Akamai’s Project Gecko merges network and cloud benefits for Edge applications

Akamai recently announced Project Gecko (Generalized Edge Compute), an initiative aiming to integrate cloud services to the edge. Alex Chircop, Chief Product Architect at Akamai, discusses the company’s acquisition of Linode, its latest announcement, and its focus on expanding Akamai's storage capabilities. On discussing Project Gecko, he says, “Akamai wants to successfully merge all of the benefits that we have from our network with the benefits of the cloud and effectively give application developers the best experience for an edge-native application or an edge-native environment.”