Akamai and OMS SafeHarbor Join Forces to Strengthen Electronic Software Delivery Offerings; OMS SafeHarbor to leverage Akamai's globally-distributed platform to optimize electronic software delivery for its customers.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & LOWELL, Mass. -- 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, today announced that it has signed a VAR partnership agreement with OMS OMS - Opportunity Management System SafeHarbor, a leader in Digital Product Lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. Management (DPLM) solutions. The agreement enables OMS SafeHarbor to provide its customers with a turn-key solution for optimizing software delivery by leveraging Akamai's unique, on-demand distributed platform. OMS SafeHarbor will make Akamai Electronic Software Delivery (ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. ) available as part of its overall solution set, including EntitleNow!(TM), a comprehensive solution that provides software publishers with an efficient and auditable workflow process to digitally assemble, entitle, and deliver their licenses and products. Akamai will provide OMS SafeHarbor with a highly-scalable and cost-effective platform to leverage for their customer's electronic software distribution needs. Akamai's global platform of over 15,000 servers provides customers with cost savings, increased scalability, and performance improvements via increased software download completion rates. "As a leader in shaping how businesses release, manufacture, entitle, and deliver their digital products, OMS SafeHarbor excels at providing solutions that enable companies to increase their time-to-market with software releases and upgrades, and realize various cost savings as a result," said Peter Spiliakos, Vice President of Global Channels, Akamai. "The combination of EntitleNow! functionality and Akamai's Electronic Software Delivery results in a more complete solution for a target market that both companies are pursuing -- software publishers." Using OMS SafeHarbor and Akamai, software firms can decrease time to market, increase customer satisfaction, and enhance the tracking metrics over all aspects of product delivery. By leveraging the relationship with Akamai, OMS SafeHarbor customers will benefit from the global coverage and support provided by the Akamai Platform. "We have teamed with Akamai to provide our customers, software developers and publishers, a more robust engine to deliver their products to customers," said Keith Caveney, 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. , OMS SafeHarbor. "Akamai's global platform will rapidly become a seamless component of our total solution that provides scale, performance, and global reach when and where it is needed." Companies that invest in a DPLM framework from OMS SafeHarbor are able to exploit tangible, bottom-line deliverables in the following areas: --Centralized and controlled digital assets and intellectual property --Revenue recognition and customer entitlements reporting --Reduced time-to-market --Improved channel partner/reseller support --Reduced physical manufacturing and distribution costs --Increased flexibility in product configurations For more information on the Akamai Electronic Software Delivery solution, please visit http://www.akamai.com/en/html/industry/technology.html About OMS SafeHarbor Inc. OMS SafeHarbor Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. offering solutions and services that provide software publishers with an efficient and auditable workflow process to digitally assemble, entitle, and deliver their licenses and products. OMS SafeHarbor customers decrease their time to market and cost of goods sold Cost of goods sold The total cost of buying raw materials, and paying for all the factors that go into producing finished goods. cost of goods sold , and also increase customer satisfaction and visibility of customer activity. Founded in January of 2001, OMS SafeHarbor is based in Lowell, Massachusetts and has a team of successful high tech entrepreneurs, software architects and experienced managers. To learn more about OMS SafeHarbor, visit www.oms-safeharbor.com. About Akamai Akamai(R) is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. More than 1,800 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'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 effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure 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. , quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , and other documents periodically filed with the SEC. |
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