Akamai named to The Boston Globe, "Globe 100" list of top performing public companies in Massachusetts.

Based on a composite score derived from financial data for the four quarters ending December 31, 2007, Akamai was ranked in the top 25 among Massachusetts-based companies whose stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange. Learn more...

Akamai named 2008 Public Company of the Year by The Massachusetts Networks Communications Council. Learn more...

Akamai named Top 2007 Software/Services M&A Deal, Buy Side, for Acquisition of Netli Learn more...

Akamai is honored on Fortune's 2007 List of Fastest Growing Companies. Learn more...

The S&P 500 consists of companies from a diverse range of industries, and lists 500 of the most widely held U.S.-based common stocks, chosen by the S&P Index Committee for market size, liquidity, and sector representation. Akamai Technologies joined the S&P 500 after the close of trading on Wednesday, July 11. Learn more...

For all the discussion about froth and bubbles, the technology sector of the U.S. economy continues to surge apace. Far from slowing down, the fastest-growing companies are actually accelerating. Over the past three years, the companies on Business 2.0’s 100 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies list—the B2 100—saw sales grow by 33 percent and profit by 90 percent. This performance was amply rewarded on Wall Street as investors drove their shares up by 32 percent.

Leading the charge this year on Business 2.0's list is Akamai Technologies, which provides content delivery services to companies like Apple and MTV Networks. It not only vaulted onto the list but went straight to No. 1, thanks to the explosion in music and video downloads. Learn more...

The Globe 100 ranks the best-performing publicly traded corporations based in Massachusetts by how well they increased sales, profits, and returns for shareholders during 2006.

Of the 100 companies listed, Akamai was ranked 10th based on total Market Value, and was #6 among the companies within the Telecom sector. Learn more...

 

Akamai was positioned in the 'Visionaries' Quadrant in 2007 Gartner Magic Quadrant For Application Delivery Products. The Akamai Web Application Accelerator service was the only managed service ranked in Gartner's elite review of Application Delivery Products, 2007, and was positioned 3rd among 13 evaluated solutions, beating out Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Nortel, to name a few. Learn more...

Akamai Joins the NASDAQ-100 Index. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, today announced the Company will be added to the NASDAQ-100 Index® effective prior to the market open on April 20, 2006. Akamai's common shares will also be included in the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock SM (NASDAQ: QQQQ)."

The Akamai EdgeComputing service was awarded 'Business Software Product of the Year' as part of the "Computing Awards for Excellence 2004," hosted by Computing, a leading IT trade publication in the UK. The Computing Awards for Excellence recognize and reward the very highest standards of individual and collective achievement, and are the most renowned and sought after IT awards in the UK. They are recognized as the benchmark for excellence throughout the computing industry. EdgeComputing was selected from over 100 entrants in the 'Business Software Product of the Year' category and won the award for its creativity, innovation, and ability to solve complex business problems for customers.

Akamai has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003. With a percentage growth of 3,946%, Akamai ranked #4 on the 2004 Fast 50 list.

Akamai EdgeControl was named a finalist in the Enterprise Systems Software category of Government Computer News' (GCN) Best New Technology Awards at FOSE. The GCN Best New Technology Awards program highlights the most innovative new IT products for the government market and showcases them before the largest audience of government IT buyers. Akamai EdgeControl services offer real-time management of a government agency's Internet content and applications across the Akamai platform — a secure, predictable, and scalable Internet overlay network comprised of over 14,000 servers deployed in over 1,100 networks.

InfoWorld honored Internet Broadcasting Systems (IBS), one of Akamai's EdgeComputing customers, with a 2003 InfoWorld 100 award, which honors IT initiatives making use of innovative technology to further an organization's goals. IBS was named to the InfoWorld 100 list for its innovative use of the EdgeComputing powered by WebSphere service. IBS relies on the service to extend its dynamic content out to the edge by running Web-based applications for polling and surveys across Akamai's global network. IBS needed its polling application to withstand spikes in requests around major news events, when viewer feedback becomes even more critical. By distributing the application processing using Akamai EdgeComputing powered by WebSphere, IBS was able to reduce the load on its origin servers by up to 99%, dramatically enhancing the performance and reliability of the user experience.
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For the second consecutive year since its initial launch, EdgeSuite has been named Product of the Year by Network Magazine. EdgeSuite was recognized as the best overall solution in the Content Delivery System category. The Product of the Year winners are selected based on a number of criteria, including the broad appeal of the product or service to the reader community, competitive enhancements, price/performance advantages, technical ingenuity, new features and applications, and serviceability to the market. Check out the May 2002 issue of Network Magazine for a profile on EdgeSuite and the reasons it claimed back-to-back honors in 2001 and 2002.
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In the January issue of Business 2.0 magazine, Akamai was named to the definitive list of companies and technologies that are essential to e-business. Akamai was highlighted in the Outsourcers category. According to the magazine, "These companies are transforming the once do-it-yourself world of e-business with services that can supplement, and sometimes even replace, your own staff's best efforts."
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The December 2001 issue of EContent magazine included a year-end look at the innovators and leaders who are making contributions to the content marketplace. Akamai was ranked as one of these innovators among The Content 100. "Look for Akamai to rebound from its recent challenges and come on strong next year."
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Akamai was named to CED Magazine's "Broadband 50" — a list of people, companies, and technologies that the magazine's editors believe are "the best positioned or have the most potential to shape the broadband realm" in the coming year. Criteria used to select the honorees included deployments, market share, and innovation, as well as recent developments and deals. According to the article, "...Akamai Technologies is as important as ever to the future of broadband." Additional details are available in the December 2001 issue of the magazine.

The Akamai EdgeSuite service was recognized by Network Magazine as a 2001 Product of the Year. According to the May issue, in which winners were announced, "Souped-up performance, better scalability, and reliability. It's easy to see why EdgeSuite remains the content-delivery service to beat in 2001."
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Forbes Magazine named Akamai among its Magnetic 40 in the May 21 "Best of the Web" issue. Recognized for the strength and number of business alliances the company has forged in just over two years, Akamai was named the "partner of choice" within the Internet Services category.
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Akamai was named to the Red Herring 100 for innovation and business strategy. Selected by the editors of Red Herring, the list features the top 100 public and private companies that represent the future — the latest trends, the hottest sectors, and the leading markets
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Forbes ASAP named Akamai to its Dynamic 100, a list of technology companies ranked by the financial analysts who cover them. Akamai was recognized based on specific business factors, including the Company's ability to respond to change, the strength of its human capital and strategic partnerships, its financial health, as well as the market opportunity for its services.

To compile the Dynamic 100, Forbes ASAP created an initial pool of more than 300 companies for analysis. Akamai was included within the "Internet" category, among such leading businesses as AOL/Time Warner, BEA Systems, EBay, Interwoven, and VeriSign.
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