Akamai and Signiant Team for Digital Asset Delivery and Exchange.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE & BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 Signiant to incorporate Akamai's Digital Parcel Service (DPS Minicomputer series from Bull HN. 1. (language, text) DPS - Display PostScript. 2. (language) DPS - A real-time language with direct expression of timing requests. ["Language Constructs for Distributed Real-Time PRogramming", I. ) for advanced digital asset exchange solution 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 Signiant, Inc., the leading provider of Managed Content Exchange Services, today announced a strategic alliance to provide a comprehensive solution for cost-effective and efficient management and delivery of digital content. Signiant will leverage Akamai's Digital Parcel Service (DPS) to enhance the performance and reliability of digital asset distribution for Signiant's customers. Akamai's unique DPS technology provides access to Akamai's globally distributed network and intelligent routing capabilities that optimize the delivery of large digital files to end users worldwide. Signiant's Managed Content Exchange Service provides for the secure, automated and timely bi-directional exchange of mission-critical content between businesses. This content can be exchanged anytime, anywhere and integrates with existing business processes and systems. By incorporating Akamai's DPS, Signiant will enable its customers to extend the reach of their digitized assets while increasing performance and reliability of content delivered at no additional infrastructure expense. "As corporations are struggling to distribute and exchange their mission-critical content or `digital assets' with their customers, partners and suppliers, they require the ability to distribute content via the most efficient delivery model, whether that is browser-based downloads or an automated, managed exchange model," said Robert Browne This article is about the English writer. For the American potential serial killer, see Robert Charles Browne. Robert Browne (1540–1630) was the founder of the Brownists. He was born at Tolethorpe Hall in Rutland, England and educated at Stamford School. , senior vice president, strategic relationships, Signiant. "By bundling Akamai's DPS technology with Signiant's Managed Content Exchange Service, Signiant is now able to offer its customers a comprehensive solution for their Internet-based content distribution and exchange needs." "More and more businesses are realizing the potential of the Internet as a highly-effective distribution channel for digitized goods, and Akamai's globally distributed network and core content delivery technologies are ideally suited to help companies monetize their digital assets," said Chris Turner
Chris Turner (born September 15, 1958 in Sheffield, where he attended Myers Grove School) is an English football manager. , vice president, worldwide channel distribution, Akamai. "Signiant's complementary services and strategy for helping businesses better leverage the Internet make it an ideal addition to Akamai's global ecosystem, and we look forward to growing the relationship." About Signiant, Inc. Signiant is the leading provider of Managed Content Exchange Services to solve customers' critical need to manage and automate the exchange of their core digital assets in a secure, reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner. Signiant's solution allows businesses to exchange this mission critical content within and between customers, partners and suppliers across the Internet or dedicated IP networks - each being allowed to specify their individual business rules and requirements. For more information, go to www.signiant.com. Signiant is a Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony venture. About Akamai Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving thousands of customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 9,700 servers in 56 countries directly connected within 650 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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