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| Jeff Young Media Relations Akamai Technologies 617.444.3913 jyoung@akamai.com |
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Chairman and CEO George Conrades to Make Brief Remarks at 5:00 p.m. EDT Today
Cambridge, MA - September 24, 2001 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading provider of outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software, will hold a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. EDT with George Conrades, Akamai Chairman and CEO.Daniel Lewin, Akamai co-founder and CTO, who, as a passenger aboard American Airlines flight #11, was killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Conrades will discuss how the employees of Akamai, with on-going leadership from Tom Leighton, Akamai co-founder and Chief Scientist, are carrying Mr. Lewin's vision forward.
Conrades will also provide an overview of the unprecedented demand placed on the Internet in the wake of the national tragedy, Akamai's role in delivering content and information for its customers, and some implications of the national tragedy on the future of distributed computing on the Internet.
Akamai will not be making any financial disclosures on the conference call. Akamai plans to hold its third quarter 2001 financial results conference call on October 17th, 2001.
To access today's call domestically, please dial 800-274-4379. For international users, please dial 1+ 706-634-7028. The call will be available via Webcast at www.akamai.com, and a tape replay will be available on the company's Website for seven days.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading provider of outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software. These services and software 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 InternetSM, 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, 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.
