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Confessions of a Network Engineer – Remote Access VPNs
In 2001, I joined a global retailer based in the Pacific Northwest as a network engineer. My first task was to build out a remote access VPN. At the time, after considering ...
Has ESG Become aWake-Up Call for Cybersecurity?
Has ESG Become aWake-Up Call for Cybersecurity?Even with ransomware costing billions of dollars in losses and cyber insurance claims, organizations are still impacted beyond the checkbook. Brand imaging, lawsuits, loss of respect ...
How Akamai Employees Showed Up for Akamai Earth Month
Akamai employees across the globe showed up in full force for Akamai Earth Month 2021 -- our campaign to help employees take small actions at home and in their community to make ...
Akamai’s New ESG Office: A Catalyst for Environmental and Social Progress
We're proud of the progress Akamai has made in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. From reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 30% and powering our platform with 50% renewable energy, to ...
The Importance of Education in Furthering the Sustainability Agenda
Author: Mark Porter, Director, Supply Chain & International Collaboration, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) Mark Porter moved to REBA from Rocky Mountain Institute's Business Renewables Center (BRC) initiative in March 2019. Mark ...
Sustainability Requires Collaboration: Akamai’s Growing Community and Supply Chain Initiatives
Akamai is committed to collaboration that inspires worldwide change. We know it's not enough to be environmentally conscious solely in our own business. To make a true impact on climate change, we ...
Our ESG Commitment: Investing in a Better World
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are quickly emerging as a key concern for investors. To use a musical analogy, the bow is just resting on the first string, with more notes ...
Working Together with Our Customers to Build a Sustainable Future
By now, we hope you've read Monday's and Tuesday's blog posts announcing the release of our annual sustainability report, our sustainability program, and the technical innovation behind it ...
Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Edge Platform
Over the past 20 years, we've seen a lot of growth at Akamai. When I started at Akamai, we used to have traffic peaks of almost 200 Mbps. From that fledgling startup, ...
Sustainability at Akamai: An Efficient Platform Powered by Energy Aggregation
If I had a dollar for every time I heard "2020 was an unprecedented year", I could fund a clean energy project myself. And while we're tired of hearing it, it's true ...
