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Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by jb1991 »

selcuka wrote: post #162
jb1991 wrote: post #155

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For me, it’s the opposite. Strangely, I’ve never heard of Akamai until this post, but I’ve known about Linode for years.

You should either be an executive, or over 40 to have heard of Akamai. They were all the rave in the beginning of 2000s, but these days they don't need advertisement anymore.

> You should either be an executive, or over 40 to have heard of Akamai.

Well, this premise doesn't apply to me, but there are a lot of people in the world, and we are not all the same. From looking at the other comments here, appears I'm not the only one who is new to Akamai.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by devoutsalsa »

asim wrote: post #205
jonwinstanley wrote: post #204

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I was using a standalone niche host in the Uk called TSOHost who seemed quite good. They recently announced they were shutting down their cloud hosting and gave just 45 days notice to move sites. Funny part was that the way they gave their customers notice was flawed and most customers didn’t receive any email from them. I wish a sense of deflation was the only issue I’d had!

Yea that's pretty painful. I recently had to shutdown a service for my startup but I left the infrastructure running. People will gradually transition out and the traffic will go to zero. Not everyone can afford that luxury. I just made it explicitly clear there's no ongoing maintenance or support.

I once heard a guy say the best way to get people off your platform was to just keep raising the price. Make a fortune off the few that stick around with fewer customers to keep happy.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by time4tea »

Personal experience is that akamai is very expensive, has poor api integration, and limited set of real world features (especially regarding certificate management, for example), poor response times when "expert" is needed, and experts needed often due to lack of api... Didn't know about this acquisition, seems like a bad outcome. YMMV, of course.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by newjersey »

xenonite wrote: post #218
amichal wrote: post #215

I used to be a happy linode customer. Commercial clients didn't want to use them since they didn't check the compliance checkboxes/certs. Akamai's rebranding claims all of these. Just tried to signup for a "free account" to check it out. Painful 4 step onboarding: social sign in, phone verification via SMS, billing method verification, mailing address (that didnt like a trailing space in zipcode) Final screen was a "…

I canceled the signup progress with a bank because of a similar reason. Then I asked for deletion of my data. The customer service agreed and said that it will be deleted. However, they are still sending me newsletters. How should I trust this bank then? Guess I won't reevaluate, too.

World Remit kicked me out and canceled my transaction because I didn’t realize soon enough that Ally Bank now requires me to reply with yes to a text message every time I make a big transaction with my debit card.

World Remit has closed my account but still sends me marketing emails every three days.

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Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by pc_edwin »

It is difficult to comprehend the rationale behind the decision to abandon a longstanding and well-known brand name that has endured for over two decades, and replace it with the rather awkward and unappealing moniker of "Connected Cloud."

One might reasonably question the wisdom of such a decision and its potential impact on the perception of the brand by consumers.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by corobo »

bastardoperator wrote: post #176
lamontcg wrote: post #120

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> When I think Linode, I think developer, small consultancy, etc. When I think Akamai, I think enterprise. Yes, they're clearly trying to sell cloud services into their enterprise customers. Because small developers/consultancies have small pockets, and enterprises have large ones. It makes perfect sense as business strategy. But it requires understanding that you don't matter to them (you are not the main character…

It doesn't make any sense from this vantage point. Akamai thinks they can sell me Linode at enterprise prices? LOL, that's not happening.

No, Akamai wants to sell enterprise users at enterprise prices. They would prefer you stop using them if it's anything less.

If anyone has tried to use Akamai for anything without an impressive budget behind them I imagine they can confirm this theory.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by herbst »

dachryn wrote: post #209
geuis wrote: post #181

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This is what I've been worried about since the acquisition. I've been a loyal customer for over a decade and hosted jsonip.com there for 12 years. Now I seriously need to look for alternative hosting if/when the corpo overlords decide to start changing the offered products.

I've been with DigitalOcean for a very long time, their prices seem comparable to Linode, I always saw them marketed more or less the same. In fact, I don't even know why one would pick Linode over DigitalOcean or vice versa

Same with Vultr if anyone still looking for options. Their new AMD power line is really worth looking into.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by corobo »

type0 wrote: post #199
RussianCow wrote: post #190

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And people who "just" want a VPS are probably not Akamai's target market, so I think they're fine with the tradeoff.

Alienating existing customers is a terrible strategy

It's been working for them for 25 years so far.

Akamai doesn't want you as a customer if you're not spending millions a year. It's not worth their time.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by kodisha »

fomine3 wrote: post #214
onei wrote: post #195

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It's less about brand awareness and more about telling customers upfront what it does. If I'm an Akamai customer that's never heard of Linode, maybe I ignore "Akamai Linode" because I've no clue what it does. If I hear "Cloud Computing Services", I know exactly what that offering is likely to entail from the name alone - Compute as a service. The downside with this approach is that you lose any brand awareness of Lin…

It's now called "Akamai Connected Cloud". I don't know what is "Connected Cloud". I'll guess that it's something like CRM for businesses or IoT BaaS.

It could have been AkaLino, but chance wasted, sigh....
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