Akamai Acquires Velocius Networks

Akamai Technologies

announced today that it has acquired Velocius Networks, a provider of quality of service (QoS) technology for optimizing application traffic across enterprise networks, in a cash transaction.  The acquisition is expected to complement Akamai's hybrid cloud optimization strategy for optimizing IP application traffic across the Internet for remote and branch end-users.  As organizations expand globally, their employees, partners, and customers are using the Internet to access critical IP-enabled applications anywhere, anytime, and over a wide range of devices.  These include, but are not limited to, core applications accessed over SSL VPN (Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network), real-time interactive Web conferencing, virtualized applications and desktops, secure large file transfers and Web applications.  Poor performance or spotty availability of these applications can lead to lost revenue, low adoption and high support costs.  For remote and branch end users accessing multiple applications over a shared network connection, traffic prioritization and shaping becomes critical to ensuring performance regardless of network conditions. The Velocius Networks QoS technology is expected to be integrated into Akamai's existing technology to provide traffic prioritization and shaping capabilities for IP traffic accessed over Akamai's Intelligent Platform.  This