Akamai and Conference Archives Help American Heart Association Go Digital with Sessions Science OnDemand; Web-Distributed Content Resource Met with High-Demand.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- 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, and Conference Archives, developers of innovative solutions for archiving conference and meeting content, today announced that they supported the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. in offering more than 2,600 presentations online from its Scientific Sessions 2004 annual conference. The presentations were accessed from nearly 90 countries in the first 30 days following the conference, using 70 different language-speaking browsers. The 27,000+ attendees at November's event in New Orleans, LA are able to access and view presentations from more than 2,600 sessions on the Internet for up to one year leveraging Sessions Science OnDemand(SM) and the Akamai EdgeSuite(R) service. The audio recordings, synchronized slide images and searchable transcriptions are available to attendees who purchased the product at www.sessionsscienceondemand.org. The material is critical to continued education and to the sharing of new and emerging scientific information. "The Scientific Sessions event features more than 40 concurrent sessions. Researchers, clinicians and other healthcare providers now have the opportunity to take this premier, four-day event and keep it alive for an entire year, accessing and applying this information wherever and whenever," said Vice President, Meetings, Leigh Ann Stockard, of the American Heart Association. "The availability of this product means that attendees can greatly extend the value of the content made available at the conference." The Akamai EdgeSuite service enables the generation and delivery of dynamic content that can be targeted and delivered from locations optimized for each end user. Given today's challenged IT budgets, the EdgeSuite service allows businesses to cost-effectively extend their critical Web infrastructure across Akamai's global platform, while retaining control of the business intelligence necessary to provide the optimal user experience. "Capturing content of this type is not new. The true challenge is to provide our Flash-based, fully synchronized and searchable product for more than 2,600 sessions quickly," said Todd Wagner, 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 Conference Archives, Inc. "Attendees benefit from accessing the content of sessions they were not able to experience on site, and the association benefits by offering additional attendee value. Without the partnerships we have with quality organizations like Akamai, archives of this nature would not be as reliable, or as immediately accessible on a consistent basis around the globe." "The usage statistics we've seen so far indicate an information-hungry global audience," said Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Arthur, of Akamai. "We are pleased to assist Conference Archives in offering this service to its clients and in ensuring that the online presentations are easily accessible, quickly downloaded in a Flash format and always available." About Conference Archives Conference Archives, Inc., located in Johnstown, PA, provides innovative solutions for capturing content, and distributing the results through its media delivery platform on the Web and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Conference Archives is most widely known for its contributions to the meetings industry through its ConferenceOnDemand(TM) and ConferenceCompanion(C) archiving products of annual meetings for the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA PCMA Professional Convention Management Association PCMA Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA Professional Coaches and Mentors Association PCMA Paired Carrier Multiple Access PCMA Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology ), Meeting Professionals International (MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface ), and the Convention Industry Council (CIC CIC circulating immune complexes. CIC Circulating immune complexes. See Immune complexes. ). 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. Akamai Statement 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 The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. 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