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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by traceroute66 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:34AM (#34801734)
> but why not just call it something "Linode by Akamai" or "Akamai Linode"?

Because they know they're up against the AWS, GCP and Azure's of this world....

So it's probably a touch of the "nobody got fired for buying IBM", i.e. they consider "Akamai" to have more clout on a proposal sheet than "Linode".

Of course nobody sensible reads anything into a brand name, but if you're trying to impress the customer's C-suite ....

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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by robertlagrant on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:59AM (#34801875)
I'm surprised that many people would think the Akamai name has that much cache(t).
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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by adql on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:19AM (#34801986)
I never saw any clout attached to Akamai of all things, it's just "that other big CDN"
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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by jacooper on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:22AM (#34802418)
Isn't it actually the biggest? Cloudflare is popular because they have that crazy free tier, but Akamai has the biggest CDN network.
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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by tomnipotent on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:18AM (#34802803)
Cloudflare revenues surpassed Akamai in 2022.
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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by uncertainrhymes on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:01AM (#34803838)
What a strange thing to say.

Cloudflare:

Revenue: Total revenue of $975.2 million representing an increase of 49% year-over-year.

GAAP net loss was $193.4 million compared to $260.3 million for fiscal 2021. GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.59, compared to $0.83 for fiscal 2021.

Akamai:

Revenue of $3.617 billion, up 4% year-over-year and up 8% when adjusted for foreign exchange. GAAP EPS of $3.26, down 17% year-over-year

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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by tomnipotent on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @03:09PM (#34809851)
Totally right; didn't realize I was only looking at Q4 results. Thanks for the correction.
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Re:Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services by phpisthebest on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:12AM (#34802751)
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are household names

Akamai is not. I bet i you asked 10 random people what Akamai was they would never guess it, probably think it was new drug pfizer came out with or something

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