Akamai and Intel Online Services Join Forces to Offer Fast and Reliable Web Performance.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2000 Intel(R) Online Services customers to benefit from solutions powered by Akamai's industry-leading FreeFlow(SM) content delivery service, and FirstPoint(SM) service for global traffic management 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 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. ), and Intel Online Services, Inc., today announced that Intel Online Services will offer enhanced Internet content delivery solutions to its customers. The content delivery solutions will be powered by Akamai's FreeFlow and FirstPoint services. As e-Business demand continues to surge, the combination of Akamai's core technologies for enhancing Web site performance and reliability, and Intel Online Services fully managed application hosting capabilities, provide customers with a best-in-class solution for managing and delivering Web content. Intel Online Services, the Internet hosting services An Internet hosting service is a service that runs Internet servers, allowing organizations and individuals to serve content to the Internet. There are various levels of service and various kinds of services offered. A common kind of hosting is web hosting. subsidiary of Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking , provides a reliable, scalable application delivery platform to get complex e-Businesses up and running quickly. To meet world-class hosting demands on a global scale, Intel Online Services provides its managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality via a growing network of facilities that include the latest in hosting technology and design. By offering customers in the U.S., and in selected other international locations, the ability to deliver content via Akamai's global network of over 6,000 servers, Intel Online Services is further expanding its service offerings. "Intel Online Services provide e-Businesses with world-class Web and application hosting services that result in a repeatable, reliable foundation for today's mission-critical Web sites," said George Conrades, chairman and chief executive officer at Akamai. "This is an ideal relationship for Akamai as both companies share the same focus - helping today's leading e-Businesses run scalable, high-capacity Web sites that maximize the customer experience while continuing to drive revenue." "Intel Online Services is committed to managing the technical complexities of running an e-Business, freeing our customers to focus on their core competencies," said Mike Aymar, president, Intel Online Services. "Offering robust services to speed the delivery of content, powered by a recognized leader like Akamai, enhances the overall performance and reliability of our customers' online businesses. This adds to Intel Online Services' ability to deliver a broad range of services to those customers." Akamai's flagship FreeFlow service improves Web site speed, performance, and reliability by delivering rich Web content from Akamai's globally distributed network of servers located close to Internet end users. Akamai's FreeFlow service allows content providers to design sites with rich, engaging content without sacrificing performance. Akamai's FirstPoint service is the industry's most advanced global load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them solution for content providers with geographically distributed Web servers. Akamai's global network uses Intel Architecture-based servers that reside within 335 different networks in 54 countries. About Intel Online Services Intel Online Services, Inc., is an Intel subsidiary that intends to be a leading supplier of hosted Internet services, business applications, and e-Commerce services worldwide. For more information on Intel Online Services, visit www.intelonlineservices.com. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. About Akamai Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. , and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected within 335 different telecommunications networks. 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'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 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and other documents periodically filed with the SEC. |
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