies’ Second Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report. Both countries, however, registered […]

Retail Asia10/07/2016

Global average internet connection speeds grew 12% sequentially during the first quarter to 6.3Mbps, according to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report. The report aslso shows that the global average peak connection speed increased 6.8% to 34.7 Mbps over the same period. Global broadband adoption of 10Mbps, 15Mbps, and 25Mbps connections also grew significantly […]

Retail Asia26/04/2016

Akamai Technologies has upgraded its flagship web performance solution Akamai Ion to improve the platform’s mobile capabilities. Ion is designed to accelerate the delivery of websites, web applications and mobile apps over fixed and cellular connections. The new Ion release focuses on overcoming key problem areas, which can result in much faster experiences for all […]

Retail Asia23/10/2015

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E-commerce presents enormous opportunity for retailers. Hong Kong’s 2014 sales value of Internet retailing, excluding tax, was HK$1.5 billion (Hong Kong Trade Development Council), and it is estimated to increase to HK$2.1 billion in 2019. As Singles’ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner, it is time to start preparing for the holiday […]

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Akamai could be up for sale

AT&T and Akamai extend their global alliance

IoT devices drive DDoS attack traffic in Q4

Beware the Internet of Unpatchable Things: Akamai

Singtel expands MSS alliance with Akamai

Korea and Singapore’s broadband lead narrows

Average internet speeds grow 12% during Q1

Akamai addresses mobile performance challenges

How should retailers prepare for this holiday season?