CNN.com Teams with Akamai to Deliver Record Traffic on Election Day.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Akamai's content delivery platform helps CNN.com deliver more than 670 million page views in 24-hour period beginning on November 2nd, Election Day 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 ) today announced that its services were used to help enable millions of users to stay informed throughout CNN's online coverage of Election Day 2004. CNN.com used Akamai's content delivery services See CDN. to serve up-to-the-minute election coverage to a record-breaking audience. During the 24-hour period beginning at 4 p.m. EST on November 2nd, CNN.com delivered more than 670 million page views, resulting in a single-day record for CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. .com's coverage of a Presidential election. Akamai's EdgeSuite(R) service and scalable platform helped CNN.com provide a fast and reliable user experience to more than 8.9 million visitors who accessed the news site during Tuesday, November 2, 2004 and Wednesday, November 3, 2004. CNN.com has been utilizing the Akamai EdgeSuite service to deliver content to their worldwide audience. "CNN is recognized as a worldwide leader in news and information delivery," said Paul Sagan, president of Akamai. "Having worked closely with CNN.com on many major media events in the past, we're very excited to see that this election created record demand for up-to-the-minute online results." "CNN.com is committed to ensuring a superior experience for our audience," said Monty Mullig, senior vice president of CNN Internet Technologies. "Akamai's EdgeSuite service for delivering Internet content complements our existing infrastructure. We have always recognized Akamai as a leader in content delivery, and their relationship with CNN.com helps us deliver the most reliable, high-performance online news service." About Akamai Akamai(R) is a global leader of distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on-demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations Web operations is a domain of expertise within IT systems management that involves the deployment, operation, maintenance, tuning, and repair of web-based applications. With the rise of web technologies since mid-1995, specialists have emerged that understand the complexities of - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. For more information, visit www.akamai.com. |
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