Akamai Foundation and Employee Resource Groups Unite

On Giving Tuesday, we celebrate joining others in a global movement to give, collaborate, and transform communities and the world. As we think about how 2020 has challenged us in immeasurable ways, we have experienced an extraordinary amount of change, uncertainty, loss, and conflict. Continue reading Akamai Foundation and Employee Resource Groups Unite

Akamai Foundation and Employee Resource Groups Unite

On Giving Tuesday, we celebrate joining others in a global movement to give, collaborate, and transform communities and the world. As we think about how 2020 has challenged us in immeasurable ways, we have experienced an extraordinary amount of change,… Continue reading Akamai Foundation and Employee Resource Groups Unite

Akamai’s Technical Enablement and Education Team, Part of the Global Services and Support Organization, Wins Four Gold, Silver, and Bronze "Excellence in Education" Awards

Akamai’s Technical Enablement and Education Team won four coveted Brandon Hall Group awards for excellence in learning. Akamai’s win was announced on August 20, 2020. The winners are listed on Brandon Hall Group’s website. Continue reading Akamai’s Technical Enablement and Education Team, Part of the Global Services and Support Organization, Wins Four Gold, Silver, and Bronze "Excellence in Education" Awards

Toward Inclusive Language in Software

Akamai opposes racism in all its forms and is committed to providing an inclusive, fair, and respectful environment for both our customers and our employees. As part of this commitment, we are joining other technology-industry leaders in removing biase… Continue reading Toward Inclusive Language in Software

Toward Inclusive Language in Software

Akamai opposes racism in all its forms and is committed to providing an inclusive, fair, and respectful environment for both our customers and our employees. As part of this commitment, we are joining other technology-industry leaders in removing biased, oppressive, and racially insensitive terminology across our portfolio. Such terminology includes blacklist/whitelist and master/slave, but will extend beyond those terms as we work with our teams and our partners to review other areas in which unconscious bias has allowed problematic terms to become unnecessarily commonplace. We recognize that these terms were generally introduced and used without bad intentions, but their presence and continued use are counterproductive to Akamai’s focus on equality and dedication to ensuring an inclusive culture. Internally, Akamai is establishing new standards to replace these terms in documentation, application UIs, APIs, and elsewhere. Although overdue, this process will take time, especially when APIs need to be versioned or deprecated. Continue reading Toward Inclusive Language in Software

Corporate Office and Kitchen Table: Securing the Future of Work, Part 2

The workforce is remote, the data center is the cloud, the corporate network is the internet, and the security stack is at the edge.
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