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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HARATUNIAN MELANIE   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) EVP and General Counsel (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC, 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/21/2014 (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 Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 01/21/2014   M   654 A $ 0 81,450 D   Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 01/21/2014   M   2,862 A $ 0 84,312 D   Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 01/21/2014   M   2,491 A $ 0 86,803 D

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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 Units (1)

$ 0

01/21/2014

M

971

(2)

(3)

Common Stock

971

$ 0

0

D

Restricted Stock Units (1)

$ 0

01/21/2014

A

4,365

(4)

(3)

Common Stock

4,365

$ 0

4,366

D

Restricted Stock Units (1)

$ 0

01/21/2014

A

3,696

(5)

(3)

Common Stock

3,696

$ 0

3,697

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HARATUNIAN MELANIE C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142			EVP and General Counsel

Signatures

/s/ Melanie Haratunian		01/21/2014
**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 upon vesting.
(2)	RSUs vest over three years in three equal 1/3 installments on each of January 19, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
(3)	Not applicable.
(4)	Vesting of such RSUs was dependent on Akamai's achivement of a specified normalized earnings per share target for fiscal year 2012 and certain designated mission critical goals. To the extent such targets were met, the RSUs vest in two equal 50% installments on the second and third anniversaries of the grant date.
(5)	RSUs vest in three 33% annual installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant (January 19, 2012).

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