By In this video, Billy Thompson, Cloud Engineering Manager at Akamai, discusses Akamai’s approach to distributed cloud computing. He explains that distributed cloud involves moving cloud-native applications from central data centers to the edge. He highlights the complexity of current methods and how Akamai, after acquiring Linode, aims to simplify and make distributed cloud computing accessible, affordable, and scalable for all types of businesses.
Guest: Billy Thompson (LinkedIn)
Company: Akamai (Twitter)
Show: To The Point
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This summary was written by Emily Nicholls.
