Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced the Company has acquired Cyberfend (https://cyberfend.com/), an innovator in bot and automation detection solutions for web and mobile environments, in an all cash transaction. The acquisition is intended to further strengthen Akamai’s existing bot management and mitigation services.
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