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French Enterprises and Government Agencies Rapidly Adopt Akamai EdgeSuite
Akamai's customer base has rapidly expanded in France as more e-businesses, which have migrated processes and services to the Internet, seek higher performing Web operations and complete solutions to their mission-critical Web infrastructure needs. Akamai's suite of distributed application and content delivery services enables businesses to cost-effectively maximize Web performance while increasing the security, scalability, and reach of their online properties.
French businesses that have selected Akamai EdgeSuite include Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, one of the world's leaders in management consulting and IT services; ClubMed OnLine, a worldwide leader of leisure resorts; worldwide food and beverage company The Ferrero Group (online promotion for Magic Kinder); France 5, one of the top five television channels in France; Louis Vuitton-Moét Hennessy, the world's leading luxury products group; M6, the third most popular television network in France; and RTL, a leading French radio station affiliated with Bertelsmann; among other enterprises. In addition, some of France's key government agencies have adopted EdgeSuite including the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister, the French Ministry of Interior, and the French Ministry of Research.
According to Mr. Pierre Mathieu, associate director for Web operations for France 5, "EdgeSuite and Akamai's robust, scalable platform enable us to deliver more innovative programming with improved performance, thus increasing the satisfaction of the visitors to our site. An economical offering, EdgeSuite also minimizes our infrastructure costs, bandwidth consumption, and other licensing costs."
"With EdgeSuite, Akamai is helping the French business community take full advantage of the Internet for highly reliable, cost-effective communications with global customers, partners, and suppliers," said Bernard Seite, general manager, Southern Europe, Akamai Technologies SARL, France. "The rapid adoption of EdgeSuite by enterprise businesses in France is testament to the depth of our technology and the breadth of our platform, as well as to the acceptance of EdgeSuite as a complete solution to the mission-critical Web infrastructure needs of our global customers."
EdgeSuite is an integrated suite of outsourced services designed to fulfill a broad range of e-business infrastructure needs, including content and application delivery, content targeting, and business intelligence, while providing unmatched scalability, security and continual uptime for an enterprise's global Web operations.
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 12,600 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, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, intentional disruptions on Akamai's network and services, unknown errors or defects in our services or software 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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Leading European businesses including ClubMed OnLine, Louis Vuitton-Moét Hennessy, and M6, and government agencies including the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister, the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Research entrust critical Web infrastructure to Akamai
Cambridge, MA - June 11, 2002 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), a leading provider of secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software, today announced robust customer demand for its EdgeSuiteSM service within France. In recent quarters, Akamai has signed leading French businesses in key industries including media, government, retail, and portal services for the deployment of EdgeSuite to enable more efficient and cost-effective operation of e-business and to address complex Web infrastructure requirements.Akamai's customer base has rapidly expanded in France as more e-businesses, which have migrated processes and services to the Internet, seek higher performing Web operations and complete solutions to their mission-critical Web infrastructure needs. Akamai's suite of distributed application and content delivery services enables businesses to cost-effectively maximize Web performance while increasing the security, scalability, and reach of their online properties.
French businesses that have selected Akamai EdgeSuite include Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, one of the world's leaders in management consulting and IT services; ClubMed OnLine, a worldwide leader of leisure resorts; worldwide food and beverage company The Ferrero Group (online promotion for Magic Kinder); France 5, one of the top five television channels in France; Louis Vuitton-Moét Hennessy, the world's leading luxury products group; M6, the third most popular television network in France; and RTL, a leading French radio station affiliated with Bertelsmann; among other enterprises. In addition, some of France's key government agencies have adopted EdgeSuite including the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister, the French Ministry of Interior, and the French Ministry of Research.
According to Mr. Pierre Mathieu, associate director for Web operations for France 5, "EdgeSuite and Akamai's robust, scalable platform enable us to deliver more innovative programming with improved performance, thus increasing the satisfaction of the visitors to our site. An economical offering, EdgeSuite also minimizes our infrastructure costs, bandwidth consumption, and other licensing costs."
"With EdgeSuite, Akamai is helping the French business community take full advantage of the Internet for highly reliable, cost-effective communications with global customers, partners, and suppliers," said Bernard Seite, general manager, Southern Europe, Akamai Technologies SARL, France. "The rapid adoption of EdgeSuite by enterprise businesses in France is testament to the depth of our technology and the breadth of our platform, as well as to the acceptance of EdgeSuite as a complete solution to the mission-critical Web infrastructure needs of our global customers."
EdgeSuite is an integrated suite of outsourced services designed to fulfill a broad range of e-business infrastructure needs, including content and application delivery, content targeting, and business intelligence, while providing unmatched scalability, security and continual uptime for an enterprise's global Web operations.
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 12,600 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, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, intentional disruptions on Akamai's network and services, unknown errors or defects in our services or software 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.
