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Akamai Opens New Office in Toronto to Expand Business Operations in Canada

Akamai Opens New Office in Toronto to Expand Business Operations in Canada Image Credit: Akamai

Akamai Technologies, the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services,has announced the opening of its Toronto sales and services office to support the internet growth in the country. The new office at 901 King Street West will support employees focused on sales, services, engineering, and security, and will complement Akamai's existing Ontario location in Ottawa, said Akamai. The company added that it is hiring in bothToronto and Ottawa for engineering roles in the areas of Web Performance and Enterprise solutions.

Akamai's growth in Canada has expanded in the areas of financial services, media & entertainment, manufacturing, health care, public sector, and commerce, with Ontario being the province with the company's largest customer base.  

Gary Black, CTO, SHOP.CA
At SHOP.CA, we rely on Akamai's advanced technologies to power critical parts of our infrastructure. Akamai provides site acceleration, content delivery, mobile optimization and cloud-based security solutions that have underpinned SHOP.CA since the very beginning.  We have a great working relationship with Akamai and are excited at their announcement to open a Toronto office which will provide us with even greater access to their services and capabilities.  We've recently extended our relationship with Akamai to deploy their Ion service for greater site performance improvements.

Jim Ebzery, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Americas
The addition of our Toronto office is an important step as we seek to nurture and grow our customer base across Canada. By expanding our local operations, we are in a position to better address the needs of the market and our customer base in the areas of cloud security, web and mobile performance, and media delivery in Canada and the region, both directly and in collaboration with our local partners.

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