Earnings Review: Akamai Continues To Fire On All Cylinders

The outperformance was driven by an exceptionally strong holiday season, as people increasingly took to the web for shopping, streaming videos, accessing social media, playing games and downloading software on newly purchased as well as existing mobile devices. As a result, the company saw increased media traffic growth and strong demand for its value-added services such as security solutions and app accelerators. These services have high margins, which suggests that despite the commoditization ...