Cotendo
{{Short description|Content delivery network}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2025}}{{infobox company
| name = Cotendo, Inc.|
| type = Private company|
| foundation = 2008|
| location = Sunnyvale, California, United States|
| logo = Cotendo logo.jpg
| products = Content Delivery
| homepage = http://www.cotendo.com
}}
Cotendo, Inc. was an American content delivery network{{cite web
|title=Updated List Of Carriers and Telcos Entering The CDN Market
|last=Rayburn
|first=Dan
|date=March 4, 2009
|url=http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/03/updated-list-of-carriers-and-telcos-who-have-entered-the-cdn-market.html
|accessdate=June 29, 2009}}
and an application delivery network{{cite web
|title=Launch of Cotendo, a new CDN / ADN
|last=Leong
|first=Lydia
|publisher=Gartner
|date=March 11, 2009
|url=http://blogs.gartner.com/lydia_leong/2009/03/11/launch-of-cotendo-a-new-cdn-adn
|accessdate=June 28, 2009}}
service provider. The company's headquarters was in Sunnyvale, California, with research and development based in Netanya, Israel. In March 2012, Akamai acquired Cotendo for over US$300 million.
Timeline
Cotendo was founded by Ronni Zehavi Udi Trugman, David Drai, in January 2008 with funding from Sequoia Capital.{{cite web
|title=Backed By Sequoia Capital, New CDN Cotendo Launching Early 2009
|last=Rayburn
|first=Dan
|date=October 2, 2008
|url=http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2008/10/sequoia-capital.html
|accessdate=June 29, 2009}}
On March 10, 2009, Cotendo launched their CDN service and announced a US$7 million second round of funding from Sequoia Capital and Benchmark Capital.{{cite web
|title=Cotendo launches "next generation" content delivery network
|last=Ha
|first=Anthony
|publisher=Venture Beat
|date=March 10, 2009
|url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/03/10/cotendo-launches-next-generation-content-delivery-network/
|accessdate=June 29, 2009}}
On March 6, 2012, Akamai acquired Cotendo for over US$300 million.{{cite web
|title=Akamai Completes Acquisition of Cotendo
|publisher=Akamai
|date=March 6, 2012
|url=http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2012/press_030612.html
|accessdate=March 31, 2012}}
See also
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