Akamai Technologies has acquired Xerocole, a privately held provider of recursive DNS functionality to expand its DNS product portfolio beyond the company's existing Authoritative DNS products to meet the needs of customers and network partners. Xerocole's intelligent recursive DNS technology was designed to provide carriers with security, speed, and the ability to dynamically and flexibly set DNS policy and user preferences.
According to Akamai, as more devices continue to connect to the Internet, end users are increasingly expecting near instant, secure, and reliable access, wherever they are.
We see this acquisition as an important investment in engineering talent and technology that is intended to complement our DNS product portfolio and strategy. We believe that Xerocole has some of the best DNS experts in the industry and that recursive DNS has strategic value to the Akamai Platform and to each of our business units. Xerocole's technology is expected to strengthen our value to our major carrier and network partners.
