Downdetector 和 Speedtest 以 12 亿美元的价格出售给埃森哲。
Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2B

原始链接: https://www.theverge.com/tech/889234/downdetector-ookla-speedtest-sold-accenture

埃森哲宣布达成一项价值 12 亿美元的协议,从 Ziff Davis 手中收购 Ookla 及其相关平台,包括 Downdetector 和 Speedtest。 埃森哲计划整合 Ookla 庞大的网络数据,以帮助政府和企业客户安全地扩展人工智能计划。虽然此次收购将扩大 Ookla 诊断工具的覆盖范围,以支持云服务提供商和人工智能超大规模企业,但埃森哲已确认将继续按现状运营这些平台。 该交易尚需监管部门批准,还包括 Ekahau 和 RootMetrics 等其他 Ookla 旗下的实体。Ookla 首席执行官 Stephen Bye 指出,与埃森哲的合作将有助于公司扩展其网络数据业务并增强全球连接。于 2014 年收购 Ookla 的 Ziff Davis 将作为交易的一部分剥离这些资产。

埃森哲(Accenture)宣布以12亿美元收购Ookla。Ookla是Speedtest、Downdetector、Ekahau和RootMetrics的母公司。 此次收购旨在增强埃森哲协助通信服务提供商及企业优化5G和Wi-Fi网络的能力。尽管Hacker News上的一些观察人士对该高估值表示质疑,认为这些单一工具可以以极低的成本复制,但另一些人则强调,其真正的价值在于Ookla长期积累的海量专有数据集。凭借每月超过2.5亿次的测试量,Ookla提供了关于全球网络性能、地理连接情况及用户行为的独特洞察。 用户讨论指出,Ookla的护城河并非技术复杂性,而是其市场主导地位、SEO优势以及数十年根深蒂固的数据采集能力。通过收购这些平台,埃森哲获得了一套强大的分析工具,能够深入洞察支撑全球通信的数字基础设施。
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Downdetector and Speedtest — the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds or see if an online platform may be down — will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, the consulting and IT services provider Accenture announced that it has agreed to acquire the Ookla-owned platforms from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion, as reported earlier by Reuters.

In the press release, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says the company will use Ookla’s products to capture data that will help “clients across business and government scale AI safely.” Ziff Davis, which owns CNET, IGN, and Eurogamer, acquired Ookla in 2014. Ookla’s other products include Ekahau, which makes software for network design and troubleshooting, along with RootMetrics, a platform that measures mobile network speeds.

Following the acquisition, which is still subject to regulatory approval, Ookla’s data will be used to assist cloud service providers and AI hyperscalers, though Accenture tells Ars Technica it will continue to run the Ookla “business as it operates today.”

“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,” Ookla CEO Stephen Bye says in a statement.

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