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Akamai and IBM Power Global E-Business Infrastructure for Cognos
Cognos provides business intelligence software solutions that transform vast amounts of corporate data into information that helps companies align and improve business performance at all levels of their enterprise. Serving customers across numerous industry sectors in 120 countries, Cognos requires a highly scalable, reliable Internet infrastructure to ensure efficient access to its software products, regardless of the requesting customer's geographic location, the size of the file, or unpredictable Internet traffic patterns. EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads, coupled with IBM's superior e-business hosting expertise, provides Cognos with a cost-effective, outsourced approach to managing its e-business infrastructure for digital asset distribution on a global scale.
"Cognos is committed to improving the decision-making processes of our customers, which requires that we make our business intelligence software solutions available in the quickest, most reliable manner," said Rob Collins, vice president, Information Services and chief information officer, Cognos. "The large-scale international support infrastructure provided by Akamai and IBM allows us to take advantage of the Internet as a distribution channel to speed our time-to-market and increase customer satisfaction, while garnering business insight into which software products are being downloaded and where."
"Enterprises are increasingly leveraging the Internet as a cost-efficient vehicle for digital asset distribution, and we're pleased to team with IBM in providing a secure, high-performance platform for the delivery of Cognos' leading software products," said Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, Global Sales, Services and Marketing, Akamai. "In concert with the comprehensive capabilities of IBM Global Services, EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads allows Cognos to focus on its core business competencies vs. time-intensive infrastructure maintenance and capacity planning."
"A scalable, reliable e-business infrastructure is a necessity for today's enterprise. IBM and Akamai are uniquely positioned to provide this," said Paul Lovell, general manager, e-business hosting services, IBM Canada Ltd. "IBM's proven e-business hosting know-how in tandem with Akamai's unparalleled edge computing services gives Cognos the flexibility it needs to support real-time business objectives and demands, and ensures superior customer service."
Purchased by Cognos through IBM Global Services, EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads enables enterprises to maximize revenues from the global distribution of their digital assets without the need for complex infrastructure build-out. EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads leverages Akamai's extensive global platform and expertise in optimized file delivery to ensure that end users receive reliable, quick, and consistent downloads. In addition, the service can provide valuable business intelligence about download success rates and customer usage, allowing business managers to make strategic decisions about Web-based sales and marketing initiatives.
About Cognos
Cognos is the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions that optimize the performance of the world's largest and most successful organizations. Founded in 1969, Cognos does business with more than 19,000 customers in more than 120 countries around the world. Cognos business intelligence solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.
About IBM Global Services
IBM is the leading Web-hosting services provider in the U.S., according to International Data Corporation (IDC), with worldwide customer contracts for Web-hosting services exceeding $2.4 billion in 2001. IBM Global Services is the world's largest information technology services provider, with approximately 150,000 professionals serving customers in 160 countries and annual revenue of about US$35 billion (2001). IBM Global Services integrates IBM's broad range of capabilities - services, hardware, software and research - to help companies of all sizes realize the full value of information technology. For more information, visit: www.ibm.com/services.
About Akamai
Akamai 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 13,500 servers within over 1,000 networks in 66 countries. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services and industry-renowned customer care to hundreds of enterprises worldwide, including dozens of Fortune 500 businesses. 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, 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.
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Joint solution enables highly scalable, secure infrastructure for worldwide delivery of Cognos software downloads, including its newly launched Cognos Series 7
Cambridge, MA and Markham, ON, CANADA - March 25, 2002 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), a leading provider of secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software, and IBM Canada Ltd. today announced that Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSE: CSN), the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions, implemented a joint Akamai-IBM infrastructure solution to increase the reach and reliability of software download distribution to its global customer base. Combining Akamai EdgeSuiteSM for Digitized Downloads with IBM's proven e-business hosting services, Cognos will deliver downloads of Cognos Series 7 and other Cognos software to its customers worldwide.Cognos provides business intelligence software solutions that transform vast amounts of corporate data into information that helps companies align and improve business performance at all levels of their enterprise. Serving customers across numerous industry sectors in 120 countries, Cognos requires a highly scalable, reliable Internet infrastructure to ensure efficient access to its software products, regardless of the requesting customer's geographic location, the size of the file, or unpredictable Internet traffic patterns. EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads, coupled with IBM's superior e-business hosting expertise, provides Cognos with a cost-effective, outsourced approach to managing its e-business infrastructure for digital asset distribution on a global scale.
"Cognos is committed to improving the decision-making processes of our customers, which requires that we make our business intelligence software solutions available in the quickest, most reliable manner," said Rob Collins, vice president, Information Services and chief information officer, Cognos. "The large-scale international support infrastructure provided by Akamai and IBM allows us to take advantage of the Internet as a distribution channel to speed our time-to-market and increase customer satisfaction, while garnering business insight into which software products are being downloaded and where."
"Enterprises are increasingly leveraging the Internet as a cost-efficient vehicle for digital asset distribution, and we're pleased to team with IBM in providing a secure, high-performance platform for the delivery of Cognos' leading software products," said Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, Global Sales, Services and Marketing, Akamai. "In concert with the comprehensive capabilities of IBM Global Services, EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads allows Cognos to focus on its core business competencies vs. time-intensive infrastructure maintenance and capacity planning."
"A scalable, reliable e-business infrastructure is a necessity for today's enterprise. IBM and Akamai are uniquely positioned to provide this," said Paul Lovell, general manager, e-business hosting services, IBM Canada Ltd. "IBM's proven e-business hosting know-how in tandem with Akamai's unparalleled edge computing services gives Cognos the flexibility it needs to support real-time business objectives and demands, and ensures superior customer service."
Purchased by Cognos through IBM Global Services, EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads enables enterprises to maximize revenues from the global distribution of their digital assets without the need for complex infrastructure build-out. EdgeSuite for Digitized Downloads leverages Akamai's extensive global platform and expertise in optimized file delivery to ensure that end users receive reliable, quick, and consistent downloads. In addition, the service can provide valuable business intelligence about download success rates and customer usage, allowing business managers to make strategic decisions about Web-based sales and marketing initiatives.
About Cognos
Cognos is the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions that optimize the performance of the world's largest and most successful organizations. Founded in 1969, Cognos does business with more than 19,000 customers in more than 120 countries around the world. Cognos business intelligence solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.
About IBM Global Services
IBM is the leading Web-hosting services provider in the U.S., according to International Data Corporation (IDC), with worldwide customer contracts for Web-hosting services exceeding $2.4 billion in 2001. IBM Global Services is the world's largest information technology services provider, with approximately 150,000 professionals serving customers in 160 countries and annual revenue of about US$35 billion (2001). IBM Global Services integrates IBM's broad range of capabilities - services, hardware, software and research - to help companies of all sizes realize the full value of information technology. For more information, visit: www.ibm.com/services.
About Akamai
Akamai 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 13,500 servers within over 1,000 networks in 66 countries. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services and industry-renowned customer care to hundreds of enterprises worldwide, including dozens of Fortune 500 businesses. 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, 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.
