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MascoMasco Adopts Akamai for Network Operations
Masco, an industrials organization in the United States, uses Ion from Akamai to support network operations for network engineers.
Masco asked for a cleaner operating picture of campus and branch networking. Akamai is what they run.
“Network engineers needed a system that would still make sense after the original project team moved on.”
“Akamai operates a large edge platform for content delivery, application security, and microsegmentation.”
Independent write-up. Figures come from public sources or are illustrative.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because campus and branch networking has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in network operations sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Capability | New joiners can see how network operations actually runs |
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Inside Masco, network operations used to depend on whoever still had the latest file. That pattern is common in industrials groups working out of the United States. Network engineers needed a system that would still make sense after the original project team moved on.
Masco uses Ion from Akamai as the working layer for campus and branch networking. Akamai operates a large edge platform for content delivery, application security, and microsegmentation. The practical change is simple: network operations has a home, and reviews happen there instead of in a forwarded thread.
Nothing in this writeup invents a savings number. What Masco gets from Akamai is a durable place to run network operations and a way for network engineers to see the same campus and branch networking at the same time.
