Akamai Increases Software Delivery by More Than 100 Percent in One Year.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Enterprise and consumer software, anti-virus, and electronics customers among leading industries leveraging Akamai's services for cost-effective, reliable software delivery 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 NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AKAM AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. (stock abbreviation) AKAM Automated Key Access Machine ), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, today announced significant traction on its global platform for the high-performing and reliable Electronic Software Delivery service. Customer adoption of the Akamai(R) Electronic Software Delivery solution resulted in an over 100 percent increase in total software downloads delivered in 2004. Akamai Electronic Software Delivery provides businesses with a highly scalable and cost effective platform for their electronic software distribution needs. Demonstrating the growth within the electronic software market, IDC estimates that "the value of software delivered electronically worldwide will grow from slightly more than $1.5 billion in 2003 to more than $8.8 billion in 2008." Akamai has experienced a significant expansion to its software delivery customer base over the last year, including adoption by many enterprises that have built their business models entirely on servicing their customers through electronic software. Related Akamai customers span a variety of industry verticals, and include leading businesses such as ACD Systems Incorporated in 1989, ACD Systems Ltd. evolved into a software developer for the nascent CD-ROM cataloguing industry. It was realized that a key technological advantage could be found if ACD provided the fastest software JPEG decoder on the market. , Apple, Ashampoo, Borland, Cognos, Discreet dis·creet adj. 1. Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect. 2. Free from ostentation or pretension; modest. , Intervideo, Norman Data Defense, Roxio Software, Sourcenext and Sybase, among others. "The accelerated growth of electronic software distribution is inevitable," said Amy Konary, Director Software Pricing, Licensing and Delivery at IDC. "As key capabilities for Electronic Software Delivery mature and software purchasers look for additional cost savings and management tools, Electronic Software Delivery will increasingly become an integral part of the worldwide software market." As Electronic Software Delivery grows to become a preferred method by businesses to reach their customers, partners and suppliers, numerous challenges exist for ensuring scalability and worldwide performance. Businesses that offer online downloads of evaluation software, patches, full product updates, new product orders, beta products, software drivers, and anti-virus updates, often face the high cost of infrastructure necessary to support reliable and consistent software distribution. "The growth of the Electronic Software Delivery market can be attributed to a large number of companies, including traditional software vendors, consumer electronic companies and anti-virus vendors, that increasingly leverage the power of the Web to distribute software online," said Lisa Arthur, chief marketing officer at Akamai. "A globally distributed platform allows companies to realize maximum speed, performance enhancements and reliability for their electronic delivery needs, ultimately reducing costs and improving global reach." Enterprise & Consumer Software Many software companies are increasing the frequency of their software application releases to improve functionality and security. As the size and frequency of software updates increase, the volume of traffic associated with downloads is increasing at a corresponding rate. The growing trend is to deliver as much software electronically as possible, in order to save costs. Discreet, a leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company, develops products that are used extensively in films like Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, and The Last Samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was , as well as in video post-production, games, animation, multimedia, television programming, and advertising commercials. When Discreet launched a new version of its popular software, the marketing team knew that in order to drive future revenue and protect its strong brand image, they needed to guarantee a successful online product introduction. A critical component of the campaign was its evaluation software launch--a version of the new release that customers could download from the discreet.com Web site. "With Akamai's help, Discreet successfully enabled the largest online distribution of software in company history, delivering evaluation software to more than 45,000 unique international users in the first 30 days of trial, more than double the anticipated number," said Liseanne Gillham, Discreet's online and telesales telesales Noun the selling of a commodity or service by telephone telesales npl → televentas fpl telesales npl → senior marketing manager. Anti-Virus Anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f companies distribute regular updates to their virus definition files, which allow the system to identify viruses on a daily or weekly basis. These companies have requirements for high volumes of software distribution as well as high levels of scalability. Norwegian-based Norman ASA Norman ASA (OSE: NORMAN) founded in on October 1, 1984, is active within the field of data security. With products for antivirus (virus control), personal firewall, antispam, and encryption. provides an array of security solutions, including antivirus Refers to detecting and blocking computer viruses. See antivirus program, behavior blocking, virus and virus hoaxes. , anti-spam and personal firewall software for banks, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , PC vendors and other organizations, helping to protect their customers against online threats, such as virus and worm attacks and intrusions. Norman ASA relies on Akamai Electronic Software Delivery to deliver downloads of critical security updates and software to customers in a highly reliable and consistent fashion from the Internet's edge. Akamai's ability to provide capacity on demand enables Norman ASA to support widely varying end-user traffic without additional infrastructure build-out. Electronics As consumer electronics, PC peripherals, and other hardware devices (PDAs, cell phones, MP3 players A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. , digital cameras, printers) increasingly become Internet- and networking-enabled, these devices require software and driver updates on a regular basis. These consumer devices can have millions of users, and the overall volume of software that needs to be distributed is quite high. This has led numerous electronics and hardware manufacturers to adopt the Akamai Electronic Software Delivery solution to ensure reliable and cost-effective distribution of the software updates that complement their offerings. For more information on the Akamai Electronic Software Delivery solution, please visit http://www.akamai.com/en/html/industry/technology.html About Akamai Akamai(R) is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. More than 1,200 organizations have formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenue and reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their online businesses. Leveraging the Akamai EdgePlatform, these organizations gain business advantage today, and have the foundation for the emerging Web solutions of tomorrow. Akamai is "The Trusted Choice for Online Business." For more information, visit www.akamai.com. 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