News Summary:
On February 17, 2022, Adam Karon, Akamai's Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of the Cloud Technology Group, oversaw company strategy and product direction for media delivery, web performance, cloud computing solutions, and Akamai Connected Cloud. On April 12, 2022, Tom Leighton, Akamai's co-founder and former CEO, discussed the company's evolution from a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to a cloud delivery and cybersecurity platform. Shawn Michels, Vice President of Product Management at Akamai, was responsible for the company's cloud computing product portfolio strategy and execution as of September 26, 2022. Akamai's CDN reached a peak data traffic of 72 Tbps, a record attributed to live sports events, gaming launches, and software updates, including over 600 million simultaneous streams during a cricket match. As of June 12, 2025, version 3.0.0 of the Linode Terraform Provider was the active version, supporting future Akamai Cloud platform releases.
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