Akamai Named to Forbes ASAP Dynamic 100

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Caryn Brownell Media Relations Akamai Technologies 617.444.4661 cbrownell@akamai.com	--or--	Steven Wolfe Investor Relations Akamai Technologies 617.444.4724 swolfe@akamai.com

Cambridge, MA - August 30, 2001 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leading provider of distributed application and content delivery services, today announced that Forbes ASAP has named Akamai to its Dynamic 100, a list of technology companies ranked by the financial analysts who cover them. Akamai was recognized based on specific business factors, including the Company's ability to respond to change, the strength of its human capital and strategic partnerships, its financial health, as well as the market opportunity for its services.

To compile the Dynamic 100, Forbes ASAP created an initial pool of more than 300 companies for analysis. Akamai was included within the "Internet" category, among such leading businesses as AOL/Time Warner, BEA Systems, EBay, Interwoven, and VeriSign. To view the entire list, please visit www.forbes.com.

In addition to this recognition, Akamai was also recently named to Forbes' Magnetic 40 in the May 21st "Best of the Web" issue, highlighted for the strength and number of business alliances Akamai has forged in just over two years.

Akamai's integrated suite of services are enabling enterprises to align their e-business infrastructure with today's rapidly evolving corporate objectives. Akamai's services reduce the costs and complexities associated with a business's centralized Web serving infrastructure by distributing, managing, storing, processing, and delivering data and applications across IP networks.

About Akamai
Akamai is the leading provider of distributed application and content delivery services. These services enable companies to reduce the complexity and cost of deploying and operating a uniform Web infrastructure while ensuring unmatched performance, reliability, scalability and manageability. Akamai's services give businesses a distinct competitive advantage and provide an unparalleled Internet experience for their customers. Akamai's intelligent edge platform for content, streaming media, and application delivery comprises more than 11,600 servers within over 820 networks in 62 countries. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services to companies worldwide. For information on Delivering a Better Internet^SM, visit www.akamai.com.

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, general economic conditions, any material, unexpected increases in Akamai's use of funds, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service and technology products, lack of market acceptance of new services, including EdgeSuite, a failure by us to successfully enter into any license, technology development or other technology partnership agreement within the time periods expected by us or at all, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.