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Akamai launches AI brand presence tool for websites
Edge Computing

Akamai launches AI brand presence tool for websites

Brands risk disappearing from AI search results as Akamai rolls out a tool that reshapes website content for machine readers and tracks visits.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Fastly appoints Bruce Bennie as ANZ Sales Vice President
Software-as-a-Service

Fastly appoints Bruce Bennie as ANZ Sales Vice President

The move strengthens Fastly's push for more enterprise and public sector spending in Australia and New Zealand as competition intensifies.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month
Telxius joins Synamedia on multi-CDN streaming push
Software-as-a-Service

Telxius joins Synamedia on multi-CDN streaming push

Streaming providers will be able to switch delivery networks mid-playback as Telxius adds its CDN to Synamedia’s Quortex Switch platform.

By Mark Tarre • 2 min read • Last month
Backblaze maps neocloud traffic hotspots in AI boom
Storage

Backblaze maps neocloud traffic hotspots in AI boom

New heatmaps show AI traffic clustering in California and Virginia, with fresh hotspots emerging in Finland, Brazil, France and Canada.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 1st May 2026
Google updates Media CDN for live streaming at scale
Network Infrastructure

Google updates Media CDN for live streaming at scale

Broadcasters can now cut latency and costs during major live events as Google expands regional capacity and adds new monitoring tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026
Fastly & LALIGA launch anti-piracy push on streams
Physical Security

Fastly & LALIGA launch anti-piracy push on streams

Clubs could recover millions as the partnership aims to cut illicit match streams before they spread and erode broadcast-rights value.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Apr 2026
Blackpepper deploys Fastly WAF to protect eCommerce
Firewalls

Blackpepper deploys Fastly WAF to protect eCommerce

Checkout attacks and traffic spikes are being absorbed automatically, helping Blackpepper keep retail sites online and revenue flowing.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 13th Apr 2026
Layercake & Ceeblue launch sub-second streaming service
Edge Computing

Layercake & Ceeblue launch sub-second streaming service

Broadcasters and betting firms can now use existing infrastructure for live video with end-to-end delay of under a second worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Apr 2026
Akamai appoints Sean Li to lead Asia Pacific sales
Digital Transformation

Akamai appoints Sean Li to lead Asia Pacific sales

The move underlines Akamai's push to expand cloud, security and AI sales in a region where data rules and latency requirements vary widely.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Apr 2026
Cloud security experts warn of control plane risks
Firewalls

Cloud security experts warn of control plane risks

Rising automation and data growth are exposing cloud users to identity drift, hidden telemetry gaps and fragmented defences.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Apr 2026
Fastly named Leader in Forrester edge platform report
Virtualisation

Fastly named Leader in Forrester edge platform report

The ranking bolsters Fastly’s pitch to developers, after Forrester singled it out as the only vendor with above-average customer feedback.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
Cloudflare uses ClickHouse for quadrillion-event analytics
Disaster Recovery

Cloudflare uses ClickHouse for quadrillion-event analytics

Cloudflare taps ClickHouse to run sub-two-second analytics on quadrillion-event data sets, keeping queries alive even amid major outages.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Akamai unveils Inference Cloud built on Nvidia AI Grid
Gaming

Akamai unveils Inference Cloud built on Nvidia AI Grid

Akamai launches Inference Cloud on Nvidia AI Grid, promising lower-latency, distributed AI inference across thousands of edge sites.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Biznet Gio scales cloud performance for AI era with AMD
Virtualisation

Biznet Gio scales cloud performance for AI era with AMD

Indonesia's top local cloud player Biznet Gio boosts AI-ready performance, efficiency and scale by standardising on AMD EPYC CPUs.

By Biznet Gio and AMD • 6 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
F5 boosts AI app security with zero trust, post-quantum
Firewalls

F5 boosts AI app security with zero trust, post-quantum

F5 expands its app security platform with AI risk tools, zero trust access and post-quantum crypto to protect modern hybrid workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Tencent Cloud boosts Frankfurt AI capacity for Europe
Hybrid Cloud

Tencent Cloud boosts Frankfurt AI capacity for Europe

Tencent Cloud opens a new Frankfurt zone, expanding AI-ready capacity in Germany to meet rising European demand and data residency needs.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
AI-first firms face slower cyber recovery & higher costs
Firewalls

AI-first firms face slower cyber recovery & higher costs

AI-first firms take months longer to recover from cyber attacks and face sharply higher breach and scraping costs, Fastly research warns.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

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