Akamai acquires Inverse to boost IoT security services By IANS | Published on Mon, Feb 1 2021 19:57 IST | 0 Views Akamai. (Photo: Twitter/@Akamai). Image Source: IANS News San Francisco, Feb 1 : Cloud service provider Akamai on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire Montreal-based Inverse, an open-source consulting and integration company, for an undisclosed sum. Akamai said that the acquisition is aimed to enhance its enterprise security capabilities and expand its portfolio of zero trust and secure access service edge solutions for Internet of Things (IoT). "By combining the Inverse device fingerprint data repository with Akamai's own security data from the 1.3 billion device interactions that take place daily across the Akamai Intelligent Edge security platform, we believe we can create an industry leading solution to apply zero trust controls and enhanced security to the full landscape of devices and workforce," said Dr Robert Blumofe, executive vice president, platform and general manager, enterprise division, Akamai Technologies.