Akamai Teams With Road Runner to Enhance Internet Content Delivery Services Across Broadband Networks.Business & Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999 Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner Aims to Increase Broadband Performance With Akamai's Internet Content Delivery Services See CDN. 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. (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 ), which offers a global, high-performance service for the delivery of Internet content and applications, today announced a strategic alliance with Road Runner, a leading cable broadband online service, to enhance the delivery of Internet content to broadband subscribers over the Road Runner network. Akamai's services improve the speed, performance and reliability of Web properties and provide a more compelling online experience for end users. The collaborative efforts of Akamai and Road Runner underscore both companies' commitment to offering content providers and end users a better Internet experience. "Akamai recognizes the growth of broadband and understands the importance of delivering content over a broadband network," said Jonathan Seelig, vice president of strategy and corporate development, Akamai. "Our relationship with Road Runner will enable us to deliver content and applications to the broadband user base without the traditional slowdown caused by the core of the Internet. We look forward to working with Road Runner to make their fast last mile even faster." Through the deployment of Akamai servers across Road Runner's broadband connectivity network, Web content providers can take advantage of the capabilities of Akamai's powerful content and application delivery services for enhanced performance, reliability and functionality of their Web sites. This provides an entry point for Web site owners seeking to expand and deliver broadband content and applications over this rapidly growing network. "Exceptional Web performance is paramount for broadband users," said Karl Rogers, Road Runner's vice president of programming. "As a leader in delivering high-speed cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. online service, Road Runner has partnered with Akamai to further accelerate the delivery of Web content over our broadband network so our customers receive the best experience possible. We welcome Akamai to the broadband arena and look forward to a mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" partnership." About Road Runner Road Runner (www.rr.com) is a leading cable broadband online service, serving in excess of 420,000 customers as of Third Quarter '99. It is a joint venture among affiliates of Time Warner Inc., MediaOne Group, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Corp. and Advance/Newhouse. It combines the resources and strategic talent of five partners who are world leaders in media, broadband communications, computer software and hardware and publishing. The Road Runner character is a trademark and copyright of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. About Akamai Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. . Akamai provides a global Internet content and application delivery service that improves Web site speed and reliability and enables richer, more engaging Web site content. Currently, Akamai has deployed 1700 servers in 30 countries across 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool. 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 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 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, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service, a failure of its network infrastructure, the complexity of its service and the networks on which the service is deployed, the failure to obtain access to transmission capacity and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and other documents periodically filed with the SEC. |
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