2022年初頭にアカマイが Linode を買収して以来、アカマイは両プラットフォームをひとつ屋根の下で統合することに尽力してきました。今回の Akamai Connected Cloudの発表により、Linode はアカマイのブランドに完全に統合されました。今後、Linode のサービスはアカマイのクラウド・コンピューティング・サービスと呼ばれることになります。
Akamai Connected Cloud とは？
Akamai Connected Cloud は、クラウドコンピューティング、セキュリティ、およびコンテンツデリバリーのための大規模分散型エッジおよびクラウドプラットフォームです。アカマイのクラウド・コンピューティング・サービスには、企業がオンラインで接続するあらゆる場所でアプリケーションやワークロードを構築、展開、および保護するために必要不可欠な、コンピューティング、ストレージ、ネットワーキング、データベース、およびコンテナ管理のクラウドサービスが含まれています。Akamai Connected Cloud 上で実行されるクラウド・コンピューティング・サービスにより、企業はワークロードやアプリケーションをコアからエッジまでコンピューティングの連続体全体に分散することができ、集中型クラウド・コンピューティング・プラットフォームが今日抱えるコスト、パフォーマンス、およびスケールの課題に対応することができます。
ミッションの拡大
Linode の使命は、クラウドコンピューティングをシンプルで手頃な価格で利用しやすくすることで、イノベーションを加速することでした。この使命はアカマイの大胆な新ビジョンの一部として継続され、現在では世界で最も分散されたクラウドプラットフォームの 1 つで、開発者が必要とするあらゆるサービスを提供しています。また、開発者は以下のサービスを利用できるようになります：
- 米国およびヨーロッパに、エンタープライズ規模のコア・クラウド・コンピューティング・サイトを新たに 3 カ所開設。既存の 11 のクラウドコンピューティングサイトに加え、新しいサイトはアカマイのバックボーンに接続され、地球上で最も分散されたエッジネットワークに接続されます。また、年間を通じて世界各地で展開予定の 10 カ所のコアサイトのテンプレートにもなります。
- 現在従来のクラウドプロバイダーによるサービスが十分に提供されていない、アクセスが困難な地域に基本的なクラウドコンピューティング機能を導入するためです。これらの地域では、アカマイのクラウドコンピューティング・サービスのサブセットを提供していますが、可用性とパフォーマンスに関しては同一です。
- クラウドのデータ転送に CDN のような経済性をもたらすことで、アカマイのネットワークの力を利用し、クラウドの Egress コストを引き下げる、積極的な新しいクラウド Egress 価格設定です。この新しい Egress 価格モデルは、ハイパースケーラーや代替クラウドプロバイダーに比べて大幅に割安な Egress レートを実現するよう設計されています。
- ISO、SOC2、HIPAA規格に新たに対応し、すぐに利用可能。
今後数ヶ月の間に、Linode のロゴが表示されていた場所にアカマイのロゴが表示されるなど、Linode での体験に外観上の変化が見られるようになります。また、2 つのサイト間の全体的な流れを改善し、Linode のシンプルさを維持するとともに、Akamai Connected Cloud 上で実行される新しいサービスを開発者や企業の皆様にご紹介できるよう努めています。また、製品ロードマップに基づき、他のデザインやユーザーエクスペリエンスも改善される予定です。今のところ、Linodeのソーシャルチャンネルに変更はありませんので、引き続きご利用ください。
しかし、開発者が好む価格性能、移植性、そして数々の賞を受賞しているサポートは変わりません。私たちは、お客様の信頼に感謝し、未来のために構築されたクラウド上でお客様のモダンアプリケーションの構築、セキュリティ、デプロイを支援できることに興奮しています。
コメント (72)
Could you translate to human-speak?
XY: The Linode brand is now Akamai Connected Cloud! We’re getting bigger, with 3 new cloud computing sites in the near future and 10 more rolling out before the end of the year. And, we’re getting better, with low-cost egress (bandwith or network transfer) prices and new security compliance. You can still expect the same service and award-winning Customer Support we’ve provided for years. Feel free to open a support ticket if you have any questions.
> we’re getting better, with low-cost egress (bandwith [sic] or network transfer) prices
Are we to assume this equates to a potential reduction relative to current Linode prices? Is this instead wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing-equivalent marketing-speak?
The original post only compares pricing improvements relative to “alternative cloud providers” (where Linode is already quite competitive).
I’d wager many customers are more curious to know, in plain English, if they should expect their billed network usage to increase assuming equivalent consumption.
Thanks!
Noah: The specifics on pricing have yet to be released, however, you should be able to find them on this blog once they’re available. As we mention:
Cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure are considered “hyperscalers”. We will continue to be as transparent and open as possible during the Akamai/Linode integration.
Many thanks for your reply!
I look forward to more information in the coming days then.
Excited to see new functionality arrive based on the Akamai platform, enhanced with Linode’s more approachable touch.
Hi there,
I created an account with you and verified it then I added my payment method correctly but you didn’t accept my account though. Is there anything I can do to get my account approved?
Thanks
Hani: If you received a cancellation email when you signed for an account, we suggest reaching out to us via email at support@linode.com to request a review. Be sure to include some account information in your message (name, username, etc.) along with the last 6 digits of the payment card you used to sign up. Keep in mind if we decide to uphold our previous decision, you will not receive a response from us. More information can be found in this post on our Community Questions site.
same problem
Here in Hawaii Akamai is easily understood. Used in Hawaiian Pidgin from Japanese for smart. So is a very smart brand!
End of an era.
Another possible title for this post could have been taken from this website: AKAMAI NUKES LINODE BRAND
https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2023/02/15/0740
Pretty sad.
From my point of view, Akamai brand makes it easier for me to sell the idea of using Linode to my customers. I’m more worried about Akamai acquisition nuking something else about the Linode service than the brand. 🙂 I mean historically, when companies get acquired, their service rarely improves.
Sad indeed.
I agree with this. I’ve trusted Linode for many years, and have been bitten in the past when a trusted host was acquired.
Slapping the Akamai logo where it clearly looks out of place is likely the first in many future changes that will ruin Linode and it’s offering. Time to start shopping around for me.
OMG AGREED! And I thought I was the ONLY person who noticed this!!! I mean seriously? Come on!!!
If Akami can’t even take the FULL % MInutes it takes to correctly scale and place their logo properly?!?!? OMGGG LIKE WOW the freaking AUDACITY MAN. Holy Cow this TRULY SPELLS THE END for Linode my friends.
This unfortunately is such a TIMELY and PERFECT example of the quality you can expect to see moving forward with Akami.
So terribly tragic and truly, JUST PLAIN SAD. Sad to see one of the only last remaining loyal and faithful brands out there to leave us and go….
Bye Bye Linode, WE ALREADY MISS YOU!!!!!
CRaSh aNd BURn TiMe. :(((((((((((((((((((((
Agreed. Akamai doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily as Linode and is more difficult for me to pronounce >_<
As much as Akamai won't like it, I think I'll still call them Linode, for the sake of my tongue.
Will the pricing of Linode increase after the change? Also what will happen to unused Linode account credit?
Hey Eric, we haven’t announced any pricing changes at this time. However, you can expect your unused Linode account credit to be valid until the expiration date or until you’ve used it up.
Less than 10 days ago, they said no pricing changes are announced.
What they were thinking was…
Price increases…
Hold My Beer.
20% increases on nearly all hosting.
100% increases on all ip addresses.
They just set the new bar for bitter beer.
Will there be any impact on existing users? Can we continue to enjoy the old school Linode experience or we are fxcked up?
Hey zzq, the experience of using Akamai Connected Cloud will be the same as using Linode and you can expect the same service and award-winning support you’ve gotten used to over the years. As with anything, changes and improvements are likely to come in the future so keep an eye on the blog for new announcements.
• “Aggressive new cloud egress pricing that uses the power of Akamai’s network to drive down the cost of cloud egress by bringing CDN-like economics to cloud data transfer.
If Linode customers wanted AWS, they’d be using AWS.
Pretty pissed about them nuking the brand name also. I love Linode and I love the reliability and knowledge they have. I hope it stays the same or I will probably have to go try out DigitalOcean.
I feel similarly to XY’s and Donovan’s comments in this thread.
First, I ended up here after trying to make sense of the email I just received regarding “root password requirements” … which made little sense in the context of a “VM”-style linode (unless you’re somehow subverting my root password hash and/or watching every shell command I type).
Second, after reading this, I also wondered about the future of the linode instance I’m running and whether I will be able to continue administering it as I have been as more so-called “cosmetic changes” are implemented (this never sounds good to me given the nonsense coming out of Apple, Google, and Microsoft).
This blog post made me feel uncomfortable and confused — not encouraged and confident. Instead of buzzword soup, I’d really appreciate some good news and support for those of us doing our work (our “mission”) successfully in a more traditional linode environment.
Gil K. Hey Gil – I can assure you, we do not watch each shell command you type. When your root password is reset using Cloud Manager or the API, a call to the API is made which resets the password. The email you received is letting you know there are now some security requirements for new passwords.
Regarding your existing instance, it’s not going anywhere unless you move it. You can expect the same service and support you received with Akamai Connected Cloud that you experienced with Linode. You can also expect some new and exciting improvements.
Everything would be fine if good technical support was provided.
But my experience in less than 10 days as customer is really very poor. Tickets open without any answer for more than 4 days and so on.
I know that Linode is a platform, and don’t require technical support regarding OS, etc, etc. But when things start to go wrong it would be great to have someone in the other side. And this does not happens!
Unfortunately I will have to search again for another provider, because Linode (or Akamai?) don’t seem to work 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. 365 days per year.
Very bad technical support, and when technicians answer us they only say that “the delay is because they care a lot for his customers”, so “they delay to make sure to provide the best answer possible”, and bla, bla, bla.
Hey Thaddeus – we are here 24/7. Our response time to tickets can fluctuate depending on the number of tickets we have open at any given time. We respond on a first-in, first-out basis. That said, we’re also available by phone for any urgent needs. The phone is the best way to get our eyes on a ticket or anything else you’d like addressed: 855-4-LINODE (855-454-6633), or Intl.: +1 609-380-7100.
This is sooooo important. I’m weary yet hopeful that Akamai will maintain the precedence Linode has set.
“ What won’t change is the price-performance, portability, and award-winning support that developers love. We appreciate the trust you put in us and we’re excited to help you build, secure, and deploy your modern applications on a cloud built for the future.”
Hopefully you won’t screw this up like RackSpace did when they acquired SliceHost back in the days.
A very bad approach indeed. You could have setup a new domain, cloned all pages and apps, rename and rebrand completely, test and launch, then redirect this domain. If you are going to change one by one, it’s very confusing and unpredictable. Now logo is changed, what next?! When will green become blue, or will it become orange?!
Oh… Boy… Here we go!
The bigger they get the less we seem to be wanting any part of it…
I wish my crystal ball was not so clouded by a litany of big mergers predicated on corporate greed, fully engaged in crafty tactical strikes on their own consumers, diluting every bit of value that exist as the reasons for consuming their products in exchange for a few positive quarters as to improve the upward mobility and career options of a few short sighted yet excessively dominant execs…
Only time will tell, but this doesn’t look promising…
I will keep all options on the table…
I’ve been reviewing Linode and considering switching a chunk of our several thousand dollar a month spend with Google Cloud Platform over and I agree with Donovan’s summary in his blog:
> “[Akamai] might pander to IT execs and decision makers, but engineers and tech people matter a lot in choosing this kind of service”
The Akamai brand and takeover doesn’t elicit warm feelings from me. In fact, quite the opposite.
I won’t claim to understand what they are trying to do from a marketing perspective, but it’s clear that their enterprise marketing lingo doesn’t align with what us small to mid-size customers are looking for. It reeks of enterprise lingo that’s commonly associated with increases in prices and decreases in service quality.
Was nice knowing you, Linode. Should have never sold out.
Linode has a great reputation. Why you’d want to throw away its good name (in both senses) I don’t know. This is a terrible idea.
Guess its time I give digital ocean a try.
Been using Linode since 2009. We haven’t found a reason to move and I hope it stays that way.
Now that Akamai is behind Linode, a CDN option is inevitable. Even Azure has Akamai as a CDN option, it seems backwards you need to go to a competitor just get access to your pay-as-you-go product.
A quand une solution grand public pour la Nouvelle Caledonie ? Akamai est déjà en présent en Nouvelle Caledonie pour Netflix, mais rien de disponible pour le public, que ce soit sur le site de Linode ou d’Akamai.
Very worrying and extremely negative feelings here too, The loss of the Linode brand is significant, and the rest of the statement does not bode well either. For a while i thought Linode would be the home for my systems and my clients, but now, i am really having other thoughts.
From the original blog post a year ago on acquisition:
“For the immediate future, we will continue to operate as we always have. Akamai has no intention of changing what has made us successful.”
A year later:
“We’re getting rid of every mention of Linode and replacing it with Akamai.”
The very brand is what made Linode successful.
Why do companies that acquire other companies feel they have to “integrate” the companies. Why can’t they be run as different entities working together?
This is sad. Just keep the Linode brand. I thought I was on the wrong website.
Feels like MBAs are now firmly in control of Linode, er Akamai Cloud. Time to find a new VPS host.
Hello, I used your product several years ago and have my own account number, but now I can’t find the account name and password. How can I find it now, because he is still withholding fees
lilanmei – If you’re having trouble logging in, we suggest filling out this form with any account information you have. Ideally, the Support Team can use the information you share in the form to help you locate your account.
Hopefully, the goal of this isn’t to kill. But I’m afraid it might happen anyway, just not in a way most people expect. Whenever I see an Akamai-related header in an http(s) response I literally want to rage-quit whatever integration I’m making at that time. Their anti-bot (and apparently human as well) system blocks the most random and stupid things possible, even Cloudflare isn’t that aggressive. I’m afraid that we might see more and more ToS related bullshit in Linode (accounts getting wrongfully terminated, random IPs getting blocked, etc)
Hi there,
Thieves!!!!!!
I created an account with you and verified it then I added my payment method correctly but you didn’t accept my account though. Is there anything I can do to stop you using my and others stolen data?
adrian As noted in our Privacy Policy, you may request that your personal information be deleted from Linode’s databases. I suggest reaching out to the Support Team via email (support@linode.com) to request this action.
You really need to address your acceptable use policy on bullying and organizing premeditated attacks on people with your service over non-http protocols.
I have an account, but I forgot my email address! can you help me find it
Hi Shanji! If you have forgotten your email (or username) you can use the following link to contact us for help:
– https://www.linode.com/support/contact/
You will submit as much detail about your account as you remember, as well as the last six (6) digits of your card on file, and then we can help provide account details and reset your email if necessary.
The Akamai branding is pretty horrible. I hope the management and decisions are better than the beading, but this blog post doesn’t give me hope.
>> Over time, you’ll also notice other design and user experience improvements based on our product roadmap
Where’s the roadmap? That should have a link. All this talk about serverless, kubernetes, etc, gives the illusion that a plain VPS full root access “standard linux installation” isn’t going to be in the long term roadmap as you transition to serverless technologies and move to app based containers.
Is this true? How long are people going to be grandfathered in? It’s not fair to talk about a roadmap and not link to it.
You did WHAT?
Akamai is just like Amazon, a bloated vacuum cleaner acquiring and killing anything that is a threat. Linode was by far the best hosting solution since their conception. Prioritizing speed and customer service for a fair price.
AWS is crap especially when it comes to database instances. Latency was garbage. Internal speeds between DB and frontend was not even close to Linode cheapest unmanaged plan (like 20% output)
Akamai backup solutions is overpriced garbage. Their web caching solution is a joke, there is no support and sometimes your page doesn’t update for days in a specific area while the rest of the world gets the new version. ZERO customer support.
Akamai will start using Linodes resources for their customers and it’s game over. Akamai doesn’t make Linode better, however Linode will make Akamai better by distroying everything that was special about it. Sorry to say but this is the end of Linode.
I think and they won’t let me register
Hey there – if you’re receiving “Signup Cancellation” messages after when you attempt to create an account, we suggest reaching out the Support Team via email at support@linode.com to request a review of your account. This post from the Linode Community Questions site titled My signup was flagged as “fraudulent behavior” has more information. Keep in mind, you’ll only hear back from us if we decide to overturn our initial decision.
I can’t register I got cancel
Am finding it difficult to create my new account i keep get cancellation message on signup like “Hello,
A recently created account with this email address was canceled by our automated systems. This was due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior. Additional attempts to sign up may also be rejected.
Linode” this please do allow other region like Nigeria
Hey there – Since you’re receiving those messages, we suggest reaching out the Support Team via email at support@linode.com to request a review of your account. This post from the Linode Community Questions site titled My signup was flagged as “fraudulent behavior” has more information. Keep in mind, you’ll only hear back from us if we decide to overturn our initial decision.
Super
please register my account
Hey there – If you’re having trouble creating an account we suggest reaching out the Support Team via email at support@linode.com to request a review of your account. This post from the Linode Community Questions site titled My signup was flagged as “fraudulent behavior” has more information. Keep in mind, you’ll only hear back from us if we decide to overturn our initial decision.
I’m done. No thanks!
Hey Tom – Sorry to hear you’re leaving the platform. If there’s anything you think we can do to make improvements, feel free to send your thoughts to feedback@linode.com.
I can’t log in to my account, I’ve already changed my password and it still won’t log in.
our services are all stopped, did you stop them ?
Hey Darlan – If you can’t login to your account, I suggest filling out this form and selecting the relevant option from the drop-down menu. This will allow you to get in touch with the Support Team. Alternatively, you can call into the Support Phone Line which is available 24/7:
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A phone call will be the fastest way to get your issue resolved.
Eu passei alguns dias sem fazer login e agora eu estou amando a nova plataforma Linode – Akamai.
Eu já usei Linode e agora voltei. Estou feliz com o desempenho do site, a facilidade que a Linode – Akamai proporciona e quero ficar aqui para sempre.
A única coisa que eu tenho a reclamar é o preço, mais alto que muitos concorrentes.
What is this and why am I being charged.
Hi Cheryl – If you have questions about your account or billing, I suggest getting in touch with the Support Team via email or the Support Line:
U.S. 855-454-6633
Global +1-609-380-7100
We have folks available 24/7 to answer your call and help answer your questions.
I just want to leave the service linode akamai is providing, I am no longer interested in it
Hi Pius – In order to close your account you can follow the instructions found in this guide. If you need further assistance, you can always give us a call:
U.S. 855-454-6633
Global +1-609-380-7100
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https://www.linode.com/what-is-cloud-computing/
https://www.linode.com/docs/products/platform/get-started/
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Recently, I have tried to purchase to subscribe for one of your product s, but unfortunately it has been identified as fraude, would you please clarify what is the problem.
Hi Bahram – If you’re having trouble creating an account we suggest completing the form below and choosing the option that says, “I received a Signup Cancellation email when creating an account”:
https://www.linode.com/support/contact/
This post from the Linode Community Questions site titled My signup was flagged as “fraudulent behavior” has more information. Keep in mind, you’ll only hear back from us if we decide to overturn our initial decision.