Akamai to Deliver Webcast of Executive Keynote from Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Launch
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and Group Vice President Jim Allchin will introduce Microsoft's newest server technology at the joint launch of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. The keynote will begin at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
Akamai's global network is one of the largest deployments of servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. By deploying Windows Media Services 9 Series, Microsoft's next-generation digital media streaming server, Akamai's customers benefit from high-quality streaming delivery with a more television-like instant-on, always-on streaming audio and video for broadband users, and significant performance improvements for dial-up users, including dramatically improved reliability and scalability.
"Akamai's use of Windows Media Services 9 Series will help ensure that viewers have the best possible viewing experience for this groundbreaking event," said Jonathan Usher, director of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft Corp.
"Microsoft is a leader in shaping digital media technologies, and is again bringing to market innovation that helps propel the use of streaming applications," said Bill Weihl, chief technology officer, Akamai. "Akamai's global footprint, with support for Windows Media Services 9 Series, is unique in the industry. We are excited to provide the delivery infrastructure for this keynote, which will undoubtedly be one of the largest, live Windows Media Services 9 Series events to date."
Microsoft has been working with Akamai since 1999, and has taken advantage of a range of Akamai's integrated suite of services.
About Akamai
Akamai provides products and services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery between the origin and the destination of any e-business process. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with research and development centers around the world, Akamai's industry-leading products and services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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 effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by hackers or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, 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 large-scale deployment of Windows Media Services 9 Series on Windows Server 2003 to provide exclusive delivery of live executive webcast
CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 22, 2003 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a provider of products and services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure, today announced its selection by Microsoft Corp. to provide the global streaming delivery network in support of the April 24th Executive Keynote at Microsoft's Windows 2003 server launch at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and Group Vice President Jim Allchin will introduce Microsoft's newest server technology at the joint launch of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. The keynote will begin at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
Akamai's global network is one of the largest deployments of servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. By deploying Windows Media Services 9 Series, Microsoft's next-generation digital media streaming server, Akamai's customers benefit from high-quality streaming delivery with a more television-like instant-on, always-on streaming audio and video for broadband users, and significant performance improvements for dial-up users, including dramatically improved reliability and scalability.
"Akamai's use of Windows Media Services 9 Series will help ensure that viewers have the best possible viewing experience for this groundbreaking event," said Jonathan Usher, director of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft Corp.
"Microsoft is a leader in shaping digital media technologies, and is again bringing to market innovation that helps propel the use of streaming applications," said Bill Weihl, chief technology officer, Akamai. "Akamai's global footprint, with support for Windows Media Services 9 Series, is unique in the industry. We are excited to provide the delivery infrastructure for this keynote, which will undoubtedly be one of the largest, live Windows Media Services 9 Series events to date."
Microsoft has been working with Akamai since 1999, and has taken advantage of a range of Akamai's integrated suite of services.
About Akamai
Akamai provides products and services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery between the origin and the destination of any e-business process. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with research and development centers around the world, Akamai's industry-leading products and services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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 effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by hackers or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, 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.
