CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced the company has
completed its acquisition of Nominum, a provider of DNS-based
security solutions supporting many of the world's leading carriers.
On October 11, 2017, Akamai
announced an agreement between the parties for Akamai to acquire
Nominum in an all-cash transaction.
The combination of the two companies' technologies and teams is
expected to help Akamai serve a larger base of carrier and
enterprise customers with more comprehensive security products
designed to identify, block, and mitigate cybersecurity threats
such as malware, ransomware, phishing, and data exfiltration.
"Nominum provides Akamai important technology and DNS expertise
to help protect carriers and enterprises increasingly targeted by
attackers attempting to exploit weaknesses and gaps in their
cybersecurity defenses," said Dr. Tom
Leighton, CEO of Akamai. "With our acquisition now
complete, we're looking forward to deepening our relationships with
our carrier partners as we work together to make the Internet
faster and more secure."
According to Gartner's Competitive Landscape: Secure Web
Gateways by Lawrence Pingree and
Ruggero Contu, September 12, 2017, DNS-based blocking and
filtering do offer much higher performance and lower latency as a
filter mechanism because they not only leverage small UDP packets
(designed inherently to be the most optimally performing packets),
but also because they do not require proxying and the complete
transfer of content via a web connection."
To learn more about how Nominum extends Akamai's carrier and
enterprise security portfolio, please visit
www.akamai.com/nominum.
About Akamai
As the world's largest and most
trusted cloud delivery platform, Akamai makes it easier for its
customers to provide the best and most secure digital experiences
on any device, anytime, anywhere. Akamai's massively distributed
platform is unparalleled in scale with over 200,000 servers across
130 countries, giving customers superior performance and threat
protection. Akamai's portfolio of web and mobile performance, cloud
security, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions are
supported by exceptional customer service and 24/7 monitoring. To
learn why the top financial institutions, e-commerce leaders, media
& entertainment providers, and government organizations trust
Akamai please visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or
@Akamai on Twitter.
The release contains information about future expectations,
plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute
forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including statements about expected benefits to Akamai from
the acquisition. Actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of
various important factors including, but not limited to, inability
to successfully integrate the technology and personnel of Nominum,
failure to provide expected benefits of combined technologies, and
other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents
periodically filed with the SEC.
Contacts:
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Jeff Young
Media Relations
617-444-3913
jyoung@akamai.com
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Tom Barth
Investor Relations
617-274-7130
tbarth@akamai.com
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SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc.