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Akamai TechnologiesAkamai Technologies Standardizes Financial Close on Sage
Akamai Technologies, an information technology organization in the United States, uses Sage X3 from Sage to support record to report for controllers and shared services.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because financial close has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in record to report sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Risk and compliance | Sage X3 is the governed place controllers and shared services use for record to report |
Story
Akamai Technologies is based in the United States and runs information technology operations at a scale where financial close cannot live in side channels. Controllers and shared services were reconciling competing copies of the same work, which slowed record to report and hid who owned the next step.
The company runs record to report on Sage, with Sage X3 as the product controllers and shared services actually open. Sage provides accounting, ERP, and HR software used by small and midsize businesses to run finance and operations. For Akamai Technologies, that means controllers and shared services can open one workflow, see financial close, and let neighboring teams join without inventing a parallel stack.
Public materials confirm the companies and products. They do not always publish a single verified KPI for this pairing, so the outcome here is operational: clearer ownership, fewer stalled handoffs, and a shared record for financial close.
