Akamai, Microsoft partner on CDN integrations


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Michelle Clancy

| 22 October 2015





Akamai and Microsoft Corp have announced a partnership in which access to the Akamai CDN will be fully integrated into Microsoft Azure.


The resulting Azure CDN offering is designed to optimise performance of content and applications deployed and delivered on Azure.

As part of the companies' expanded relationship, Microsoft is also launching various services that include Akamai's CDN, acceleration and security solutions. Microsoft enterprise customers will be able to purchase any Akamai offering as "self-select" options through the Azure portal or as part of their organisation's Microsoft enterprise agreement. In addition, customers will receive integrated service and support from Microsoft and Akamai.

"The Azure CDN combines the cloud services of the Azure platform with the delivery advantages of Akamai's world-class and massively-distributed CDN," said Bill Staples, corporate vice president for the app platform at Microsoft Azure. "Further, Azure customers can leverage Akamai's unique CDN, acceleration and security product portfolio that can be managed and purchased through a single enterprise agreement."

Microsoft customers are expected to be able to purchase an Azure CDN offering and deploy onto the Akamai Network architecture via the Azure portal starting in early 2016.