CAMBRIDGE, MA – December 15, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced that it teamed with MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, to deliver live streaming video of regular season and postseason games in 2009 over Akamai HD for iPhone within MLB.com's award-winning application, At Bat 2009. Expanding on the long-term relationship between Akamai and MLB.com, the ability to deliver games over HTTP for live and on demand video content on the iPhone allowed MLB.com to increase its reach to fans who want to watch baseball games wherever they are.
Akamai Introduces Industry's First Cloud-Based, Distributed Web Application Firewall Service
CAMBRIDGE, MA - December 14, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today expanded its cloud-based suite of security capabilities with the introduction of its Web Application Firewall managed service. Implemented on Akamai's EdgePlatform, the world's largest distributed computing system, the service provides a scalable edge defense system for blocking Web application attacks in the cloud.
Akamai Provides Updated Guidance for the Fourth Quarter 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - December 07, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today that it has increased its fourth quarter 2009 guidance for both revenue and profit, and will provide further commentary at today's Financial Analyst Day at The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
Cyber Monday 2009 Generates Record Online Retail Site Visits
CAMBRIDGE, MA - December 01, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today released data from its Akamai Net Usage Index for Retail chronicling real-time traffic to online shopping sites. Measuring the impact of "Cyber Monday," Akamai's unique index tracks visitors per minute to an aggregated group of more than 270 global online retail sites. Today, Akamai powers 90 of the top 100 e-retailers listed by Internet Retailer*, including 19 of the top 20 apparel and accessories retailers and 12 of the top 15 electronics retailers.
EPIX Movies Delivered in HD via Akamai
CAMBRIDGE, MA - November 19, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced that EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, has chosen Akamai as the company’s launch provider to deliver and manage its full length High Definition (HD) movies.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - November 16, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced that President & CEO Paul Sagan was named the national winner of the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Technology category. Ernst & Young's program recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who have built and lead dynamic, high-growth businesses on a regional, national and global level. Paul Sagan was selected as a national winner from more than 300 regional Entrepreneur Of The Year® winners in over 25 U.S. cities.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - November 5, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced they have been selected to work with Microsoft Corp. to provide an integrated, end-to-end solution to deliver live and on-demand video online for NBC during the network's coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, February 12-28. The solution will leverage Microsoft IIS Smooth Streaming to deliver an uninterrupted, high-quality streaming experience to online audiences via Microsoft Silverlight-based media players.
Akamai Strengthens Rakuten's Ecommerce Business
TOKYO, JAPAN - November 4, 2009 - Akamai Japan K.K., a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that its Dynamic Site Solution has been adopted by Rakuten Ichiba, one of the largest Internet shopping portals operated by Rakuten Inc. in Japan, to accelerate the performance of its eCommerce site. Rakuten Ichiba is also leveraging Akamai to help extend its infrastructure by offloading a large amount of its web content to the Akamai globally-distributed network.
Akamai Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 28, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Revenue for the third quarter 2009 was $206.5 million, a 5 percent increase over third quarter 2008 revenue of $197.3 million, and a 1 percent increase from second quarter 2009 revenue of $204.6 million.
Akamai to Host Financial Analyst Day
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 23, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today that it will host a Financial Analyst Day at The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, December 7, 2009.
Akamai Makes Available New Application Delivery Reference Architecture for the Global Enterprise
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 21, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, made available today a new application delivery reference architecture for the global enterprise. Published together with Cisco®, a white paper detailing the reference architecture was introduced by Akamai at its 2nd Annual Global Customer Conference, and is also available at www.akamai.com/cisco.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 21, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced that Akamai HD Media Analytics, a highly flexible, customizable solution to understand audience characteristics and content consumption, is proving to be a valuable business tool for content providers. A key component of Akamai's HD Network, Akamai HD Media Analytics provides content and audience intelligence for multiple playback environments, including Adobe® Flash®, Microsoft Silverlight, and the iPhone, in one unified solution.
Akamai Helps Retailers Reach In-Market Consumers and Drive Transactions with Ease and Efficiency
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 20, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today the availability of ADS predictive segments, part of Akamai's Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) line, a unique solution that provides multi-channel retailers, product manufacturers, travel, and telecommunication websites with a way to drive incremental transactions online.
Akamai to Hold Third Quarter Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, October 28th at 4:30 PM ET
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 02, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's third quarter 2009 financial results and will also be broadcast live via the Internet at www.akamai.com.
Akamai Announces Second Quarter 2009 State of the Internet Report
CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 01, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced the release of the 2nd Quarter, 2009 edition of its quarterly State of the Internet report available for download at www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. Leveraging published reports and information gathered from its network, Akamai's quarterly report provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network outages, and broadband connectivity levels across the globe. Some highlights from the report follow.
Akamai Unveils the Akamai HD Network
CAMBRIDGE, MA - September 29, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced the Akamai HD Network, its next generation video delivery offering and the first platform to deliver HD video online to viewers using Adobe Flash technology, Microsoft Silverlight, and to the iPhone, at broadcast-level audience scale. The Akamai HD Network is the only solution that supports live and on-demand HD streaming with a highly-personalized and interactive online experience that matches and complements HD television.
Akamai to Convene Internet Revolutionaries at Second Annual Customer Conference
CAMBRIDGE, MA - September 23, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced the agenda and participating speakers for its second annual Customer Conference taking place October 20-22, 2009 at The Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel, 606 Congress Street, Boston.
Independent Performance Assessment Validates Accuracy of Akamai's IP Location Service
CAMBRIDGE, MA - September 23, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced the results of an independent performance assessment of its IP location service conducted by Gomez, Inc., a leader in Web application experience management. The Akamai IP location service provides a range of insight for content providers about an Internet end user's geographic location including country, state, city, zip code, area code, as well as device type, connection type, and actual connection speed, among others.
Akamai Introduces Managed Internet Service for Delivery of Virtualized Applications and Desktops
CAMBRIDGE, MA - September 21, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today announced the industry's first managed Internet service for optimizing delivery of virtualized applications and desktops. Leveraging core technology from the Akamai IP Application Accelerator solution, the new targeted offering is designed to help enterprises realize the cost efficiency, scalability and global reach inherent with the Internet to deliver applications over virtual desktop infrastructure products offered by companies such as Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware.
Akamai Reveals 2 Seconds as the New Threshold of Acceptability for eCommerce Web Page Response Times
CAMBRIDGE, MA - September 14, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today released key findings from a commissioned study (www.akamai.com/2seconds) conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Akamai examining eCommerce web site performance and its correlation with an online shopper's behavior. The most compelling results reveal that two seconds is the new threshold in terms of an average online shopper's expectation for a web page to load and 40 percent of shoppers will wait no more than three seconds before abandoning a retail or travel site.
Akamai to Participate in Citi's 16th Annual Global Technology Conference
CAMBRIDGE, MA - September 3, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today that it will participate in Citi's 16th Annual Global Technology Conference in New York, New York. President and CEO, Paul Sagan, will present an update on Akamai's service offerings.
CAMBRIDGE, MA AND CULVER CITY, CALIF. - August 10, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today that Bidz.com (NASDAQ:BIDZ), a leading online auctioneer of jewelry, is leveraging Akamai to accelerate site performance, optimize site response times and deliver video content on its site. Since turning on Akamai's Dynamic Site Accelerator, Bidz.com has tracked an increase in site speed of more than two times, coupled with decreased page load times, higher site uptime and faster access to other engaging assets such as videos on the site. International page load times have also decreased two fold, from 10 seconds to under five seconds.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - August 7, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, announced today it will serve as the exclusive live video streaming provider to Turner Sports for the official PGA Championship App available on the App Store. The 91st PGA Championship will be held August 13-16 with 18 hours of television coverage on TNT complemented by four video streams of live coverage exclusively on PGA.com.
Akamai Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 29, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Revenue for the second quarter 2009 was $204.6 million, a 5 percent increase over second quarter 2008 revenue of $194.0 million, and a 3 percent decrease from first quarter 2009 revenue of $210.4 million.
Microprocessor Company XMOS Improves Global Website Performance By 249% Leveraging Akamai
LONDON, United Kingdom - July 15, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that XMOS, the leader in event-driven processors™, has experienced significant benefits to its website performance since implementing the Akamai Web Application Accelerator solution at the start of May 2009. In addition to improving website delivery times across its major global geographies by 249%, XMOS has also realized a 44% increase in unique users. The Company has also experienced a significant reduction in latency and a 60% reduction of hits to its origin server.
CAMBRIDGE, MA and SINGAPORE - July 15, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that Malaysia Airlines has selected Akamai to power its main website, www.malaysiaairlines.com, and the airline's booking engine to provide customers with a faster website experience. Akamai's Web Application Accelerator solution has enabled Malaysia Airlines to improve its website performance by more than 50% and increase online bookings by more than 30%.
Akamai Announces First Quarter 2009 State of The Internet Report
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 09, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced the release of the first quarter 2009 edition of its quarterly State of the Internet report available for download at www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. Leveraging information gathered from its network and published reports, Akamai's quarterly report provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network and Web site outages and Internet connectivity levels across the globe.
Akamai Delivers for Leading Broadcasters During Michael Jackson Memorial Service
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 08, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced online traffic statistics associated with live coverage of the funeral services of Michael Jackson.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 02, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced variable bit rate streaming support for live and high quality video content on the iPhone and iPod touch. Variable bit rate streaming was a key feature delivered in the recent iPhone 3.0 update and this new capability expands Akamai's ability to provide consumers with the highest quality video streaming experience on their iPhone or iPod touch. Akamai HTTP Streaming for the iPhone is available as part of Akamai's Media Delivery solution.
Akamai to Hold Second Quarter Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, July 29th at 4:30 PM ET
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - June 30, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's second quarter 2009 financial results, which will also be broadcast live via the Internet at www.akamai.com
KIT digital and Akamai Enter into Strategic Alliance
DUBAI and CAMBRIDGE, MA- June 29, 2009 - KIT digital, Inc. (OTCBB: KDGL), a leading global provider of Internet Protocol-based video management technologies, and Akamai Technologies, Inc. have joined forces to deliver IP video across multiple mediums, including online, mobile networks and IPTV-enabled set-top boxes.
Akamai President & CEO Paul Sagan to Keynote GigaOM's Structure 09
CAMBRIDGE, MA June 23, 2009 - Paul Sagan, president and CEO for Akamai Technologies, the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, will speak at GigaOM's Structure 09 in San Francisco on June 25th. Mr. Sagan will deliver a keynote presentation on "The Internet & Cloud Computing."
Fry to Leverage Akamai's Dynamic Site Accelerator for Optimized Site Response Times for Retailers
CAMBRIDGE, MA and ANN ARBOR, MI June 22, 2009 -Akamai Technologies and Fry, Inc. announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic reseller partnership to help optimize site response times for retailers. Under this partnership, Fry will become a reseller of Akamai's Dynamic Site Accelerator, a solution designed to increase site performance, improve page response times and accelerate the delivery of dynamic and interactive content and transactions for e-commerce businesses.
Akamai Foundation Awards $45,000 in College Scholarships to Country's Top High School Math Students
CAMBRIDGE, MA June 9, 2009 - The Akamai Foundation today announced that it has awarded three high school math students with scholarships for their placement in the recent U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad. An awards ceremony for the USAMO winners was held yesterday, June 8, in Washington D.C. at the MAA Headquarters and the U.S. Department of State building.
Crunchyroll Implements Akamai to Enhance its Dynamic Digital Content Experience for Customers
CAMBRIDGE, MA June 9, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that Crunchyroll, an online video service and community, has implemented Akamai's Media Delivery solution to improve the quality of its video delivery to users worldwide. Akamai will deliver Crunchyroll‘s online video content including select titles offered in High Definition (HD) streaming.
CAMBRIDGE, MA June 4, 2009 - Akamai Technologies, the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced today that TradeBeam, the leading SaaS platform for Global Trade Management, has improved the performance and availability of its Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, and allowed the company to avoid more than 20 percent in additional capital expenditures to build international data centers through Akamai's Web Application Accelerator solution.
Akamai Chief Scientist and Co-Founder Tom Leighton Outlines Company Position on Cloud Computing
CAMBRIDGE, MA - June 1, 2009 - Akamai Technologies is releasing today the first in a four-part series of white papers offering perspective on cloud computing. Available for download at www.akamai.com/cloud, A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud provides a framework for evaluating the cloud computing marketplace by exploring enabling technologies, current offerings, and challenges. The paper also considers Akamai's role as a provider of cloud optimization services that are designed to help cloud computing fulfill its promise to deliver flexible, efficient, business-critical infrastructure for the enterprise.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - May 19, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced today announced that it will ensure the availability and performance of the destination site for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, as well as deliver hours of high definition (HD) video content on demand. During last year's event, more than 1 million people visited the festival's site, and organizers expect an increase in site visitors this year.
Akamai Announces Dynamic Streaming Through Support For Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5
CAMBRIDGE, MA - May 12, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced support for Adobe® Flash® Media Server 3.5 on the Akamai streaming network, adding dynamic streaming and other key enhancements to its Flash streaming capabilities. These features are designed to allow publishers and content owners to deliver significantly higher quality video experiences and embrace long-form content distribution, as more consumers are watching online video offered in higher quality when given a choice.
AirAsia Signs 10-Year Deal with Akamai to Boost Online Performance and Reliability
MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE, 30 April 2009 - The "World's Best Low-Cost Airline," AirAsia and Akamai Technologies, Inc. today announced a long-term partnership that is expected to further strengthen AirAsia's market share in the highly competitive aviation industry. AirAsia's highly popular website, www.airasia.com, will be powered by Akamai's Dynamic Site Acceleration solution under the company's first-ever 10-year agreement with an airline.
Akamai Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results, Announces Share Repurchase Program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - April 29, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Revenue for the first quarter 2009 was $210.4 million, a 12 percent increase over first quarter 2008 revenue of $187.0 million, and a one percent decrease under fourth quarter 2008 revenue of $212.6 million.
Akamai to Appeal Decision in Patent Litigation Case
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - April 24, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that it intends to appeal a decision by the judge presiding over its patent infringement suit against Limelight Networks, Inc. in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. The decision, released today, granted a Limelight motion challenging a prior jury finding of infringement, based on new case law.
Akamai Discusses Role of Information Technology on Environmental Sustainability
CAMBRIDGE, MA - APRIL 22, 2009 - Akamai Technologies is serving as sponsor and technology enabler for the TED Conferences (www.ted.com). TED is devoted to "ideas worth spreading," and offers millions of knowledge-seekers around the globe direct access to the world's greatest thinkers and teachers.
Video Publishers Turning to HD Online Video to Boost Competitive Edge and Increase Revenues
CAMBRIDGE, MA - APRIL 22, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced insight it has gained into current market opportunities and revenue potential for publishers and content owners offering High Definition (HD) video content online. HD video has emerged as a strategic front for online video publishers in their battle for consumer interest according to a new IDC whitepaper sponsored by Akamai.* IDC's research found that that consumers will gravitate to the highest possible online video quality they can reliably stream because better quality video improves their overall viewing experience, especially when it comes to entertainment.
Akamai to Hold First Quarter Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, April 29th at 4:30 PM ET
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - April 2, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's first quarter 2009 financial results, which will also be broadcast live via the Internet at www.akamai.com.
Akamai Releases Fourth Quarterly "State of the Internet" Report
CAMBRIDGE, MA - MARCH 30, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced the release of the fourth edition of its quarterly State of the Internet report available for download at www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. Leveraging published reports and information gathered from its network, Akamai's quarterly report provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network outages and broadband connectivity levels across the globe.
CAMBRIDGE, MA and SANTA CLARA, CA - March 30, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that Akamai's recent strategic agreement with OpSource to provide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with complementary solutions is helping their joint customers significantly improve the time-to-value of cloud-based applications, while remaining cost effective for IT departments looking to avoid traditional data center capital costs.
Akamai Accelerates Tetrisfriends.com Resulting in Four Times the Performance Gain
CAMBRIDGE, MA - March 24, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced that Tetris® Friends Online Games (www.tetrisfriends.com) by Tetris Online, Inc. has seen marked improvement in site performance since implementing Akamai's Dynamic Site Delivery solution. Building on the global popularity of the game, Tetris Online switched to Akamai for a solution that would support the international launch of Tetris Friends Online Games.
Akamai First to Offer Microsoft IIS7 Smooth Streaming to Customers
CAMBRIDGE, MA - March 17, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced the availability of Akamai AdaptiveEdge Streaming for Microsoft Silverlight, the first service based on Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) Smooth Streaming technology, enabling a higher quality video experience for all viewers.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - March 12, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced the introduction of Akamai University, a series of hands-on training classes for customers to expand their own expertise of Akamai's comprehensive product offerings.
Paris, France - March 10, 2009 - Akamai Technologies SARL, a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies announced today that Easy-Forex www.easy-forex.com, the leader in online foreign exchange trading in more than 150 countries, has implemented Akamai's Web Application Accelerator solution. Easy-Forex is using Akamai's solution to maintain the consistent performance of its dynamic and highly interactive platform for users located in Australia, Middle East and China to ensure its constant availability even during periods of high demand. Using Akamai's solution has boosted application delivery performance by 50% and gaining the capacity to scale on-demand has enabled Easy-Forex to support the increase in FX trading volumes precipitated by the recent global economic crisis. Since implementing Akamai, over 70% of requests for Easy-Forex's services are now accelerated by Akamai's Web Application Accelerator.
Akamai Service & Support Organization Wins Stevie® Award
CAMBRIDGE, MA - February 18, 2009 - Akamai Technologies announced today that its Service & Support organization was awarded top honors for Innovation in Customer Service at the 3rd Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, an international competition recognizing excellence in disciplines that are crucial to business success.
Akamai Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results
CAMBRIDGE, MA - February 04, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2008. Revenue for the fourth quarter 2008 was $212.6 million, an 8 percent increase over third quarter revenue of $197.3 million, and a 16 percent increase over fourth quarter 2007 revenue of $183.2 million. Total revenue for 2008 was $790.9 million, a 24 percent increase over 2007 revenue of $636.4 million.
Akamai Delivers Record Streaming & Web Content During Presidential Inauguration
CAMBRIDGE, MA - January 20, 2009 - Akamai Technologies today announced online traffic statistics associated with live coverage of the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of The United States. As the largest day ever for the delivery of concurrent live streaming over the Akamai EdgePlatform, the Company reported it delivered a peak of over 7 million active simultaneous streams (the majority being live streams) at approximately 12:15 p.m. ET today.
Ascent Media Group, Akamai And Sofatronic Team to Power Blu-Ray Disc® Live Platform
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - January 6, 2009 - Ascent Media Group announced today that it has teamed with Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Sofatronic to create an integrated digital workflow and distribution solution for the production, hosting and delivery of BD Live™ functionality for Blu-ray Discs.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - January 6, 2009 - Akamai Technologies announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's fourth quarter 2008 and year-end financial results, and will also be broadcast live via the Internet at www.akamai.com, under the Investors section.
