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Akamai EdgeSuite Selected by All Nippon Airways (ANA), One of Japan's Leading Commercial Airlines
CAMBRIDGE, MA and TOKYO, JAPAN - January 23, 2002 - Akamai Technologies Japan K.K. today announced that, as of January 2002, All Nippon Airways Corporation, Ltd., one of Japan's premier airlines, has become the first airline in Japan to officially deploy the Akamai EdgeSuiteSM service to support its website (www.ana.co.jp).
The Akamai EdgeSuite offering will allow ANA to maintain timely response to Web page visitors even in peak traffic situations, and eliminate the need for constant system upgrades. "At ANA, there are some issues that we still have to deal with in response to peak traffic situations, such as the processing power of our host computer. However, by implementing EdgeSuite, we believe that we have dealt decisively with our first mile and Web server bottleneck problems," said ANA Information Technology Services Staff Director Tsutomu Aoyagi.
The Akamai EdgeSuite service is an integrated set of functionalities designed to reduce Internet infrastructure costs and complexities by off-loading all the elements of an enterprise's Web presence for generation and delivery from Akamai's global platform. The Akamai EdgeSuite service dynamically assembles content at the Internet's edge by constructing Web pages from component pieces that can be targeted and delivered from locations optimized for each end user. Given today's challenged IT budgets, the EdgeSuite service allows businesses to outsource critical Web infrastructure to Akamai, realizing significant cost savings and measurably improving performance and reliability at the same time.
About Akamai Technologies Japan K.K.
Akamai Technologies Japan K.K. is a joint venture between Akamai Technologies, Inc. and SOFTBANK Broadmedia Corporation, a subsidiary of SOFTBANK Group. Akamai Technologies Japan K.K. acts as the exclusive entity that sells, distributes, markets, resells and supports Akamai's secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software in the Japanese market.
About Akamai
Akamai® (Nasdaq: AKAM) is a leading provider of secure, 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 13,000 servers within over 1,000 networks in 63 countries. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services to hundreds of 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, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service and technology products, potential difficulties that Akamai may encounter in attempting to expand its business into international markets, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, Akamai's ability to protect its intellectual property rights and inventions from third party challenges, and other factors that are discussed in the Akamai's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA and TOKYO, JAPAN - January 23, 2002 - Akamai Technologies Japan K.K. today announced that, as of January 2002, All Nippon Airways Corporation, Ltd., one of Japan's premier airlines, has become the first airline in Japan to officially deploy the Akamai EdgeSuiteSM service to support its website (www.ana.co.jp).
The Akamai EdgeSuite offering will allow ANA to maintain timely response to Web page visitors even in peak traffic situations, and eliminate the need for constant system upgrades. "At ANA, there are some issues that we still have to deal with in response to peak traffic situations, such as the processing power of our host computer. However, by implementing EdgeSuite, we believe that we have dealt decisively with our first mile and Web server bottleneck problems," said ANA Information Technology Services Staff Director Tsutomu Aoyagi.
The Akamai EdgeSuite service is an integrated set of functionalities designed to reduce Internet infrastructure costs and complexities by off-loading all the elements of an enterprise's Web presence for generation and delivery from Akamai's global platform. The Akamai EdgeSuite service dynamically assembles content at the Internet's edge by constructing Web pages from component pieces that can be targeted and delivered from locations optimized for each end user. Given today's challenged IT budgets, the EdgeSuite service allows businesses to outsource critical Web infrastructure to Akamai, realizing significant cost savings and measurably improving performance and reliability at the same time.
About Akamai Technologies Japan K.K.
Akamai Technologies Japan K.K. is a joint venture between Akamai Technologies, Inc. and SOFTBANK Broadmedia Corporation, a subsidiary of SOFTBANK Group. Akamai Technologies Japan K.K. acts as the exclusive entity that sells, distributes, markets, resells and supports Akamai's secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software in the Japanese market.
About Akamai
Akamai® (Nasdaq: AKAM) is a leading provider of secure, 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 13,000 servers within over 1,000 networks in 63 countries. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services to hundreds of 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, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service and technology products, potential difficulties that Akamai may encounter in attempting to expand its business into international markets, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, Akamai's ability to protect its intellectual property rights and inventions from third party challenges, and other factors that are discussed in the Akamai's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
