Blog Cloud What’s Next for Akamai’s Cloud Computing Strategy Dr. Tom Leighton co-founded Akamai Technologies in 1998 and served as Akamai’s Chief Scientist until he became CEO in 2013. Under Dr. Leighton’s leadership, Akamai has evolved from its origins as a Content Delivery Network (CDN) into one of the most essential and trusted cloud delivery and cybersecurity platforms, upon which many of the world’s best brands and enterprises build and secure their digital experiences.  One year ago, we launched Akamai Connected Cloud , our massively distributed platform for cloud computing , security, and content delivery. Akamai is taking a fundamentally different approach to the cloud computing market than providers who base their platforms primarily on core data centers. Our strategy is to offer the world’s most distributed platform — placing compute, storage, database, and other cloud services closer to end users, devices, and sources of data.…