Akamai vs IBM

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Akamai
Based on 117 reviews.
IBM
Based on 2916 reviews.
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Overview
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a content delivery network or CDN and cloud services provider headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. Akamai's content delivery network is one of the world's largest distributed computing platforms, responsible for serving between 15 and 30 percent of all web traffic. The company operates a network of servers around the world and rents capacity on these servers to customers who want their websites to work faster by distributing content from locations close to the user. Over the years their customers have included Apple, Facebook, Bing, Twitter and healthcare.gov. When a user navigates to the URL of an Akamai customer, their browser is redirected to one of Akamai's copies of this website, almost entirely invisible to the vast majority of its users.
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
Sample Customers
Akamai
* **Amazon** * **Apple** * **AT&T** * **Bank of America** * **Capital One** * **Cisco** * **Coca-Cola** * **Delta Air Lines** * **Disney** * **Ebay** * **Facebook** * **Google** * **Home Depot** * **HP** * **IBM** * **Intel** * **JPMorgan Chase** * **LinkedIn** * **McDonald's** * **Microsoft** * **Netflix** * **Nike** * **Oracle** * **PayPal** * **Pinterest** * **Qualcomm** * **Rakuten** * **SAP** * **Spotify** * **Tesla** * **Toyota** * **Visa** * **Walmart** * **WeWork**
Akamai CloudTest
Chester Zoo
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE
Akamai App and API Protector
Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet
Akamai Enterprise Application Access
Bugcrowd, InPowered, Spirent Communications
Akamai mPulse
Nordstrom, Gatwick, DirecTV, MSN, SquareSpace, SAP, Lenovo, Hallmark, myspace, Intuit, Kentucky Derby, Toys "R" Us, Netflix, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Lowe's, Nike, REI, Apple, Sears, Verizon, Wendy's, Huawei
Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise
MCNC, Educational Testing Service
Akamai Edge DNS
Otto Group
Akamai Identity Cloud
Best Buy, Audi, Fox, IBM, Fiat, Honda
Linode
Best Buy, Panasonic, Giphy, Marco Polo, World Health Organization, Font Squirrel
IBM Rational Quality Manager
Ehrhardt, Cisco Systems, Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, CareCore National, ItaĂ’ BBA, Barr
IBM Security Verify Access
POST Luxembourg
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Michelin Tire Corp
IBM Application Performance Management
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
IBM Rational Test Workbench
Financial Insurance Management Corp.
IBM Managed Security Services
Carnegie Mellon University, Bridgevine, immixGroup, Apptimate AB, WeCloud AB, DSB Consulting, Zumidian, Australian Government Department of Defence, Factor-y S.r.l., Logicalis US, Refresco Gerber
IBM Cloud Video
Airbnb, N3 Results, University of Notre Dame
IBM Cloud Infrastructure as a Service
Dream Payments, American Airlines, FaceMe
IBM NS1 Connect
Avast Software, Bloomberg L.P., BBC, Carfax, CNBC LLC, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Disney Streaming, Dropbox, EBAY Inc, Gannett Media Corp, Salesforce, Wayfair, Workday
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Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
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