Akamai and Network Appliance to Integrate Cache Interface Standard
Akamai is teaming with Network Appliance to achieve interoperability between the NetCache appliances and value-added services such as Akamai's Internet content delivery service, FreeFlow. The added functionality will be derived from the development of a new standard for communications called the Cache Interface Protocol. The protocol enables caches to store content currently carried on the Akamai network and report on their performance - such as the number of hits served - to Web site owners, through Akamai's content delivery services. This development will expand the level of functionality in the caching market, long-awaited by ISPs and Web site owners.
"Network Appliance is excited to be part of this important industry initiative that will offer our customers the combined benefits of our market-leading caching technology with Internet content delivery," said Larry Kubo, vice president of marketing at Network Appliance.
"We are impressed by the scalability of Network Appliance's caching architecture and look forward to working on the interoperability between NetCache and Akamai's Internet content delivery service," said Danny Lewin, chief technology officer and co-founder of Akamai. "In addition, Akamai will work with Network Appliance to explore combining caching and Internet content delivery to facilitate scalable streaming media distribution."
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
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Companies partner to enhance interoperability between NetCache and Akamai's Internet content delivery service and to facilitate scalable streaming media distribution
CAMBRIDGE, MA, September 22, 1999 -- Akamai Technologies, which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance, announced today that it has formed a technology relationship with Network Appliance, Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP). Key to the relationship is the development of specialized software that facilitates communications between Network Appliance's NetCache appliances and Akamai's global network of servers. Building upon the interoperability agreement, Akamai and Network Appliance are also announcing their intention to cooperate on the development of software that will leverage Network Appliance's NetCache in Akamai's global network to facilitate scalable streaming media distribution.Akamai is teaming with Network Appliance to achieve interoperability between the NetCache appliances and value-added services such as Akamai's Internet content delivery service, FreeFlow. The added functionality will be derived from the development of a new standard for communications called the Cache Interface Protocol. The protocol enables caches to store content currently carried on the Akamai network and report on their performance - such as the number of hits served - to Web site owners, through Akamai's content delivery services. This development will expand the level of functionality in the caching market, long-awaited by ISPs and Web site owners.
"Network Appliance is excited to be part of this important industry initiative that will offer our customers the combined benefits of our market-leading caching technology with Internet content delivery," said Larry Kubo, vice president of marketing at Network Appliance.
"We are impressed by the scalability of Network Appliance's caching architecture and look forward to working on the interoperability between NetCache and Akamai's Internet content delivery service," said Danny Lewin, chief technology officer and co-founder of Akamai. "In addition, Akamai will work with Network Appliance to explore combining caching and Internet content delivery to facilitate scalable streaming media distribution."
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
