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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit has set a briefing schedule for Verizon and MetroPCS' challenge of the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality rules, and that schedule suggests there won't be a decision until sometime in 2013.

About the Job Technical Project Managers at Akamai require a strong technical background, excellent client and project management skills, proven ability to do hands on technical work when needed, and ability to lead technical projects and technical teams.

The convergence of cloud and mobile trends has created demanding new challenges for IT departments to support global users accessing applications from many different devices.

Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed a brief in a U.S. District Court in New York City supporting Aereo, which is the target of a suit by broadcasters.

Munich, 24 May 2012 Akamai Technologies GmbH, a leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today announced that Siemens Industry, a division of Siemens AG, is using Akamai Web Application Accelerator in support of the company's global deployment of Microsoft SharePoint.

No witnesses yet, but both RepublicanA Federal Communications Commission commissioner Robert McDowell and the Obama-appointed head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration Larry Strickling have very definite opinions on the subject.

NATPE named Rod Perth as its new president and CEO on Monday. Perth replaces Rick Feldman, who moved to a consultant role at the end of April .

National Cable & Telecommunications Association president and CEO Michael Powell kicked off The Cable Show here on Monday, pointing to cable's strong contribution to the national infrastructure and economy, while attempting to silence critics calling for more industry regulation.

Yottaa , the Boston-based startup which aims to speed up website performance, netted $9 million in Series B funding from initial investors General Catalyst Partners, Stata Venture Partners and Cambridge West Ventures as well as some new-but-unnamed backers.

Based in New York, Powell will have oversight of the network's current programming slate.

The Motion Picture Association of America has named Marc Miller senior vice president, content protection and the Internet.

ESPN's Michelle Beadle is headed to NBCUniversal, where she will contribute to multiple platforms, including Access Hollywood and NBC Sports.

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Google expects to close its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility within the next two business days, after the deal was approved late last week by Chinese antitrust regulators.

Shares of Akamai Technologies, Inc. ended the trading session lower by $0.65 or -2.2% from its previous close.

Video-processing solutions vendor Elemental Technologies is debuting a server aimed at cutting bandwidth and storage needed for multiscreen-video distribution, by packaging streams closer to end users.

Akamai has created a digital operating environment for the Web. Our global platform of thousands of specially-equipped servers helps the Internet withstand the crush of daily requests for rich, dynamic, and interactive content, transactions, and applications.

Senior Industry Marketing Manager - Media and Entertainment Location: US-CA-San Mateo Posted Date: 3/19/2012 Cost Center: AAA Category: Marketing ID: 525-131-AAA About the Job The Senior Industry Marketing Manager for M&E will be responsible for devising the go-to-market strategy for Akamai's largest industry segment in the Americas region.

Here's a roundup of some of some of this week's headlines from the content delivery network sector: Limelight introduces Orchestrate framework.

Elbit Systems : Barclays reiterated its rating of Equal Weight for this company and changed its price target from $46 to $42. Coach : Barclays reiterated its rating of Overweight for this company and changed its price target from $82 to $90. Akamai Tech : Canaccord Genuity reiterated its rating of Hold for this company and changed its price target ... (more)