Fireside Chat with Akamai & Redpanda

To stay ahead of evolving threats at the edge, Akamai is rethinking how it collects, processes, and acts on security data in real time. At the heart of this transformation is the Cloud Security Intelligence team, which powers core products by ingesting telemetry from products like Akamai’s App & API Protector or Firewall for AI and turning it into actionable intelligence.

As part of their shift to Akamai’s internal cloud platform, the team replaced Confluent Cloud with Redpanda—a high-performance streaming engine that delivers lower latency, reduced cost, and simpler operations.

In this fireside chat, Yaniv Kunda, Senior Software Architect at Akamai, and Mike Boyarski, Chief Marketing Officer at Redpanda, share how the team rearchitected its pipeline to meet growing performance demands while cutting spend and future-proofing its platform.