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Akamai Powers Global Web Delivery Infrastructure for Visteon
As a leading full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide, Visteon's products come into contact with 50 million consumers every day. Visteon requires a highly-scalable, reliable Internet infrastructure to ensure efficient access to its Web content, regardless of the requesting customer's geographic location, the bandwidth of the content, or unpredictable Internet traffic patterns. The Akamai EdgeSuite service provides Visteon with a cost-effective, outsourced approach to managing its e-business infrastructure for content distribution on a global scale.
"Enterprises within the automotive sector are increasingly leveraging the Internet as a cost-efficient vehicle for rich content distribution, and we're pleased to be a part of the strong value-add that Visteon's Web operations provide to its customers, partners and suppliers," said Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, Global Sales, Services and Marketing, Akamai. "EdgeSuite allows Visteon to focus on its core business competencies versus the time-intensive infrastructure maintenance and capacity planning required with a global Web presence."
EdgeSuite, currently deployed by a number of today's leading automobile manufacturers, for example, is an integrated suite of outsourced services for content and application delivery, business intelligence and content targeting. These services are built on the Akamai Platform and make the Internet a more reliable and effective platform for conducting e-business or integrating marketing campaigns. EdgeSuite reduces Internet infrastructure complexity and cost while ensuring unmatched performance, reliability, scalability, and manageability.
About Visteon
Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has about 79,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 180 technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25 countries.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading provider of edge computing solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets. These solutions enable customers to achieve optimal results from their e-business initiatives, thereby reducing the cost of ownership, improving return on investment, and creating new revenue streams. Akamai's globally distributed edge computing platform comprises more than 12,900 servers in more than 1,000 networks in 66 countries, ensuring the highest levels of availability, reliability, and performance. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services and world-class customer care to hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and leading e-businesses worldwide. For more information, 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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Visteon, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, selects Akamai EdgeSuiteSM to provide a highly-scalable, secure infrastructure for global delivery of its Web content
Cambridge, MA - August 21, 2002 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leading provider of edge computing solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets, announced that Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) has implemented the Akamai EdgeSuite service to increase the reach and reliability of content distribution to its global customer base. The Akamai EdgeSuite service continues to attract leaders within the automotive sector who require a secure and distributed Web infrastructure that scales to support end-user demand resulting from both business-to-business and business-to-consumer models.As a leading full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide, Visteon's products come into contact with 50 million consumers every day. Visteon requires a highly-scalable, reliable Internet infrastructure to ensure efficient access to its Web content, regardless of the requesting customer's geographic location, the bandwidth of the content, or unpredictable Internet traffic patterns. The Akamai EdgeSuite service provides Visteon with a cost-effective, outsourced approach to managing its e-business infrastructure for content distribution on a global scale.
"Enterprises within the automotive sector are increasingly leveraging the Internet as a cost-efficient vehicle for rich content distribution, and we're pleased to be a part of the strong value-add that Visteon's Web operations provide to its customers, partners and suppliers," said Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, Global Sales, Services and Marketing, Akamai. "EdgeSuite allows Visteon to focus on its core business competencies versus the time-intensive infrastructure maintenance and capacity planning required with a global Web presence."
EdgeSuite, currently deployed by a number of today's leading automobile manufacturers, for example, is an integrated suite of outsourced services for content and application delivery, business intelligence and content targeting. These services are built on the Akamai Platform and make the Internet a more reliable and effective platform for conducting e-business or integrating marketing campaigns. EdgeSuite reduces Internet infrastructure complexity and cost while ensuring unmatched performance, reliability, scalability, and manageability.
About Visteon
Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has about 79,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 180 technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25 countries.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading provider of edge computing solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets. These solutions enable customers to achieve optimal results from their e-business initiatives, thereby reducing the cost of ownership, improving return on investment, and creating new revenue streams. Akamai's globally distributed edge computing platform comprises more than 12,900 servers in more than 1,000 networks in 66 countries, ensuring the highest levels of availability, reliability, and performance. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services and world-class customer care to hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and leading e-businesses worldwide. For more information, 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.
