Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion

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

In the property release, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says the institution volition usage Ookla's products to seizure information that volition assistance "clients crossed concern and authorities standard AI safely." Ziff Davis, which owns CNET, IGN, and Eurogamer, acquired Ookla successful 2014. Ookla's different produc …

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