EDS and Akamai Sign Broad Strategic Agreements to Provide Premier E-Business Services
As part of the strategic agreements, EDS will provide its Web hosting clients with Akamai's industry-leading Internet content delivery services, and Akamai will offer its content provider customers EDS' managed content storage services. The bundled service offering will eliminate server overloads and network bottlenecks by moving rich-media Internet content closer to users on secure, robust systems.
The combination of these services will allow content providers to store and replicate content in a distributed environment while reaping the benefits of Akamai's high performance and reliable content delivery, high-quality streaming media delivery, advanced global traffic management, and Web usage reporting. The EDS storage service is based on EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software.
"Akamai and EDS have correctly identified the powerful combination of content delivery services and storage technology. This partnership recognizes that the future of content delivery services will entail closer communication and integration between storage at origin sites and at the edge of the network," said Alex Benik, analyst at The Yankee Group.
"We recognize that many of our customers face an increasing need for managed, high-performance Internet-connected storage for much of the same rich-media content, especially audio and video files, that they rely on Akamai to deliver," said Paul Sagan, president and chief operating officer, Akamai. "So it was natural to marry EDS' worldwide presence, service excellence and data storage experience with Akamai's unique technology for replicating and distributing Internet content on a global basis, so that we can rapidly provide end-to-end solutions that meet the growing needs of our customers."
EDS will offer its Web hosting clients Akamai's FreeFlowSM content delivery, FreeFlowSM Streaming media delivery, and FirstPointSM global traffic management services. As Akamai's flagship offering, the FreeFlow service offers high-quality performance, reliability and scalability for delivering Internet content from an optimal server within Akamai's network to each user based on real-time Internet conditions. By moving content closer to end users and intelligently routing requests, the FreeFlow service eliminates problems caused by server overloads and network bottlenecks.
"The addition of Akamai's best-in-class content delivery technology continues to expand our robust service offerings to help our clients, and puts us in a stronger position going forward," said Douglas Frederick, president EDS Information Solutions. "At EDS, we view Web hosting as much more than merely hosting applications or Web sites. Web hosting in today's digital economy is about managing all aspects of the client's environment, to ensure that their Web sites and applications are healthy - from physical and logical security to Web performance monitoring and reporting. Offering Akamai's services helps us to complete the picture."
Joseph Tucci, EMC's president and chief operating officer, added, "The success of an Internet business hinges on its ability to properly manage, store and deliver ever-growing amounts of information, including rich media. The combination of services and technology from Akamai, EDS and EMC gives customers the confidence of knowing that their information is based on today's most scalable, available and flexible information infrastructure."
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.
About EDS
EDS is a recognized global leader in providing E-business and information technology services to 9,000 business and government clients in about 55 countries around the world. Having founded the IT services industry more than 35 years ago, EDS delivers high value management consulting, electronic business solutions, business process management, and systems and technology expertise to help clients simplify complexity and achieve superior value in the digital economy. The company brings deep industry practice knowledge to solve challenges in a wide variety of industries, including communications, energy and chemicals, financial services, government, healthcare, products and retailing, and travel and transportation. EDS reported revenues of $18.5 billion in 1999. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. To find out more about the EDS vision, visit EDS via the Internet at http://www.eds.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 dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service, a failure of its network infrastructure, the complexity of its service and the networks on which the service is deployed, the failure to obtain access to transmission capacity and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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- EDS joins Akamai's Content Delivery Service Provider Program to offer full suite of Akamai services to EDS' Web hosting clients
- Akamai to offer EDS' managed content storage services based on EMC technology
- Relationship gives both firms immediate go-to-market service bundles in rapidly growing Internet content delivery and content storage service markets
As part of the strategic agreements, EDS will provide its Web hosting clients with Akamai's industry-leading Internet content delivery services, and Akamai will offer its content provider customers EDS' managed content storage services. The bundled service offering will eliminate server overloads and network bottlenecks by moving rich-media Internet content closer to users on secure, robust systems.
The combination of these services will allow content providers to store and replicate content in a distributed environment while reaping the benefits of Akamai's high performance and reliable content delivery, high-quality streaming media delivery, advanced global traffic management, and Web usage reporting. The EDS storage service is based on EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software.
"Akamai and EDS have correctly identified the powerful combination of content delivery services and storage technology. This partnership recognizes that the future of content delivery services will entail closer communication and integration between storage at origin sites and at the edge of the network," said Alex Benik, analyst at The Yankee Group.
"We recognize that many of our customers face an increasing need for managed, high-performance Internet-connected storage for much of the same rich-media content, especially audio and video files, that they rely on Akamai to deliver," said Paul Sagan, president and chief operating officer, Akamai. "So it was natural to marry EDS' worldwide presence, service excellence and data storage experience with Akamai's unique technology for replicating and distributing Internet content on a global basis, so that we can rapidly provide end-to-end solutions that meet the growing needs of our customers."
EDS will offer its Web hosting clients Akamai's FreeFlowSM content delivery, FreeFlowSM Streaming media delivery, and FirstPointSM global traffic management services. As Akamai's flagship offering, the FreeFlow service offers high-quality performance, reliability and scalability for delivering Internet content from an optimal server within Akamai's network to each user based on real-time Internet conditions. By moving content closer to end users and intelligently routing requests, the FreeFlow service eliminates problems caused by server overloads and network bottlenecks.
"The addition of Akamai's best-in-class content delivery technology continues to expand our robust service offerings to help our clients, and puts us in a stronger position going forward," said Douglas Frederick, president EDS Information Solutions. "At EDS, we view Web hosting as much more than merely hosting applications or Web sites. Web hosting in today's digital economy is about managing all aspects of the client's environment, to ensure that their Web sites and applications are healthy - from physical and logical security to Web performance monitoring and reporting. Offering Akamai's services helps us to complete the picture."
Joseph Tucci, EMC's president and chief operating officer, added, "The success of an Internet business hinges on its ability to properly manage, store and deliver ever-growing amounts of information, including rich media. The combination of services and technology from Akamai, EDS and EMC gives customers the confidence of knowing that their information is based on today's most scalable, available and flexible information infrastructure."
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.
About EDS
EDS is a recognized global leader in providing E-business and information technology services to 9,000 business and government clients in about 55 countries around the world. Having founded the IT services industry more than 35 years ago, EDS delivers high value management consulting, electronic business solutions, business process management, and systems and technology expertise to help clients simplify complexity and achieve superior value in the digital economy. The company brings deep industry practice knowledge to solve challenges in a wide variety of industries, including communications, energy and chemicals, financial services, government, healthcare, products and retailing, and travel and transportation. EDS reported revenues of $18.5 billion in 1999. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. To find out more about the EDS vision, visit EDS via the Internet at http://www.eds.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 dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service, a failure of its network infrastructure, the complexity of its service and the networks on which the service is deployed, the failure to obtain access to transmission capacity and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
