Form 4 Filed by Sagan Paul on May 02, 2008

This form 4 (insider trading filing) was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by insider Sagan Paul on May 02, 2008. The CIK number of this insider is 1035440. At the time of this reporting, Sagan Paul is the President and CEO of Akamai Technologies Inc . See all insider stock transactions reported by Sagan Paul and all stock buys, sales, and option exercises made by insiders at Akamai Technologies Inc . The stock ticker symbol of Akamai Technologies Inc is AKAM.

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SAGAN PAUL (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER (Street) CAMBRIDGE MA 02142 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC [ AKAM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/30/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	04/30/2008		M		20,000	A	$0.9	43,845	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	04/30/2008		S ( 1 )		20,000	D	$35.42	23,845	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share								289,295	I ( 2 )	See note
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share								6	I ( 3 )	See note

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock option (right to buy)	$0.9	04/30/2008		M			20,000	( 4 )	09/18/2012	Common Stock	20,000	$0.9	315,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Sale was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan adopted by Mr. Sagan on March 7, 2008.

2. Held by the Paul Sagan Revocable Trust. Mr. Sagan disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by the Paul Sagan Revocable Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Held in trust on behalf of Mr. Sagan's children.

4. Stock option became fully vested on September 19, 2006.

	/s/ Paul Sagan	05/02/2008
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