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Microsoft Seen Targeting Akamai To Get Edge On Amazon

Microsoft (MSFT) could acquire Akamai Technologies to better compete with Amazon.com in cloud infrastructure services, theorizes Oppenheimer in a 2016 telecom outlook. Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai’s (AKAM) content delivery network (CDN) speeds up video streaming, e-commerce transactions and business software downloads over the Internet. “Akamai would be a viable acquisition target for Microsoft as it looks to compete with Amazon Web Services in