Owners
Asavie is the Dublin company founded in 2004. Its flagship product - a software platform for ensuring the increased security and performance mobile and IoT-infrastructures.
History
2020: Acquisition by Akamai Technologies company
The Akamai Technologies corporation, service provider for acceleration of websites, provider of platforms of content delivery and applications, announced on October 27, 2020 acquisition of the Irish system provider of security for mobile and Asavie IoT-networks.
Among partners firm there are AT&T, IBM, Microsoft, Verizon, Samsung, Vodafone and Telefonica.
In particular, the platform allows to automate creation "the self-sufficient, protected network services using which secure access through mobile is provided and the IoT-device to applications and data without need to set and configure client software programs. Such clientless architecture is especially effective for such regulated categories of business as health care, the financial sphere and education, - is specified in the press release of Akamai.
In the message of the company[1] is specified[2] also that the pandemic of COVID-19 forced to pass at least some business industries into the "office everywhere" mode, and the safe environment and functions of secure access to corporate resources is for this purpose necessary. Quickly unrolled, scalable cloud solution appears very opportunely here.
Akamai said that acquisition of Asavie and its developments will allow to strengthen the strategy of protection of 5G networks.
In view of universal deployment of networks of fifth generation their security becomes especially discussed subject, especially considering that the basis of Internet of Things will be formed also over time by 5G networks. The largest providers and solution providers for mobile and IoT-networks are interested in the means and technologies allowing to secure a 5G connection both from practical, and for competitive reasons. Especially if technologies managed to prove with earlier protocols of wireless communication, |
At the conclusion of the transaction money at the disposal of Akamai was used only, securities and other assets do not appear in the agreement.