{"id":504012,"date":"2026-03-04T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/504012\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:18:10","slug":"downdetector-and-speedtest-sold-to-accenture-for-1-2-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/504012\/","title":{"rendered":"Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Downdetector and Speedtest \u2014 the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds or see if an online platform may be down \u2014 will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, the consulting and IT services provider Accenture <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.accenture.com\/news\/2026\/accenture-to-acquire-ookla-to-strengthen-network-intelligence-and-experience-with-data-and-ai-for-enterprises\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced that it has agreed<\/a> to acquire the Ookla-owned platforms from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/ziff-davis-sell-connectivity-division-accenture-12-billion-2026-03-03\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as reported earlier by Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In the press release, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says the company will use Ookla\u2019s products to capture data that will help \u201cclients across business and government scale AI safely.\u201d Ziff Davis, which owns CNET, IGN, and Eurogamer, acquired Ookla in 2014. Ookla\u2019s other products include Ekahau, which makes software for network design and troubleshooting, along with RootMetrics, a platform that measures mobile network speeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Following the acquisition, which is still subject to regulatory approval, Ookla\u2019s data will be used to assist cloud service providers and AI hyperscalers, though Accenture <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/03\/downdetector-speedtest-sold-to-it-service-provider-accenture-in-1-2b-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tells Ars Technica<\/a> it will continue to run the Ookla \u201cbusiness as it operates today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cJoining Accenture will allow us to scale our premiere network data business across the world\u2019s largest enterprises and accelerate our goal of creating better connected experiences,\u201d Ookla CEO Stephen Bye <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.ziffdavis.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/Ziff-Davis-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-Sell-Connectivity-Division-to-Accenture\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downdetector and Speedtest \u2014 the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,3,172,777],"class_list":{"0":"post-504012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-tech","11":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}