Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sherman J Donald
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC [AKAM] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/29/2008
(Street)

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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
Restricted Stock Unit (1) $ 0 01/29/2008   A   20,000     (1)   (5) Common Stock 20,000 $ 0 20,000 D  
Restricted Stock Unit (2) $ 0 01/29/2008   A   10,000     (2)   (5) Common stock 10,000 $ 0 10,000 D  
Stock option (right to buy) (3) 01/29/2008   A   20,000     (4) 02/08/2018 Common Stock 20,000 (3) 20,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Sherman J Donald
C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142		       Chief Financial Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ J. Donald Sherman   01/31/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive one share of Akamai common stock. RSUs vest in equal 33% annual installments on the second business day following the date on which the Company releases its financial results for each of 2008, 2009 and 2010 if Akamai achieves certain corporate performance objectives during such years.
(2) Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Akamai common stock. Vesting of such RSUs is dependent on Akamai's achievement of cumulative revenue and earnings per share targets for fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the amount reported represents the maximum number of shares issuable.
(3) Such options will have an effective date of February 8, 2008. The exercise price will be equal to the closing sale price of Akamai's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on that date.
(4) Option vests as follows: 25% on February 8, 2009, and the remaining 75% vests in equal installments of 6.25% each quarter thereafter.
(5) Not applicable.

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