Akamai Technologies, a leader in cybersecurity and cloud computing, has partnered with Cloudinary to enhance video management and delivery. This strategic alliance integrates Cloudinary’s AI-powered video solutions into Akamai’s Video Manager, addressing the growing demand for high-quality video experiences across devices and channels. Cloudinary also joins Akamai’s Qualified Compute Partner Program as an Independent Software Vendor, leveraging Akamai’s globally distributed cloud platform.
Akamai and Cloudinary announce a strategic partnership to enhance video delivery.
Cloudinary’s AI-powered video solutions will power Akamai’s Video Manager.
Partnership addresses video performance optimization and post-production challenges.
Cloudinary joins Akamai’s Qualified Compute Partner Program as an ISV.
Collaboration enables scalable, high-quality video experiences across industries.
Akamai’s cloud platform supports Cloudinary’s video solutions for global reach.
The partnership introduces Cloudinary’s AI-driven video capabilities to Akamai’s Video Manager, simplifying video management for businesses. This integration tackles common challenges like performance optimization and time-intensive post-production tasks. By leveraging Cloudinary’s technology, Akamai customers can deliver fast, customized video experiences tailored to diverse devices and platforms, meeting the rising demand for seamless video content in enterprise and consumer applications.
Cloudinary brings over a decade of expertise in managing and delivering high-performing video content at scale. Supporting more than 1 billion videos for thousands of customers, Cloudinary enables a range of use cases, including micro-videos on product pages, live streaming, and user-generated content. This collaboration ensures Akamai customers can efficiently manage video-rich experiences, enhancing engagement and conversions across industries like retail, media, and e-commerce.
"Video is at the center of millions of enterprise and consumer engagements every day, and these experiences must be fast, flawless, and customized for every viewer and touchpoint," said Gary Ballabio, Vice President, Strategic Technology Partnerships, Cloudinary.
As part of the Akamai Qualified Compute Partner Program, Cloudinary’s services are interoperable with Akamai’s cloud computing solutions. The program ensures that partner services are rigorously vetted for compatibility and scalability on Akamai’s distributed platform. This enables customers to access a robust ecosystem of complementary services, delivering performance and cost benefits through a single global platform.
"Akamai is pleased to make Cloudinary’s AI-powered video solution available to Akamai customers through the Akamai Qualified Compute Partner Program," said Dan Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Cloud Computing, Akamai.
The alliance between Akamai and Cloudinary empowers businesses to create engaging video experiences that drive user satisfaction and business outcomes. By combining Cloudinary’s video expertise with Akamai’s global cloud infrastructure, the partnership supports industries in achieving faster time-to-market and higher ROI, with Cloudinary customers reporting up to 203% ROI through improved engagement and conversions.
This collaboration marks a significant step in delivering scalable, high-performance video solutions, enabling businesses to meet evolving digital demands with confidence.
Cloudinary is the image and video platform that enables the world's most engaging brands to deliver transformative visual experiences at global scale. More than two million users and 10,000 customers, including Adidas, Bleacher Report, Etsy, Fiverr, Grubhub, Minted and Paul Smith rely on Cloudinary to bring their campaigns, apps and sites to life. Backed by an ecosystem of more than 300 partners, integrations and plug-ins, Cloudinary's AI-powered image and video solutions offer a single source of truth for brands to manage, transform, optimize, and deliver engaging visual content to anyone, anywhere. As a result, brands across all industries are seeing up to a 203% ROI with benefits including faster time to market, higher user satisfaction and increased engagement and conversions.
Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai's full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world's most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence.
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