Akamai Helps Leading Software Companies Succeed at Using the Internet for Digital Asset Distribution.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2002

Enables Cognos, McAfee.com, Network Associates, PowerQuest, Sybase,

Others to Maximize Revenues and Simplify Infrastructure

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a leading provider of secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software, today announced rising customer demand for its digitized download solution. A robust outsourced infrastructure solution, Akamai's digitized download offering manages the complex process of delivering digital assets to end users in a highly reliable and consistent fashion from the Internet's edge while simplifying IT infrastructure requirements for e-business operations.

As companies have come to realize the reach and cost effectiveness of the Internet as a distribution vehicle, many have turned to the Web to offer software to their customers. Yet, Jupiter Media Metrix has reported that nearly 50 percent of Internet users responding to a Jupiter consumer survey have stopped using a preferred site for some amount of time because of performance difficulties and poor customer experience. Such abandonment can have a dramatic effect on an enterprise's bottom line, reducing revenues and increasing expenses associated with infrastructure build-out, customer support, and marketing.

To fully exploit the advantages of the Internet for digital file distribution, Akamai's massively distributed global platform and expertise in optimized content and application delivery have enabled customers including Adobe, Cognos, McAfee.com, Network Associates, PowerQuest, Sybase, and Trend Micro, among others to distribute software files, such as applications, updates, and demonstrations, with dramatically increased download success rates and efficiency to clients.

"Akamai's digitized download solution and scalable infrastructure not only provide an effective way for Network Associates to distribute its critical security applications and patches to millions of global customers, but its integrated business intelligence tools provide us with immediate, relevant business insight, enabling us to better evaluate our online efforts," said Antony Rawlins, senior IT manager, Network Associates.

"Digital asset distribution is growing at a rapid pace with distributed computing models like Akamai's driving this growth while helping software leaders and other companies to succeed at e-business," said Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, global sales, services, and marketing, Akamai. "As companies increasingly adopt Internet and intranet technologies to support their online operations, Akamai is becoming a significant trusted supplier to enterprise customers' complex infrastructure needs."

Available independently or as part of the Akamai EdgeSuite(SM) set of services, Akamai's solution for digital file distribution offers unprecedented opportunities to leverage the Internet as a distribution channel, resulting in expanded customer reach, significant cost efficiencies, and time-to-market advantage. Akamai's digitized download services simplify IT planning, guarantee reliable digital downloads from the edge, and provide relevant feedback and timely business intelligence. These services are built on the Akamai Platform and make the Internet a reliable and effective platform for conducting e-business.

About Akamai

Akamai is a leading provider of secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software. These services and software enable companies to reduce the complexity and cost of deploying and operating a uniform Web infrastructure while ensuring unmatched performance, reliability, scalability and manageability. Akamai's services give businesses a distinct competitive advantage and provide an unparalleled Internet experience for their customers. Akamai's intelligent edge platform for content, streaming media, and application delivery comprises more than 13,500 servers within over 1,000 networks in 66 countries. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services and industry-renowned customer care to hundreds of enterprises worldwide, including dozens of Fortune 500 businesses. For information on Delivering a Better Internet(SM), 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, general economic conditions, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service and technology products, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, Akamai's ability to protect its intellectual property rights and inventions from third party challenges, and other factors that are discussed in the Akamai's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.