Why AI Systems Use Vector Databases to Improve Performance and Reduce Costs
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...
View ArticleHandling Latency and Traffic Peaks During the World’s Largest Cricket Streams
Akamai recently hit a milestone: its CDN surpassed 72 Tbps of global peak data traffic, a record largely driven by live sports events, gaming launches, and major software updates. That surge included...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at our Next Gen Object Storage Launch
It seems hard to believe, but we’re approaching 6 months since the launch of the project we’re internally calling Object Storage Gen2. In 2025, between January and June, we launched Gen2 in 8 global...
View ArticleBoost EdgeWorker Observability: Set Up Logging With DataStream
Ask any developer, and they will tell you that good and timely application telemetry is essential to building, maintaining, and optimizing apps. Without proper feedback, developers are left in the dark...
View ArticleKey Takeaways from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025
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...
View ArticleOur New Premium Managed Databases Plan for Resource-Intensive Workloads
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...
View ArticleBenchmarking VPUs and GPUs for Media Workloads
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...
View ArticleHow Cloud Wrapper Evolved to Optimize Small-Object Caching
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...
View ArticleGenerative Personalization at the Edge: The Future of E‑Commerce Isn’t (Just)...
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...
View ArticleAgentic AI: How Autonomous Agents are Changing the Game
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...
View ArticleOpen Source & Fully Managed: Aiven-Powered Databases on Akamai
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...
View ArticleWhy AI Systems Use Vector Databases to Improve Performance and Reduce Costs
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...
View ArticleWhy Observability Tools Tend to Fail at Scale
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...
View ArticleSecuring the Frontier – Navigating Security in LLM-Integrated Systems
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,...
View ArticleOne Year of Warm Migrations
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...
View ArticleIntroducing Akamai Cloud Pulse: Observability for Your Cloud Infrastructure –...
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 provide you with...
View ArticleThree Ways to Launch Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise
Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise (LKE Enterprise) launched in Limited Availability on June 5th, and with this launch, we wanted to highlight three ways you can create your first Enterprise cluster....
View ArticleThe Prompt as a Rulebook – Guiding LLM Agents Beyond Basic Instructions
In our journey of integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) with traditional APIs, we’ve seen how prompts become the new “API docs,” describing what a tool can do. It all sounds wonderfully simple at...
View ArticleThe New Toolkit: LLMs, Prompts, and Basic Tool Interaction
LLMs interact differently. Instead of just checking data against a schema, an LLM reads a description in plain language about what a tool or another system can do. As a developer, I have to expose the...
View ArticleLinode Terraform Provider v3.0.0
As of June 12, 2025, the active version of the Linode Terraform Provider is v3.0.0. This is an upgrade from version 2 of the provider, with version 3 supporting future product and feature releases on...
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