Akamai and COPE/Mount10 Enter into a Strategic Alliance
COPE/Mount10 will offer Akamai's suite of content delivery services as part of its value-added services which will provide an even higher level of performance for COPE/Mount10's customers. Akamai's content delivery services bring measurably greater speed, performance, and reliability of dynamic, rich Web content by delivering such content from Akamai's globally distributed network of more than 4,200 servers located close to Internet end users. With Akamai's intelligent solution for optimizing the delivery of all forms of content, COPE/Mount10 can assure its customers significantly faster and more reliable web site performance and thus considerably more productive results.
Adrian Knapp, Chairman of COPE/Mount10 comments: "Our one-of-a-kind Global Data FortressTM installed centrally at the most secure location in the Swiss Alps combined with Akamai's intelligent content delivery service and robust, scalable network affords our customers a secure, speed-optimized and highly available e-business infrastructure at reduced time and expense. Akamai offers the optimal platform which complements our state-of-the-art hosting and security solutions." Wolfgang Stähle, President of Akamai Europe, continues: "In COPE/Mount10 we have found a partner that has long years of experience in the field of information management. Together, we are able to offer a diverse range of companies an e-business solution to meet all their requirements in terms of performance and reliability for the delivery of web content and flexibility and secure data storage for large-volume contents."
About COPE/Mount10
COPE and Mount10 are currently joining forces to create a corporate group (the merger between COPE and Mount10 is currently in progress) in the field of data management and e-business infrastructure. COPE is a leading supplier of consulting, services, software and whole product solutions in the fields of data availability and data security as well as e-platforms. Mount10 operates state-of-the-art, secure data centers in underground fortresses in the Swiss Alps. They are linked to Internet peering points the world over via failure-resistant broadband connections. COPE/Mount10 operate branch offices in Switzerland (Rotkreuz/Dübendorf), Germany (Olching by Munich, Dresden and Hamburg), Austria (Vienna) and Finland (Lappeenranta) and currently employ a workforce of approx. 150. COPE shares are traded on the Frankfurt Neuer Markt (WKN 876954) and on the Nasdaq National Market (Ticker Symbol COPE). For more information, visit the home page at www.copegroup.com.
About Akamai
Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media and applications, serving over 2,100 customers. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 4,200 servers in 50 countries directly connected to 225 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
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Akamai and COPE/Mount10 combine their expertise in the fields of content
Munich/Rotkreuz (CH), August 25, 2000- Akamai Technologies GmbH, the German subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media, and applications, and COPE/Mount10, Inc. (Nasdaq: COPE), supplier of managed Web hosting services and whole product solutions in the field of data storage/security, announced today that they have entered into a strategic relationship. The goal of this alliance is for COPE/Mount10 to provide to its customers Akamai's Internet solutions including FreeFlowSM Services; FreeFlowSM Streaming Services and First PointSM Services for fast and reliable delivery of rich content to end users combined with COPE/Mount 10's high-performance hosting solution.COPE/Mount10 will offer Akamai's suite of content delivery services as part of its value-added services which will provide an even higher level of performance for COPE/Mount10's customers. Akamai's content delivery services bring measurably greater speed, performance, and reliability of dynamic, rich Web content by delivering such content from Akamai's globally distributed network of more than 4,200 servers located close to Internet end users. With Akamai's intelligent solution for optimizing the delivery of all forms of content, COPE/Mount10 can assure its customers significantly faster and more reliable web site performance and thus considerably more productive results.
Adrian Knapp, Chairman of COPE/Mount10 comments: "Our one-of-a-kind Global Data FortressTM installed centrally at the most secure location in the Swiss Alps combined with Akamai's intelligent content delivery service and robust, scalable network affords our customers a secure, speed-optimized and highly available e-business infrastructure at reduced time and expense. Akamai offers the optimal platform which complements our state-of-the-art hosting and security solutions." Wolfgang Stähle, President of Akamai Europe, continues: "In COPE/Mount10 we have found a partner that has long years of experience in the field of information management. Together, we are able to offer a diverse range of companies an e-business solution to meet all their requirements in terms of performance and reliability for the delivery of web content and flexibility and secure data storage for large-volume contents."
About COPE/Mount10
COPE and Mount10 are currently joining forces to create a corporate group (the merger between COPE and Mount10 is currently in progress) in the field of data management and e-business infrastructure. COPE is a leading supplier of consulting, services, software and whole product solutions in the fields of data availability and data security as well as e-platforms. Mount10 operates state-of-the-art, secure data centers in underground fortresses in the Swiss Alps. They are linked to Internet peering points the world over via failure-resistant broadband connections. COPE/Mount10 operate branch offices in Switzerland (Rotkreuz/Dübendorf), Germany (Olching by Munich, Dresden and Hamburg), Austria (Vienna) and Finland (Lappeenranta) and currently employ a workforce of approx. 150. COPE shares are traded on the Frankfurt Neuer Markt (WKN 876954) and on the Nasdaq National Market (Ticker Symbol COPE). For more information, visit the home page at www.copegroup.com.
About Akamai
Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media and applications, serving over 2,100 customers. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 4,200 servers in 50 countries directly connected to 225 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
