Akamai and Internap Expand Relationship to Offer Next-Generation Internet Content Delivery.Business/Technology Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2001 Internap to increase options for customers through resale of Akamai's EdgeSuite(SM) service INTERNET WORLD - 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: 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 Internap Network Services Corporation Internap Network Services Corporation, commonly referred to as Internap, provides computer network routing services and operates several data colocation centers throughout the world. (Nasdaq: INAP (Intelligent Network Application Part) An IN (Intelligent Network) protocol used in a European SS7 network to query databases for a variety of functions not related to call setup and tear down. INAP uses the ASN.1 standard for defining message content. See SS7 and ASN.1. ), the leading intelligent routing services provider, today announced an expansion to the companies' existing relationship through which Internap will offer Akamai's EdgeSuite(SM) service as a value-added offering for its customers. Akamai's EdgeSuite service leverages Akamai's global, fault-tolerant network and incorporates whole site delivery, local and 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 and content routing in one integrated offering. As businesses look for more cost-effective methods of managing Web infrastructure, the combination of Internap's intelligent routing through the Internet's core and Akamai's integrated suite of managed edge services creates an optimal solution for customers looking to maximize performance while leveraging infrastructure investments. "The Internap--Akamai relationship has already proven valuable for mutual customers that have demanding Web site delivery requirements The stipulation that requires that an item of materiel must be delivered in the total quantity required by the date required. ," said Alan Norman, vice president of corporate development for Internap Network Services. "We're pleased to offer the benefits of Akamai's EdgeSuite service as part of our on-going efforts to provide the best possible performance and reliability to our customers." "Internap's intelligent core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. plus Akamai's managed edge services equal a winning combination for our customers," said Chris Turner
Chris Turner (born September 15, 1958 in Sheffield, where he attended Myers Grove School) is an English football manager. , vice president, channel distribution, Akamai. "Internap helps Akamai traffic transit the Internet's core in the fastest, most reliable manner, while Akamai efficiently delivers content to the end-user from the Internet's edge." Internap's Overlay Network A logical network that runs on top of another network. For example, peer-to-peer networks are overlay networks on the Internet. They use their own addressing system for determining how files are distributed and accessed, which provides a layer on top of the Internet's IP addressing. monitors the traffic situation over all the major Internet backbones and routes mission-critical data in a faster, more reliable and more managed fashion than conventional Internet technology. Akamai's EdgeSuite offering is an integrated suite of services that allows Web sites to reap the performance, scalability, and reliability benefits of content delivery across an entire Web site - including static and dynamic content, embedded objects, streaming media, and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. . The EdgeSuite service enables the generation and delivery of all forms of content from optimal locations for each end user. Internap customers will be able to realize the benefits of massive scalability and 100% Web site availability via Akamai's globally distributed network, while cost-effectively off-loading vital Web infrastructure. As part of their strategic alliance announcement in December, Internap became a reseller of Akamai's FreeFlow(SM), FreeFlow(SM) Streaming, FirstPoint(SM), and EdgeScape(SM) services, which offer businesses the benefits of rapid, reliable content delivery, high-quality streaming media delivery, geo-location functionality, advanced global traffic management, Web usage reporting, and other performance benefits. Akamai, already an important Internap customer, significantly increased its connectivity commitment to Internap and is strategically collocating content delivery servers at Internap Service Points. The agreements were designed to result in faster and more reliable content delivery for Internap and Akamai customers' Web sites, and more efficient market access to the technologies offered by Internap and Akamai. About Internap Founded in 1996 in Seattle, Internap provides Internet connectivity that is faster and more reliable than conventional Internet service. Internap's patented route management technology provides direct data transmission across the major Internet backbones through a single connection from a customer's network to one of Internap's Service Points. Internap's customers bypass congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. points on the Internet, avoiding packet loss, latency and other difficulties that can plague conventional Internet connectivity. Internap services are currently available in numerous key markets throughout the United States including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Jose and Seattle. Major companies and networks served by Internap include The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. , Datek Online, Colgate Palmolive, Earthlink, Travelocity and many others. Internap(R) and P-NAP(R) are registered trademarks of Internap. All other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.Internap.com. About Akamai Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving more than 3,600 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 8,000 servers in 55 countries directly connected within 473 different telecommunications networks. Internap "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. " 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 of 1995: This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Internap with the SEC, specifically the most recent filings on Forms S-1 and S-3, and its periodic reports, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, Internap's history of operating losses and expected future losses, Internap's limited operating history, fluctuations in Internap's quarterly operating results, Internet infrastructure and regulatory changes, volatility of stock price, deployment of new Service Points, integration of acquired businesses and rapid technological and market change. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Internap on the date hereof, and Internap assumes no obligation to update such statements. Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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 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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