Akamai Announces Expanded Relationship With America Online.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2002 America Online See AOL. selects Akamai as a scalable extension to its Web infrastructure; Agreement includes broadening of Akamai's footprint within AOL's global network Akamai Technologies Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is a company that provides a distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. , Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. (stock abbreviation) AKAM Automated Key Access Machine ), the leading provider of edge computing Edge computing provides application processing load balancing capacity to corporate and other large-scale web servers. It is like an application cache, where the cache is in the Internet itself. solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company. AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. will use the Akamai EdgeSuite(SM) service to enhance the performance and reliability of its content. "AOL is committed to ensuring a superior user-experience for our members," said Mark Muehl, vice president of Internet Operations at America Online. "Akamai's global network and technology platform for delivering Internet content and distributed applications were instrumental as we considered a technology partner to extend our infrastructure. Our relationship with Akamai supports our efforts to efficiently supply consumers with personalized information relevant to their daily lives." Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, Global Sales, Services, and Marketing, at Akamai said, "America Online continues to redefine the Internet's potential through its innovative approach to connecting, informing and entertaining people around the world. We are excited to assist AOL in enhancing the experience of their brand-loyal subscribers as AOL utilizes our services across their various content properties." The agreement between Akamai and America Online consists of the following components: -- AOL and its affiliate properties will be able to more easily take advantage of a range of Akamai's services. -- Akamai will broadly deploy its edge servers within AOL's backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. worldwide. In addition, these Akamai servers will also act as a private content delivery network (PCDN) for AOL members. In concert with AOL's existing proprietary technologies, this PCDN will further speed delivery of AOL's popular content to its users through Akamai's extended global reach. About Akamai Akamai is the leading provider of edge computing solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets. These solutions enable customers to achieve optimal results from their e-business initiatives, thereby reducing the cost of ownership, improving return on investment, and creating new revenue streams. Akamai's globally distributed edge computing platform comprises more than 12,900 servers in more than 1,000 networks in 66 countries, ensuring the highest levels of availability, reliability, and performance. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , Akamai provides services and world-class customer care to hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and leading e-businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.akamai.com. Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, any material, unexpected increases in Akamai's use of funds, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service and technology products, lack of market acceptance of new services, including EdgeSuite, a failure by us to successfully enter into any license, technology development or other technology partnership agreement within the time periods expected by us or at all, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , and other documents periodically filed with the SEC. |
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