Downdetector And Speedtest Sold To Accenture For $1.2 Billion

Downdetector and Speedtest — nan free platforms that let group connected nan web to quickly cheque net speeds aliases spot if an online level whitethorn beryllium down — will soon person a caller owner. On Tuesday, nan consulting and IT services supplier Accenture announced that it has agreed to get nan Ookla-owned platforms from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion, as reported earlier by Reuters.

In nan property release, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says nan institution will usage Ookla’s products to seizure information that will thief “clients crossed business and authorities standard AI safely.” Ziff Davis, which owns CNET, IGN, and Eurogamer, acquired Ookla successful 2014. Ookla’s different products see Ekahau, which makes package for web creation and troubleshooting, on pinch RootMetrics, a level that measures mobile web speeds.

Following nan acquisition, which is still taxable to regulatory approval, Ookla’s information will beryllium utilized to assistance unreality work providers and AI hyperscalers, though Accenture tells Ars Technica it will proceed to tally nan Ookla “business arsenic it operates today.”

“Joining Accenture will let america to standard our premiere web information business crossed nan world’s largest enterprises and accelerate our extremity of creating amended connected experiences,” Ookla CEO Stephen Bye says successful a statement.