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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Selects Akamai for Delivery of Critical Online Properties
NOAA uses the very latest advances in science and technology to conduct extensive research to determine the causes of weather and to predict weather. NOAA provides current information, research and tools via its website, www.noaa.gov, to warn and inform people in the path of potentially dangerous weather that threatens the United States.
After the National Weather Service broadcasted the results of NOAA's weather research on Hurricane Isabel, the NOAA.gov site began to experience record surges of Internet traffic as interest in the powerful hurricane spread up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Since deploying EdgeSuite last weekend, NOAA.gov has been able to scale on demand to support landmark levels of traffic of over 9 million hits per hour as the public has been contacting the site to access updated satellite images and a tracking map that features the hurricane's projected path and time of arrival. The site normally averages 1.8 million hits per day.
"The NOAA.gov site is a key factor in our ability to distribute vital information to U.S. citizens that helps them avoid and plan for dangerous weather. It's crucial that this site be fully operational at all times," said Gary Falk, director, IT and telco operations, NOAA CIO Office. "Akamai has provided NOAA with extraordinary relief during this latest weather event, giving us the capacity and reach to support historic levels of demand for our information. The use of Akamai's service will be important to NOAA.gov's ability to meet increasing end-user demand for our content."
"NOAA.gov is a critical source for information on weather and climate-related events, and we're pleased to help NOAA improve its service by ensuring the highest levels of availability and reliability of its web operations," said Mike Ruffolo, executive vice president, global sales, services, and marketing, Akamai. "Akamai's work with NOAA.gov, and other leading online weather organizations, demonstrates how Akamai's distributed Internet infrastructure ensures availability of critical information to the public."
The Akamai EdgeSuite service enables the generation and delivery of dynamic content by constructing Web pages from component pieces that can be targeted and delivered from locations optimized for each Web site visitor. Given today's challenged IT budgets, the EdgeSuite service allows businesses and government agencies to cost-effectively extend their critical Web infrastructure across Akamai's global network, while retaining control of the business intelligence necessary to provide the optimal user experience.
Additional government agencies that rely on Akamai include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of the Navy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Government Printing Office, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, and the Voice of America, among others.
About NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources.
About Akamai
Akamai® provides services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
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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, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by hackers or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, and other factors.
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NOAA utilizes Akamai's market-leading services to optimize performance, reliability, and reach of its weather sites, www.noaa.gov and www.noaanews.noaa.gov
Cambridge, MA - September 19, 2003 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), a provider of services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure, today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Nation's premier science and weather agency, has deployed the Akamai EdgeSuiteSM service to enable top performance and reliability of its feature news and climate information sites, and to maximize the online experience for its nationwide audience.NOAA uses the very latest advances in science and technology to conduct extensive research to determine the causes of weather and to predict weather. NOAA provides current information, research and tools via its website, www.noaa.gov, to warn and inform people in the path of potentially dangerous weather that threatens the United States.
After the National Weather Service broadcasted the results of NOAA's weather research on Hurricane Isabel, the NOAA.gov site began to experience record surges of Internet traffic as interest in the powerful hurricane spread up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Since deploying EdgeSuite last weekend, NOAA.gov has been able to scale on demand to support landmark levels of traffic of over 9 million hits per hour as the public has been contacting the site to access updated satellite images and a tracking map that features the hurricane's projected path and time of arrival. The site normally averages 1.8 million hits per day.
"The NOAA.gov site is a key factor in our ability to distribute vital information to U.S. citizens that helps them avoid and plan for dangerous weather. It's crucial that this site be fully operational at all times," said Gary Falk, director, IT and telco operations, NOAA CIO Office. "Akamai has provided NOAA with extraordinary relief during this latest weather event, giving us the capacity and reach to support historic levels of demand for our information. The use of Akamai's service will be important to NOAA.gov's ability to meet increasing end-user demand for our content."
"NOAA.gov is a critical source for information on weather and climate-related events, and we're pleased to help NOAA improve its service by ensuring the highest levels of availability and reliability of its web operations," said Mike Ruffolo, executive vice president, global sales, services, and marketing, Akamai. "Akamai's work with NOAA.gov, and other leading online weather organizations, demonstrates how Akamai's distributed Internet infrastructure ensures availability of critical information to the public."
The Akamai EdgeSuite service enables the generation and delivery of dynamic content by constructing Web pages from component pieces that can be targeted and delivered from locations optimized for each Web site visitor. Given today's challenged IT budgets, the EdgeSuite service allows businesses and government agencies to cost-effectively extend their critical Web infrastructure across Akamai's global network, while retaining control of the business intelligence necessary to provide the optimal user experience.
Additional government agencies that rely on Akamai include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of the Navy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Government Printing Office, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, and the Voice of America, among others.
About NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources.
About Akamai
Akamai® provides services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. 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, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by hackers or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, and other factors.
