Akamai takes on public cloud giants with $900m Linode deal

CDN and cybersecurity specialist Akamai this week made a grand entrance into the public cloud market.
The company struck a $900 million deal on Tuesday to acquire US-based Linode, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider that pitches itself as a developer-friendly alternative to the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba, among others.
“Akamai has been a pioneer in the edge computing business for over 20 years, and today we are excited to begin