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Akamai Announces Plans for West Coast Office
"Our new offices will allow us to be closer to our strategic partners, West Coast customers and to a very talented pool of potential employees," said Paul Sagan, president and COO of Akamai.
In a separate release issued today, Akamai announced the hiring of two industry-renowned engineers that will begin work out of the West Coast office. Joining Akamai are Peter Danzig as Vice President of Technology, formerly with Network Appliance; and Chuck Neerdaels as Director of Engineering, formerly of Inktomi. Peter Danzig will head up Akamai's West Coast research & development activities.
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
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Company to establish presence in Silicon Valley; begins to fill positions in sales and research & development
CAMBRIDGE, MA, September 15, 1999 -- Akamai Technologies, which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance, announced today plans for the opening of a West Coast office in California's Silicon Valley. The new facility will house Akamai employees focusing on sales and research & development. Akamai's Silicon Valley office will open in the 4th quarter of 1999."Our new offices will allow us to be closer to our strategic partners, West Coast customers and to a very talented pool of potential employees," said Paul Sagan, president and COO of Akamai.
In a separate release issued today, Akamai announced the hiring of two industry-renowned engineers that will begin work out of the West Coast office. Joining Akamai are Peter Danzig as Vice President of Technology, formerly with Network Appliance; and Chuck Neerdaels as Director of Engineering, formerly of Inktomi. Peter Danzig will head up Akamai's West Coast research & development activities.
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
