Bengaluru Oct 5 (IANS) Cloud delivery network provider Akamai Technologies on Friday announced the opening of its new facility in Bengaluru that would house more than 2 000 employees over the next few years.
Spread over a 250 000 square feet area and touted as Akamai s second largest across the world the facility will also house an Akamai Network Operations Centre an Akamai Security Operations Command Centre and a Broadcast Operations Command Centre to service customers in the region and across the globe.
"Akamai has had a presence in Bengaluru for more than a decade. We re proud of how our local team delivers meaningful innovation for the company globally and for customers locally helping Indian organisations harness the full power of the Internet " Dr Tom Leighton CEO Akamai said in a statement.

According to Prasad Mandava Managing Director India and Vice President Engineering Akamai the facility represents the company s continued commitment to its workforce in India.
"This facility stands as a testament to the culture of innovation and value that the India site brings to Akamai and its customers globally " said Mandava.
Akamai provides edge security web and mobile performance enterprise access and video delivery solutions.

--IANS na/bg