Akamai and Loudcloud Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Industry-leading Internet Content and Application Delivery.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Loudcloud to resell Akamai Internet content delivery services See CDN. to expand Smart Cloud service offering 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 foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. , and applications, and Loudcloud, Inc., a leading provider of Internet infrastructure services for eBusinesses, today announced that Loudcloud will offer its customers Akamai's global Internet content delivery services as part of Loudcloud's suite of Internet business infrastructure services, known as Smart Cloud(TM) services. Akamai provides Internet content, streaming media and applications delivery services that transform the Internet from an inconsistent transport medium into a high-performing network. In addition to reselling Akamai's core Internet content delivery services: FreeFlow(SM) and FreeFlow(SM) Streaming services, Loudcloud intends to also resell Akamai's latest offering: EdgeScape(SM) services (introduced today in a separate release by Akamai). "Akamai and Loudcloud share the same focus -- helping eBusinesses run scalable, high-capacity e-commerce sites that, in addition to weathering peak loads, continually deliver phenomenal customer experience and drive revenue," said Chris Turner
Chris Turner (born September 15, 1958 in Sheffield, where he attended Myers Grove School) is an English football manager. , vice president of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales at Akamai. As a result of the relationship with Akamai, Loudcloud has added a Content Distribution Cloud(TM) service that provides customers with access to Akamai's high-performance, global network that significantly improves the performance when delivering Internet content and quality when delivering streaming media. The Content Distribution Cloud service is the newest of the offerings in Loudcloud's suite of industry-leading Smart Cloud infrastructure services. The combination of Smart Cloud services and Akamai technology enables Loudcloud to offer its customers its highly reliable and scalable infrastructure services with the full benefit of Akamai's global and fault-tolerant network. "Loudcloud enables eBusinesses to focus on making their business successful because we focus on making their technology operations successful," said Scott Dunlap, vice president of product management at Loudcloud. "Together, Loudcloud and Akamai offer a compelling content acceleration solution that gives our customers best-of-breed, highly scalable and reliable infrastructure services." About Loudcloud Loudcloud, Inc. was formed in September 1999 to build and run best-of-breed infrastructure services designed for high-growth Internet businesses, ASPs, and Fortune 500 companies. Founded by some of the Internet's most respected leaders, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen (person) Marc Andreessen - The man who founded Netscape Communications Corporation in April 1994 with Dr. James H. Clark. Andreessen has been a director since September 1994. and former Netscape/AOL executives Ben Horowitz, Tim Howes Tim Howes is the co-inventor of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), the Internet standard for accessing directory servers. The main purpose was to handle situations that the X.500 protocol suite could not address. X. and In Sik Rhee, the company's Smart Cloud(TM) services provide the complete suite of software, hardware, network and operations infrastructure -- including procuring, architecting, and managing these core components -- as a turn-key service. These Smart Cloud services leverage Loudcloud's proprietary Opsware automation technology to deliver unprecedented levels of scalability and reliability for a broad base of customers. For more information on Loudcloud, please visit our Web site at www.loudcloud.com. About Akamai Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media, and applications, serving over 1,000 Web properties. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 4,000 servers in over 45 countries directly connected to more than 160 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool. 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 forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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. Note to Editors: Loudcloud, the Loudcloud logo, Cloud, Smart Cloud, Content Distribution Cloud, are all service marks and trademarks of Loudcloud. All other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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