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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025 wrapped up in Hyderabad last week, bringing together thousands of developers, platform engineers, and cloud native practitioners for two days of intensive learning and collaboration. The second annual India edition showcased not just the technical evolution of Kubernetes, but the fundamental shift in how organizations think about developer experience, platform […]

Every application is unique. Some prioritize cost-efficiency. Others demand peak performance at any scale. That’s why Akamai offers flexible managed database service plans. Responding to a need from our customers, we’re introducing a premium option purpose-built for the most demanding workloads.  Developers rely on Akamai’s managed database services for simplicity, reliability, and built-in scale. Our […]

Akamai Cloud recently introduced support of NETINT’s T1U Quadra video processing units (VPUs), making these powerful cards available at an hourly rate when deploying cloud virtual machines. These join NVIDIA RTX™ 4000 Ada Generation GPUs already offered in the Akamai Cloud portfolio.  To assess real-world performance and energy efficiency, we partnered with Cires21, a pioneer […]

This blog was written in collaboration with Ulhas Math, whose expertise as a Senior Architect for Cloud Wrapper defined the architectural evolution and performance improvements outlined below. His guidance was instrumental in addressing the scaling challenges posed by small-object web traffic. Cloud Wrapper launched in 2018 as Akamai’s dedicated caching solution, custom-built for large media […]

Edge computing is transforming personalization in e-commerce. The cloud is becoming the factory, not just the storefront, as personalization moves to the edge. Here’s a common scenario we see with our retail customers. A shopper clicks through your homepage. Their intent is clear. You have five seconds, maybe less, to prove you understand them. But […]

At the heart of many modern AI applications are large generative models like large language models (LLMs) or image generation models. These models are trained on enormous amounts of data and can contain billions of parameters. Generative AI (GenAI) has been a transformational technology, excelling in generating content like text, images, code, audio, and video. […]

There is virtually no application without a database in one form or another. User data and behavior, product information, and operational details all need to be stored and made available for retrieval and manipulation. There are different databases for different needs, but we can say the most broadly used ones are relational databases. MySQL and […]

AI training is resource-intensive. It takes massive datasets, advanced algorithms, and specialized hardware (read: costly GPUs) to teach a model how to understand language, images, or audio. But even after that training is complete, running inferences (the process of generating outputs) can be equally taxing. Querying an LLM in real time for every user request […]

Observability is no longer just about catching errors or checking if a server is up. In modern distributed systems, it’s about understanding behavior across dozens, if not thousands, of services, all running in different environments and generating massive amounts of data. That level of complexity is exactly why choosing the right observability tool matters so […]

In the previous parts of this series, we’ve explored the exciting new ways Large Language Models (LLMs) can integrate with APIs and act as intelligent agents. We’ve seen how LLMs and prompts interact, and we’ve seen how to move from basic tool descriptions to crafting complex prompt-based rulebooks to guide them. But as with any […]

One year ago Akamai rolled out warm migrations to the Linode platform for both data center and host migrations, and resizing operations. During a traditional cold migration, the target Linode is shut down, its data copied to a new host, and the new Linode booted. A warm migration differs from a traditional cold migration in […]

Special thanks to Abhay Kapoor, Senior Manager of Product Management at Akamai, for his expertise and guidance in shaping this blog and ensuring its technical accuracy. We are excited to announce that Akamai Cloud Pulse is now entering Open Beta for all Akamai Managed Database customers. Following successful closed beta testing, we are ready to […]