Akamai CEO George Conrades Joins Governor Romney and Other Massachusetts High-Tech Leaders to Open the NASDAQ Stock Market
The event will spotlight three members of the Massachusetts high-tech community - Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS) and Akamai Technologies - and allow the Governor to underscore the key factors responsible for the strength of the Massachusetts technology economy. The four will join Nasdaq host Bruce Aust, executive vice president, to preside over the Market Open.
Incorporated in 1998, Akamai has been listed on the Nasdaq since October of 1999. "We look forward to being a part of this opening event, and to join Governor Romney and our colleagues from Applix and Progress Software to usher in the day's trading," said George Conrades. "We are very excited about the prospects for an improving economy, and the benefits of being a part of the Massachusetts high-tech community."
The ceremony will begin at 9:20 a.m., with remarks from Aust, the Governor, and all three CEOs just prior to the official market opening at 9:30 a.m. Access to the live ceremony is available at http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm. In order to view the ceremony, scroll to the bottom of the page under the heading MarketSite Live Webcam. A replay will be archived on the Akamai Website following the day's events.
About Akamai
Akamai®—The Business Internet, is the world's largest on demand distributed computing platform for conducting profitable e-business. Overcoming the inherent limitations of the Internet, Akamai's services ensure a high-performing, scalable, and secure environment for organizations to cost effectively extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.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, lack of market acceptance of our services, 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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December 15th Event to Highlight the Strength of the State's High Tech Economy
CAMBRIDGE, MA, December 12, 2003 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) today announced that George Conrades, chairman and chief executive officer, will join Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and other high-tech leaders to open The Nasdaq Stock Market in New York on Monday, December 15 at 9:30 a.m. (all times are Eastern time).The event will spotlight three members of the Massachusetts high-tech community - Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS) and Akamai Technologies - and allow the Governor to underscore the key factors responsible for the strength of the Massachusetts technology economy. The four will join Nasdaq host Bruce Aust, executive vice president, to preside over the Market Open.
Incorporated in 1998, Akamai has been listed on the Nasdaq since October of 1999. "We look forward to being a part of this opening event, and to join Governor Romney and our colleagues from Applix and Progress Software to usher in the day's trading," said George Conrades. "We are very excited about the prospects for an improving economy, and the benefits of being a part of the Massachusetts high-tech community."
The ceremony will begin at 9:20 a.m., with remarks from Aust, the Governor, and all three CEOs just prior to the official market opening at 9:30 a.m. Access to the live ceremony is available at http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm. In order to view the ceremony, scroll to the bottom of the page under the heading MarketSite Live Webcam. A replay will be archived on the Akamai Website following the day's events.
About Akamai
Akamai®—The Business Internet, is the world's largest on demand distributed computing platform for conducting profitable e-business. Overcoming the inherent limitations of the Internet, Akamai's services ensure a high-performing, scalable, and secure environment for organizations to cost effectively extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.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, lack of market acceptance of our services, 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.
