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Keith E. Johnson of Akamai Receives Federal 100 Award
The Federal 100 is given to top executives from government, industry, and academia that played pivotal roles in the federal information technology community. The awards recognize the successes of individuals who made a noticeable difference in an agency or in the community at large. In some cases, people make a difference by going above and beyond their job descriptions to ensure that a project succeeds. Or, they make their mark through innovation - coming up with new and better ways of tackling problems.
Mr. Johnson was recognized for his role in bringing the technology to bear that allowed the National Weather Service (NWS) to extend its Internet infrastructure to meet the historic online demands for information brought about by Hurricane Isabel, which ravaged the East Coast in September 2003. Under the direction of Mr. Johnson, Akamai responded to the NWS' request to support the delivery of its weather sites, including www.noaa.gov, www.nhc.noaa.gov, www.ssd.noaa.gov, and www.noaanews.noaa.gov. Within hours, the Akamai platform was delivering the NWS sites without flaw, providing scalability on demand to support landmark levels of end-user requests for information about Hurricane Isabel's progress and necessary precautions. Throughout the crisis, the NWS sites remained fully operational, providing end users and news outlets with critical details about the storm.
For a complete list of the 2004 Federal 100 winners, visit the Federal Computer Week website at http://www.fcw.com/events/fed100/2004/winners.asp.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. 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, unexpected increases in Akamai's use of funds, unexpected loss of key large customers, failure to increase our revenue and keep our expenses consistent with revenues, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, inability to service and repay our outstanding debt 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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Akamai's vice president of public sector named by Federal Computer Week as one of the 100 leaders who made a noticeable difference in federal IT
Cambridge, Mass. - March 17, 2004 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, today announced that its vice president of public sector, Keith E. Johnson, is a recipient of the 2004 Federal 100, an annual award sponsored by the government IT publication, Federal Computer Week. The honorees were recognized yesterday at the 15th annual Federal 100 awards gala at The Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia.The Federal 100 is given to top executives from government, industry, and academia that played pivotal roles in the federal information technology community. The awards recognize the successes of individuals who made a noticeable difference in an agency or in the community at large. In some cases, people make a difference by going above and beyond their job descriptions to ensure that a project succeeds. Or, they make their mark through innovation - coming up with new and better ways of tackling problems.
Mr. Johnson was recognized for his role in bringing the technology to bear that allowed the National Weather Service (NWS) to extend its Internet infrastructure to meet the historic online demands for information brought about by Hurricane Isabel, which ravaged the East Coast in September 2003. Under the direction of Mr. Johnson, Akamai responded to the NWS' request to support the delivery of its weather sites, including www.noaa.gov, www.nhc.noaa.gov, www.ssd.noaa.gov, and www.noaanews.noaa.gov. Within hours, the Akamai platform was delivering the NWS sites without flaw, providing scalability on demand to support landmark levels of end-user requests for information about Hurricane Isabel's progress and necessary precautions. Throughout the crisis, the NWS sites remained fully operational, providing end users and news outlets with critical details about the storm.
For a complete list of the 2004 Federal 100 winners, visit the Federal Computer Week website at http://www.fcw.com/events/fed100/2004/winners.asp.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. 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, unexpected increases in Akamai's use of funds, unexpected loss of key large customers, failure to increase our revenue and keep our expenses consistent with revenues, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, inability to service and repay our outstanding debt 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.
