Akamai Unveils I.AM.AKAMAI, a Revolutionary Solutions Portal and Interface to the Akamai Platform
"The introduction of I.AM.AKAMAI represents a complete paradigm shift in service delivery, representative of such advances as the industry's move from DOS to Windows," said Earl Galleher, executive vice president, Akamai. "This innovative user interface provides an unprecedented level of immediacy, personalization and interactivity - representing Akamai's unwavering commitment to service delivery. Our customers believe in our industry expertise and the strength of the Akamai Platform. I.AM.AKAMAI fortifies Akamai's efforts to execute the highest level of continuous, specialized service delivery, creating a singular management interface for customers to access an extensible platform of comprehensive resources for advanced e-business."
Building upon two years of investment and development efforts, I.AM.AKAMAI is tightly integrated with Akamai's existing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and Content Delivery Network (CDN) management tools. Available exclusively to Akamai's customers and partners at no charge, I.AM.AKAMAI runs off a Java-based application server that allows for complete personalization based on the specific company, the user's position in that company, and/or certain company requirements. I.AM.AKAMAI gives users access to data, information, industry-leading tools, and services related to their Web site and the Internet in general.
As a one-stop shop for e-businesses, I.AM.AKAMAI provides its extensive customer base, including some of today's industry visionaries, with collaboration tools to exchange ideas and discuss best practices. In addition, I.AM.AKAMAI provides users with the latest information about their industry and relevant markets, enabling them to identify and capitalize on emerging trends. Information is provided in the form of features on such hot topics as managing holiday Web traffic and security.
"BET's online business has realized significant returns from utilizing the Akamai Platform and Akamai's services. Now, Akamai has provided yet another valuable solution - I.AM.AKAMAI - which gives us one central interface to timely information, services, and support," said Navarrow Wright, chief technology officer at BET. "This solutions portal increases the already significant benefits of being part of Akamai's customer network, and we are confident that the tools and services available through I.AM.AKAMAI will provide a competitive advantage for us and for Akamai."
I.AM.AKAMAI -- Enhancing the Value Proposition of Akamai and its Partners
As a solutions portal, I.AM.AKAMAI provides an online marketplace of products and services from Akamai and its Portal Technology Partners (PTPs) for the purpose of enhancing e-business operations. I.AM.AKAMAI Portal Technology Partners currently include:
Akamai and its Portal Technology Partners can leverage I.AM.AKAMAI as a new and cost-effective channel for distributing individualized product and service information directly to Akamai's customers. As an extensible platform, I.AM.AKAMAI will continue to enable the integration with business systems from Akamai's expanding group of Portal Technology Partners.
I.AM.AKAMAI Portal Technology Partners
"The need for wireless services is accelerating rapidly, and as more leading Web sites extend their brand and services to the wireless world with 2Roam, high-performance content delivery is becoming increasingly critical to our customers," said Thomas Jackson, CEO, 2Roam. "By partnering with Akamai, we can provide the most complete and reliable wireless services available."
"Fireclick and Akamai share a common mission to make the Internet a faster, more productive medium for end users and content providers alike," said Steve O'Brien, vice president of marketing, Fireclick. "Our last-mile solutions combined with Akamai's global content delivery network provide true end-to-end content acceleration for the Web's most highly-trafficked sites. And we all know that faster sites make more money!"
"GómezNetworks is delighted to partner with Akamai to help clients optimize their online businesses," said John Robb, president and chief operating officer, Gómez. "I.AM.AKAMAI represents a unique commitment to building an online service offering with the most advanced solutions available. By featuring our performance monitoring services, GómezNetworks and Akamai will work together to deliver innovative tools and technologies and to empower customers to continually raise the performance level of their online businesses."
"Working closely with a best-of-breed Content Delivery Service Provider is a necessary part of being a world class ASP, especially a security ASP," said Patti Dock, vice president of marketing, McAfee.com. "That's why we are so excited to be able to further strengthen the McAfee.com/Akamai relationship through the I.AM.AKAMAI portal."
"Akamai is becoming synonymous with high Internet performance, and we're pleased to help their customers maximize their efforts to evaluate and manage site performance through the use of our leading Web performance testing and monitoring solutions," said Ken Klein, chief operating officer, Mercury Interactive. "Working together, Mercury Interactive and Akamai can help e-businesses design sites that deliver peak performance for users at the highest traffic levels."
"OneSoft is pleased to partner with Akamai to provide a high performance e-commerce software and service infrastructure for large brick and mortar manufacturers and merchandisers," said Jim MacIntyre, chairman and founder, OneSoft. "OneSoft's award winning enterprise e-commerce software platform, OneSoft 4, and its Managed Application Services enable our customers to automate their multiple direct and indirect e-commerce sales channels. Together with Akamai, we provide the most reliable and highest performance technology infrastructure for large scale sell-side electronic commerce."
"Network security has clearly been identified as a number one concern and priority of Web-based businesses," said Christopher Culine, vice president of sales, Qualys. "We are very pleased to partner with Akamai to deliver the industry's most powerful new generation of online security assessment services."
"As a member of I.AM.AKAMAI, TimesTen is looking forward to contributing its dynamic data caching software to enhance the performance of next-generation e-businesses," said James R. Groff, CEO, TimesTen. "With the combination of Akamai and TimesTen, e-businesses can gain differentiation with scalability, reliability and responsiveness, both of content delivery and of personalized, e-business services."
"While Akamai provides the best content, streaming media and application delivery services available, Watchfire's enterprise solutions allow organizations to ensure consistent interactions with the content that Akamai provides," said Michael Weider, CEO, Watchfire. "As a result, Watchfire's Web Experience Management software and services are a perfect complement to Akamai's content delivery technology and provides yet another Web management service to Akamai customers."
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected inside 335 different telecommunications networks.
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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- I.AM.AKAMAI extends the Akamai Platform through complementary, best-of-breed products, services and expertise from industry leaders 2Roam, Fireclick, GómezNetworks, McAfee.com, Mercury Interactive, OneSoft, Qualys, TimesTen, and Watchfire
- Bringing the power of the leading Content Delivery Network to the desktop, I.AM.AKAMAI to meet extensive range of customers' e-business needs
"The introduction of I.AM.AKAMAI represents a complete paradigm shift in service delivery, representative of such advances as the industry's move from DOS to Windows," said Earl Galleher, executive vice president, Akamai. "This innovative user interface provides an unprecedented level of immediacy, personalization and interactivity - representing Akamai's unwavering commitment to service delivery. Our customers believe in our industry expertise and the strength of the Akamai Platform. I.AM.AKAMAI fortifies Akamai's efforts to execute the highest level of continuous, specialized service delivery, creating a singular management interface for customers to access an extensible platform of comprehensive resources for advanced e-business."
Building upon two years of investment and development efforts, I.AM.AKAMAI is tightly integrated with Akamai's existing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and Content Delivery Network (CDN) management tools. Available exclusively to Akamai's customers and partners at no charge, I.AM.AKAMAI runs off a Java-based application server that allows for complete personalization based on the specific company, the user's position in that company, and/or certain company requirements. I.AM.AKAMAI gives users access to data, information, industry-leading tools, and services related to their Web site and the Internet in general.
As a one-stop shop for e-businesses, I.AM.AKAMAI provides its extensive customer base, including some of today's industry visionaries, with collaboration tools to exchange ideas and discuss best practices. In addition, I.AM.AKAMAI provides users with the latest information about their industry and relevant markets, enabling them to identify and capitalize on emerging trends. Information is provided in the form of features on such hot topics as managing holiday Web traffic and security.
"BET's online business has realized significant returns from utilizing the Akamai Platform and Akamai's services. Now, Akamai has provided yet another valuable solution - I.AM.AKAMAI - which gives us one central interface to timely information, services, and support," said Navarrow Wright, chief technology officer at BET. "This solutions portal increases the already significant benefits of being part of Akamai's customer network, and we are confident that the tools and services available through I.AM.AKAMAI will provide a competitive advantage for us and for Akamai."
I.AM.AKAMAI -- Enhancing the Value Proposition of Akamai and its Partners
As a solutions portal, I.AM.AKAMAI provides an online marketplace of products and services from Akamai and its Portal Technology Partners (PTPs) for the purpose of enhancing e-business operations. I.AM.AKAMAI Portal Technology Partners currently include:
2Roam -- wireless Web platform solutions;
Fireclick -- last-mile content acceleration solutions;
GómezNetworks -- real-time site performance measurement and diagnostic tools;
McAfee.com -- security application services;
Mercury Interactive -- Web performance management;
OneSoft -- Internet commerce application software and services;
Qualys -- network vulnerability assessment;
TimesTen -- dynamic data caching software; and
Watchfire -- Web experience management, site assessment and reporting.
Akamai and its Portal Technology Partners can leverage I.AM.AKAMAI as a new and cost-effective channel for distributing individualized product and service information directly to Akamai's customers. As an extensible platform, I.AM.AKAMAI will continue to enable the integration with business systems from Akamai's expanding group of Portal Technology Partners.
I.AM.AKAMAI Portal Technology Partners
"The need for wireless services is accelerating rapidly, and as more leading Web sites extend their brand and services to the wireless world with 2Roam, high-performance content delivery is becoming increasingly critical to our customers," said Thomas Jackson, CEO, 2Roam. "By partnering with Akamai, we can provide the most complete and reliable wireless services available."
"Fireclick and Akamai share a common mission to make the Internet a faster, more productive medium for end users and content providers alike," said Steve O'Brien, vice president of marketing, Fireclick. "Our last-mile solutions combined with Akamai's global content delivery network provide true end-to-end content acceleration for the Web's most highly-trafficked sites. And we all know that faster sites make more money!"
"GómezNetworks is delighted to partner with Akamai to help clients optimize their online businesses," said John Robb, president and chief operating officer, Gómez. "I.AM.AKAMAI represents a unique commitment to building an online service offering with the most advanced solutions available. By featuring our performance monitoring services, GómezNetworks and Akamai will work together to deliver innovative tools and technologies and to empower customers to continually raise the performance level of their online businesses."
"Working closely with a best-of-breed Content Delivery Service Provider is a necessary part of being a world class ASP, especially a security ASP," said Patti Dock, vice president of marketing, McAfee.com. "That's why we are so excited to be able to further strengthen the McAfee.com/Akamai relationship through the I.AM.AKAMAI portal."
"Akamai is becoming synonymous with high Internet performance, and we're pleased to help their customers maximize their efforts to evaluate and manage site performance through the use of our leading Web performance testing and monitoring solutions," said Ken Klein, chief operating officer, Mercury Interactive. "Working together, Mercury Interactive and Akamai can help e-businesses design sites that deliver peak performance for users at the highest traffic levels."
"OneSoft is pleased to partner with Akamai to provide a high performance e-commerce software and service infrastructure for large brick and mortar manufacturers and merchandisers," said Jim MacIntyre, chairman and founder, OneSoft. "OneSoft's award winning enterprise e-commerce software platform, OneSoft 4, and its Managed Application Services enable our customers to automate their multiple direct and indirect e-commerce sales channels. Together with Akamai, we provide the most reliable and highest performance technology infrastructure for large scale sell-side electronic commerce."
"Network security has clearly been identified as a number one concern and priority of Web-based businesses," said Christopher Culine, vice president of sales, Qualys. "We are very pleased to partner with Akamai to deliver the industry's most powerful new generation of online security assessment services."
"As a member of I.AM.AKAMAI, TimesTen is looking forward to contributing its dynamic data caching software to enhance the performance of next-generation e-businesses," said James R. Groff, CEO, TimesTen. "With the combination of Akamai and TimesTen, e-businesses can gain differentiation with scalability, reliability and responsiveness, both of content delivery and of personalized, e-business services."
"While Akamai provides the best content, streaming media and application delivery services available, Watchfire's enterprise solutions allow organizations to ensure consistent interactions with the content that Akamai provides," said Michael Weider, CEO, Watchfire. "As a result, Watchfire's Web Experience Management software and services are a perfect complement to Akamai's content delivery technology and provides yet another Web management service to Akamai customers."
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected inside 335 different telecommunications networks.
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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.
