CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, announced today that it has been
named to the 2015 Best Places to Work in IT list by IDG's
Computerworld. Akamai was ranked 9th among midsize
organizations. The award recognizes the company as one of 100
top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing
superior benefits and compensation.
"We are honored to be named one of Computerworld's 100 Best
Places to Work in IT," said Kumud
Kalia, Chief Information Officer of Akamai. "Our
employees take pride in empowering our customers, partners and
colleagues with scalable business solutions to enable innovation
and productivity. We understand that a dynamic and open culture
attracts and retains top IT talent. This recognition
validates the differentiated environment we've worked hard to
foster here at Akamai, making it a destination for technology
professionals to pursue fulfilling and successful careers."
Akamai is focused on the goal of deploying software into
billions of devices, enterprises, and carriers, forming a
massively-distributed platform for the secure, fast, reliable and
cost-effective delivery of all forms of online content and business
applications. Akamai's IT organization counts automation and
simplification, unified communications, global infrastructure
expansion, and information risk management among its top priorities
and areas of IT excellence.
"The 100 organizations on Computerworld's 2015 Best Places to
Work in IT list realize that attracting and retaining a
highly-skilled technology workforce leads to competitive
advantage," says Scot Finnie, editor
in chief of Computerworld. "In a tight market for tech
talent, these outstanding employers attract the best and brightest
IT pros with generous salaries and top-drawer benefits, then deepen
their teams' engagement with challenging, business-critical
projects built around cutting-edge technologies. As a result, these
winning organizations are best positioned to take advantage of the
digital transformation sweeping through every industry."
Akamai has also recently earned recognition as one of the Top
Places to Work 2014 by The Boston Globe, and has been named one of
the Best Places to Work and Top 25 Companies for
Career Opportunities in America by Glassdoor.
Learn more about building a career at Akamai.
About the Best Places to Work in IT
The Best Places to
Work in IT list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work
environments for technology professionals by IDG's Computerworld.
The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire
regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, career
development, training and retention. In addition, Computerworld
conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses
factor heavily in determining the rankings.
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading IT
media brand helping Sr. IT, business decision-makers and key
influencers navigate change with effective business strategy. As
the voice of business technology, Computerworld enables the IT
value chain with unique editorial coverage from setting strategies
to deriving value. Computerworld's award-winning website
(www.computerworld.com), focused conference series, strategic
marketing solutions and research forms the hub of the world's
largest (40+ edition) global IT media network and provides
opportunities for IT vendors to engage this audience. Computerworld
leads the industry with an online audience of over 7.5 million
monthly page views (Omniture, November
2014 - January 2015 average)
and was recognized in BtoB's 2013 Media Power 50 list; recognition
Computerworld has received for more than 5 consecutive years.
Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of
International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events
and research company. Company information is available at
www.idgenterprise.com.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
Note: All product and company names are trademarks of their
respective organizations.
Contacts:
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Jeff Young
Media Relations
617-444-3913
jyoung@akamai.com
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Investor Relations
617-274-7130
tbarth@akamai.com
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