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Price · 1Y
$115.37
Thesis
Akamai is a CDN pivoting deliberately into edge security and compute. The security segment — app and API protection, Bot Manager, and Guardicore-powered zero-trust segmentation — is now the growth engine, with the legacy delivery business funding the transition.
The edge footprint is a real moat for inline security and bot mitigation; the open question is whether Akamai Connected Cloud carves out a credible position against the hyperscalers in distributed compute.
Catalysts
- Security revenue mix crossing further past the delivery business
- API security demand as enterprises inventory shadow APIs
- Guardicore-led microsegmentation wins in zero-trust deployments
- Connected Cloud traction with latency-sensitive workloads
Recent events
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