Akamai vs Kaspersky

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Akamai
Based on 119 reviews.
Kaspersky
Based on 234 reviews.
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.
Kaspersky Lab is an international software security group operating in almost 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company is headquartered in Moscow, Russia, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom. Kaspersky Lab currently employs over 2,850 qualified specialists. It has 31 representative territory offices in 30 countries and its products and technologies provide service for over 300 million users and over 250,000 corporate clients worldwide. The company is specially focused on large enterprises, and small and medium-sized businesses.
Sample Customers
Prolexic
Fidor Bank
Akamai App and API Protector
Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE
Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise
MCNC, Educational Testing Service
Akamai Edge DNS
Otto Group
Kaspersky Security for Internet Gateway
Tael, Insolar, Goods.ru, Republic of Serbia
Kaspersky DDoS Protection
goods.ru, Revain Blockchain, Alfa Bank
Kaspersky Cybersecurity Services
Novolipetsk Steel
Kaspersky Safe Web
Discovery, Hitachi Zosen Corp., Remote Data Systems, Phoenix Contact.
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
44%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
4%
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