Akamai Launches Cloud-Agnostic, Ready-to-Run Application Platform
Akamai Technologies, Inc., the cybersecurity and cloud company that powers and
protects business online, today announced the Akamai App Platform, a
ready-to-run solution that makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale highly
distributed applications.
The Akamai
App Platform is built on top of the cloud native Kubernetes technology Otomi,
which Akamai acquired from Red Kubes earlier this year. The application
platform provides ready-to-run templates that address common challenges in
deploying, managing, and scaling Kubernetes clusters at scale. Instead of
relying on multiple departments and spending months sourcing, connecting, and
configuring the software needed to operate Kubernetes fleets, Akamai’s solution
automates the provisioning process, allowing developers to build and deploy
highly distributed applications in a few clicks. This cuts deployment time from
months to less than an hour, and provides near-instant scaling as production
workloads grow.
“Over
the past decade, developers have been forced to choose between two evils:
Either accept complexity, vendor lock-in, and spiraling cloud costs if they
build with hyperscaler solutions, or grapple with skills gaps, longer time to
value, and perceived increased risk if they build on open source solutions,”
said Ari Weil, Vice President of Product Marketing, Akamai. “We’re giving them
a better way by harnessing the power and potential of the open source ecosystem
to strike a balance between the ease of use of the one-size-fits-all hyperscale
world and the flexibility and control afforded by open source.”
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