Akamai is not. I bet i you asked 10 random people what Akamai was they would never guess it, probably think it was new drug pfizer came out with or something
Revenue: Total revenue of $975.2 million representing an increase of 49% year-over-year.
GAAP net loss was $193.4 million compared to $260.3 million for fiscal 2021. GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.59, compared to $0.83 for fiscal 2021.
Akamai:
Revenue of $3.617 billion, up 4% year-over-year and up 8% when adjusted for foreign exchange. GAAP EPS of $3.26, down 17% year-over-year
Because they know they're up against the AWS, GCP and Azure's of this world....
So it's probably a touch of the "nobody got fired for buying IBM", i.e. they consider "Akamai" to have more clout on a proposal sheet than "Linode".
Of course nobody sensible reads anything into a brand name, but if you're trying to impress the customer's C-suite ....