India, Oct. 22 -- Akamai's latest customer wins point to a clear change in how businesses are choosing cloud infrastructure. Software providers, AI teams and media companies are looking for a mix of compute power, storage, performance and cost control rather than treating every workload the same way.

The company says software and SaaS businesses made up most of its new customers. Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), along with Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), accounted for most new customer additions. The announcement does not disclose total customer numbers or a growth rate, but the examples show the range of work moving to Akamai Cloud.

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