CCH Selects Akamai for Enhanced Distribution of Tax Compliance Information
CCH Tax and Accounting, a Wolters Kluwer company, has been a leader in tax law since the inception of the federal income tax in 1913 and continues its leadership today, producing tax and accounting law information and software solutions for accountants, attorneys, financial planners, government agencies and others who must understand and apply federal, state and international law. Akamai's distributed network expands CCH's capacity on demand, enabling it to deliver up-to-the-minute electronic tax law and compliance updates to CCH's ProSystem® fx Office suite, ensuring that users of the software suite have consistent, reliable access to the most current compliance information.
Following a rapid implementation process with Akamai to support the recent tax filing season, CCH Tax and Accounting relied on the Akamai EdgeSuite service to manage the process of delivering downloads of critical tax compliance updates to customers in a highly reliable and consistent fashion from the Internet's edge. Akamai's ability to provide capacity when and where it was needed enabled CCH Tax and Accounting to support widely varying end-user traffic without additional infrastructure build-out during its busiest season.
"CCH is continually focused on improving its ability to better serve accounting professionals who rely on CCH Tax and Accounting for the most accurate and trusted tax compliance information," said Alex Godelman, director, Information Services & Technology, CCH Tax and Accounting. "To effectively manage the distribution of changes to the tax code, we extended this portion of our business to Akamai."
"CCH is known for its authority and accuracy in reporting and explaining tax law, and we're pleased that Akamai has been selected to support its information delivery needs," said Robert Hughes, vice president, Global Sales & Services, Akamai. "We were able to meet CCH Tax and Accounting's tax compliance distribution needs on demand, assisting them in their efforts to successfully support their peak usage season. We look forward to helping CCH Tax and Accounting maintain its standards for providing the most timely and authoritative tax and accounting information to business professionals."
About CCH Tax and Accounting
CCH Tax and Accounting (www.tax.cchgroup.com), based in Riverwoods, Ill., is the nation's leading provider of tax and accounting information, software and services. It has served tax, accounting and business professionals and their clients since 1913 and offers market-leading products such as CCH ProSystem fx and the CCH Tax Research NetWork. CCH Tax and Accounting is a Wolters Kluwer company.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. 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, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users 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 on-demand Internet infrastructure supports a successful 2003 tax filing season; accountants rely on updates to CCH Tax and Accounting compliance software to stay informed of tax changes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - May 24, 2004 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader of distributed computing solutions and services, today announced that CCH Tax and Accounting, the nation's leading provider of tax law information and software, has entered into a multi-year agreement with Akamai for use of the Akamai EdgeSuiteSM service to ensure timely, reliable distribution of updates to CCH's accounting software, keeping accountants informed of changes to federal, state and international tax laws. Tens of thousands of CPAs rely on CCH Tax and Accounting's comprehensive tax compliance information to accurately prepare income tax filings.CCH Tax and Accounting, a Wolters Kluwer company, has been a leader in tax law since the inception of the federal income tax in 1913 and continues its leadership today, producing tax and accounting law information and software solutions for accountants, attorneys, financial planners, government agencies and others who must understand and apply federal, state and international law. Akamai's distributed network expands CCH's capacity on demand, enabling it to deliver up-to-the-minute electronic tax law and compliance updates to CCH's ProSystem® fx Office suite, ensuring that users of the software suite have consistent, reliable access to the most current compliance information.
Following a rapid implementation process with Akamai to support the recent tax filing season, CCH Tax and Accounting relied on the Akamai EdgeSuite service to manage the process of delivering downloads of critical tax compliance updates to customers in a highly reliable and consistent fashion from the Internet's edge. Akamai's ability to provide capacity when and where it was needed enabled CCH Tax and Accounting to support widely varying end-user traffic without additional infrastructure build-out during its busiest season.
"CCH is continually focused on improving its ability to better serve accounting professionals who rely on CCH Tax and Accounting for the most accurate and trusted tax compliance information," said Alex Godelman, director, Information Services & Technology, CCH Tax and Accounting. "To effectively manage the distribution of changes to the tax code, we extended this portion of our business to Akamai."
"CCH is known for its authority and accuracy in reporting and explaining tax law, and we're pleased that Akamai has been selected to support its information delivery needs," said Robert Hughes, vice president, Global Sales & Services, Akamai. "We were able to meet CCH Tax and Accounting's tax compliance distribution needs on demand, assisting them in their efforts to successfully support their peak usage season. We look forward to helping CCH Tax and Accounting maintain its standards for providing the most timely and authoritative tax and accounting information to business professionals."
About CCH Tax and Accounting
CCH Tax and Accounting (www.tax.cchgroup.com), based in Riverwoods, Ill., is the nation's leading provider of tax and accounting information, software and services. It has served tax, accounting and business professionals and their clients since 1913 and offers market-leading products such as CCH ProSystem fx and the CCH Tax Research NetWork. CCH Tax and Accounting is a Wolters Kluwer company.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. 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, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users 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.
