Akamai Acquires Janrain, Inc.
January 24, 2019
Akamai Technologies has completed its all-cash acquisition of Janrain, a pioneer in customer identity and access management (CIAM). The deal integrates Janrain’s Identity Cloud into the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform to add identity management and risk-based adaptive authentication capabilities to Akamai’s security and edge offerings.
- Buyers
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Targets
- Janrain, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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