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Akamai and Intel Online Services Join Forces to Offer Fast and Reliable Web Performance
As e-Business demand continues to surge, the combination of Akamai's core technologies for enhancing Web site performance and reliability, and Intel Online Services fully managed application hosting capabilities, provide customers with a best-in-class solution for managing and delivering Web content. Intel Online Services, the Internet hosting services subsidiary of Intel Corporation, provides a reliable, scalable application delivery platform to get complex e-Businesses up and running quickly. To meet world-class hosting demands on a global scale, Intel Online Services provides its managed services via a growing network of facilities that include the latest in hosting technology and design. By offering customers in the U.S., and in selected other international locations, the ability to deliver content via Akamai's global network of over 6,000 servers, Intel Online Services is further expanding its service offerings.
Intel Online Services, the Internet hosting services subsidiary of Intel Corporation, provides a reliable, scalable application delivery platform to get complex e-Businesses up and running quickly. To meet world-class hosting demands on a global scale, Intel Online Services provides its managed services via a growing network of facilities that include the latest in hosting technology and design. By offering customers in the U.S., and in selected other international locations, the ability to deliver content via Akamai's global network of over 6,000 servers, Intel Online Services is further expanding its service offerings.
"Intel Online Services provide e-Businesses with world-class Web and application hosting services that result in a repeatable, reliable foundation for today's mission-critical Web sites," said George Conrades, chairman and chief executive officer at Akamai. "This is an ideal relationship for Akamai as both companies share the same focus - helping today's leading e-Businesses run scalable, high-capacity Web sites that maximize the customer experience while continuing to drive revenue."
"Intel Online Services is committed to managing the technical complexities of running an e-Business, freeing our customers to focus on their core competencies," said Mike Aymar, president, Intel Online Services. "Offering robust services to speed the delivery of content, powered by a recognized leader like Akamai, enhances the overall performance and reliability of our customers' online businesses. This adds to Intel Online Services' ability to deliver a broad range of services to those customers."
Akamai's flagship FreeFlow service improves Web site speed, performance, and reliability by delivering rich Web content from Akamai's globally distributed network of servers located close to Internet end users. Akamai's FreeFlow service allows content providers to design sites with rich, engaging content without sacrificing performance. Akamai's FirstPoint service is the industry's most advanced global load balancing solution for content providers with geographically distributed Web servers.
Akamai's global network uses Intel Architecture-based servers that reside within 335 different networks in 54 countries.
About Intel Online Services
Intel Online Services, Inc., is an Intel subsidiary that intends to be a leading supplier of hosted Internet services, business applications, and e-Commerce services worldwide. For more information on Intel Online Services, visit www.intelonlineservices.com.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected within 335 different telecommunications networks.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
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 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 and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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| Jeff Young Akamai Technologies 617-250-3913 jyoung@akamai.com |
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Intel® Online Services customers to benefit from solutions powered by Akamai's industry-leading FreeFlowSM content delivery service, and FirstPointSM service for global traffic management
CAMBRIDGE, Ma. and SANTA CLARA, Calif. - November 3, 2000 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading Content Delivery Service Provider (CDSP), and Intel Online Services, Inc., today announced that Intel Online Services will offer enhanced Internet content delivery solutions to its customers. The content delivery solutions will be powered by Akamai's FreeFlow and FirstPoint services.As e-Business demand continues to surge, the combination of Akamai's core technologies for enhancing Web site performance and reliability, and Intel Online Services fully managed application hosting capabilities, provide customers with a best-in-class solution for managing and delivering Web content. Intel Online Services, the Internet hosting services subsidiary of Intel Corporation, provides a reliable, scalable application delivery platform to get complex e-Businesses up and running quickly. To meet world-class hosting demands on a global scale, Intel Online Services provides its managed services via a growing network of facilities that include the latest in hosting technology and design. By offering customers in the U.S., and in selected other international locations, the ability to deliver content via Akamai's global network of over 6,000 servers, Intel Online Services is further expanding its service offerings.
Intel Online Services, the Internet hosting services subsidiary of Intel Corporation, provides a reliable, scalable application delivery platform to get complex e-Businesses up and running quickly. To meet world-class hosting demands on a global scale, Intel Online Services provides its managed services via a growing network of facilities that include the latest in hosting technology and design. By offering customers in the U.S., and in selected other international locations, the ability to deliver content via Akamai's global network of over 6,000 servers, Intel Online Services is further expanding its service offerings.
"Intel Online Services provide e-Businesses with world-class Web and application hosting services that result in a repeatable, reliable foundation for today's mission-critical Web sites," said George Conrades, chairman and chief executive officer at Akamai. "This is an ideal relationship for Akamai as both companies share the same focus - helping today's leading e-Businesses run scalable, high-capacity Web sites that maximize the customer experience while continuing to drive revenue."
"Intel Online Services is committed to managing the technical complexities of running an e-Business, freeing our customers to focus on their core competencies," said Mike Aymar, president, Intel Online Services. "Offering robust services to speed the delivery of content, powered by a recognized leader like Akamai, enhances the overall performance and reliability of our customers' online businesses. This adds to Intel Online Services' ability to deliver a broad range of services to those customers."
Akamai's flagship FreeFlow service improves Web site speed, performance, and reliability by delivering rich Web content from Akamai's globally distributed network of servers located close to Internet end users. Akamai's FreeFlow service allows content providers to design sites with rich, engaging content without sacrificing performance. Akamai's FirstPoint service is the industry's most advanced global load balancing solution for content providers with geographically distributed Web servers.
Akamai's global network uses Intel Architecture-based servers that reside within 335 different networks in 54 countries.
About Intel Online Services
Intel Online Services, Inc., is an Intel subsidiary that intends to be a leading supplier of hosted Internet services, business applications, and e-Commerce services worldwide. For more information on Intel Online Services, visit www.intelonlineservices.com.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected within 335 different telecommunications networks.
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Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
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 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 and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
