www.kellerwilliams.com

solutions:

• Akamai Media Delivery

• Supports global audience without additional infrastructure
• Contributed to 90% adoption rate of on-demand content
• Supports 27% increase in agent count
• Saved over $100,000 in infrastructure costs in the first year
• Increases agent satisfaction
• Upholds esteemed reputation

Founded in 1983, Keller Williams Realty Inc. is the fourth-largest real estate franchise operation in North America, with more than 650 offices and 76,000 associates in the United States and Canada. The company, which began franchising in 1990, has an agent-centric culture that emphasizes access to leading-edge education and promotes an economic model that rewards associates as stakeholders and partners.

Focused on top-level education and taking advantage of leading-edge technology, Keller Williams understood that on-demand courses were the wave of the future, and that adoption would be critical to the success of its agents. Keller Williams considered building out its own infrastructure to support its online learning initiative, but quickly realized that data center buildout would be costly and couldn't help ensure a superior end-user experience. While the company provides the high-quality content, Akamai ensures that it is delivered quickly and without fail. To date, almost 90% of Keller Williams' market centers have subscribed to the on-demand content. "We are very pleased with the adoption rate. The fact that a small percentage of market centers have not yet subscribed is mainly attributable to the volatile real-estate environment, Akamai's solutions match up perfectly with our strategic vision. As we deliver a growing amount of rich-media, interactive, and dynamic content, Akamai will play a key role in helping us make sure our agents can access the content quickly and without fail," says Weiland.