Akamai Selects Fireclick to Speed www.akamai.com; Netflame Provides Quick, Fail-Safe Web Site Acceleration.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2000 Fireclick, Inc., a startup leading the way in speeding "last mile" Web access for consumers, today announced that Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKAM AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. (stock abbreviation) AKAM Automated Key Access Machine ), the leading Content Delivery Service Provider (CDSP (Content Delivery Service Provider) A global network that provides faster delivery of Web pages over the Internet. Using servers stationed around the world with duplicate content, the server closest to the user's request is the one that responds. ), has deployed its award-winning Netflame(TM) application service on www.akamai.com, to further accelerate the thousands of page views per day on the Company's Web site. Netflame turbo-charges Web sites by using proprietary algorithms to track and analyze end user clickstream The trail of mouse clicks made by a user performing a particular operation on the computer. It often refers to linking from one page to another on the Web. patterns. The application service pre-downloads content elements to the user's browser cache that are "most likely" to be requested with the next mouse-click. As a result, Web pages are delivered with split-second timing, generating increased individual page views, thus resulting in higher revenues and more satisfied customers for e-commerce and content Web sites. "It is vital to Akamai's continued success, and to its more than 2,800 customers and many prospects, to provide the fastest possible access to service information, updates and company news," said Irwin Weiss, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at Akamai. "Netflame was deployed in a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
Fireclick and Akamai formed a strategic alliance in June, through which Akamai delivers content for www.fireclick.com using its FreeFlow(SM) service and will provide Fireclick's functionality as part of future Akamaizer(SM) software versions. In October, Fireclick announced its participation as a Portal Technology Partner in the I.AM.AKAMAI(SM) customer service delivery initiative. "Akamai and Fireclick are 'walking the walk' together," said Ram Srinivasan, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Fireclick. "Both sites -- www.akamai.com and www.fireclick.com -- are 'Akamaized(SM)' and 'Fireclicked', so customers are able to see what an accelerated Web experience is like, once again demonstrating that Fireclick and Akamai are collaborating to provide a completely integrated solution." About Fireclick, Inc. Backed by funding from Menlo Ventures, Atlas Venture, and Thomas Weisel Partners Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG), often shortened to just TWP or TWeisel, is a U.S. middle-market and growth focused investment banking firm based in San Francisco, California. , Fireclick drives the success of e-commerce by providing software that speeds Web access for consumers. Its flagship products, server-based Blueflame and the Netflame application service, resolve the inherent slowness associated with the Web by correcting the "last mile" problem. By predictively pre-downloading pages or elements of pages to a user's browser cache, both Blueflame and Netflame accelerate content delivery, improving the online experience for consumers and generating increased loyalty and revenues for B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business or B2C e-commerce B2C e-commerce The conducting of commerce by companies, government agencies, and institutions with consumers over the Internet. Amazon.com is typical of a company engaged in B2C e-commerce. and content sites. For more information, please visit Fireclick's Web site at www.fireclick.com. Note to Editors: Fireclick and Netflame are trademarks of Fireclick, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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