Akamai Establishes Public Sector Advisory Board; Luminaries in the Public Sector to Bring Federal, State & Local, Defense, and Industry Experience to New Board.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a provider of services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure, today announced the formation of a Public Sector board of advisors comprised of leaders in the federal, state & local, defense, and industry sectors. Initial members of Akamai's Public Sector Advisory Board include:

-- Richard A. Clarke, former Special Advisor to the President for

Cyber Security in the current Bush Administration, and a

senior security official in the Clinton and George H.W. Bush 

White Houses;

-- James Eccleston, former Under Secretary of Defense for

Acquisitions and Logistics with the Department of Defense;

-- Tom Hewitt, past President and Founder of Federal Sources

Inc., and former Vice President of Computer Sciences Corp.;

-- Don Upson, former Secretary of Technology for the State of

Virginia; and former Chief of Staff of the House Government

Operations Committee, in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Members of the Akamai Public Sector Advisory Board will have an opportunity to work together to examine and recommend solutions to issues facing government agencies in the areas of infrastructure protection, information assurance, and security, to name a few. In addition, the advisory board will counsel Akamai on market opportunities within federal and state & local government agencies, business strategy, and the development of technologies that anticipate and meet public sector requirements.

"We are thrilled to have access to the collective experience and vision of this distinguished group of government and industry leaders," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "This Board will provide invaluable insight to enabling Akamai to further its success and commitment to strengthening the protection, reliability, and performance of critical Web infrastructures within the public sector."

Richard A. Clarke was most recently Chairman, President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, and Special Advisor to President George W. Bush for Cyber Space Security. As Chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, Clarke was the driving force behind the development of the National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space. Clarke has been a member of the National Security Council since 1992 and has been in government service for over 30 years.

James T. Eccleston is President, Federal Sector of Advanced Software Design Inc. (ASD), a leading e-business solutions integrator. Eccleston's background in government and military includes serving as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics), Supply Chain Integration, the Pentagon. He was responsible for the full-scale implementation of supply chain business practices across the Military Services and Defense Logistics Agency, as well as integration between the supply chain process and acquisition. Eccleston began his civil service career in 1984 with Headquarters, United States Air Force in the Directorate of Logistics, the Pentagon.

Tom Hewitt is currently the founder and CEO of Global Governments, Inc., a company focused on strategic planning and marketing in the international government information technology marketplace. In 1984, Hewitt founded Federal Sources Inc. (FSI) as a market research and consulting firm focused on IT in the federal government. Prior to FSI, Hewitt held senior executive positions with Kentron, Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Business World, Inc. and Boeing Computer Services. Hewitt was appointed by Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore to the Commission on Information Technology in 1998.

Don Upson is an independent consultant, and former Virginia Secretary of Technology. Upson has also served as a senior vice president of webMethods Federal, and vice president of Litton PRC. Upson gained national fame in 1998 as the first Secretary of Technology appointed in the United States, a position that has since been replicated in other states. Upson served Governor James Gilmore as Secretary of Technology during Gilmore's four years in office, and continued in that position until March 2002, under newly-elected Governor Mark Warner.

Government agencies that currently rely on Akamai include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Government Printing Office, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, and the Voice of America, among others.

About Akamai

Akamai(R) provides services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.

Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 

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 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, changes in the Company's market focus and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.