Network knowledge is not only a lifeline for the telecoms business; it now creates important worth throughout all sectors. As AI scales, the insights captured on the community, system, and software layers are important to improve fraud prevention in banking, sensible residence analytics in utilities, and site visitors optimization in retail. Ookla’s platform, which captures greater than 1,000 attributes per take a look at, supplies the inspiration for these insights.
“Modern networks have evolved from simple infrastructure into business-critical platforms,” mentioned Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture. “Without the ability to measure performance, organizations cannot optimize experience, revenue, or security. By acquiring Ookla, we will help our clients across business and government scale AI safely and build the trusted data foundations they need to deliver the reliable, seamless connectivity that creates value.”
Headquartered in Seattle, Ookla operates a portfolio of worldwide acknowledged manufacturers in connectivity. This deep technical visibility is important for:
- CSPs: Autonomous networks improve benchmarking and capital planning by leveraging real-time knowledge, predictive simulations, and AI-driven insights to optimize infrastructure investments and considerably scale back operational prices.
- Hyperscalers and Cloud Providers: To make sure the resilience of AI infrastructure and edge knowledge facilities which ship a lot of the inference workloads.
- Enterprises: To design and troubleshoot mission-critical personal 5G and Wi-Fi networks utilizing Ekahau’s specialised {hardware} and software program.
“With the Ookla portfolio, we will offer end-to-end network intelligence services essential for AI-based transformation,” mentioned Manish Sharma, chief technique and companies officer, Accenture. “Speedtest and RootMetrics define the experience; Downdetector identifies incidents faster; and Ekahau drives digital workplace transformation through superior Wi-Fi. In an era of omni-channel and agentic access, low-latency, zero-friction connectivity is a competitive necessity, and these tools give enterprises the power to build the high-performance environments they need.”
Founded in 2006 and a division of Ziff Davis, Inc., Ookla’s group of roughly 430 specialists makes a speciality of software program engineering, radio frequency engineering and knowledge science. Ookla’s knowledge platform is anchored by greater than 250 million consumer-initiated exams per thirty days, complemented by managed drive, stroll, and embedded testing choices. Together, these parts ship a wealthy and resilient mixture of high quality of service (QoS), radio frequency (RF) sign knowledge, and high quality of expertise (QoE) insights that reply extra connectivity questions and drive higher enterprise outcomes.
“Joining Accenture will allow us to scale our premiere network data business across the world’s largest enterprises and accelerate our goal of creating better connected experiences,” mentioned Stephen Bye, CEO, Ookla. “Our combined capabilities will enable us to more effectively serve CSPs, AI infrastructure providers, edge data centers and enterprise networks. Together, we will redefine how the world measures, understands and experiences connectivity.”
The acquisition is topic to customary closing circumstances, together with the receipt of required regulatory approvals. Terms of the transaction is not going to be disclosed by Accenture.
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