Akamai, the company you probably mostly think of as a content delivery network but that also offers security and edge computing services, today announced that it has acquired Linode. The price of ...

The attackers who compromised Web hosting provider Linode used a zero day vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion and were able to access the company’s database, source code and customers’ credit ...

Linode, the popular cloud hosting company, is now switching to metered billing as well. Existing users will still be able to switch or they stick to their pre-paid monthly plans.

The acquisition will expand Linode’s reach to pretty much everywhere, since Akamai’s network is present in 135 countries. Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.