CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today announced the company is
collaborating with Google Cloud Platform as part of the Google
Interconnect Program. Akamai's participation is designed to reduce
hosting and egress costs and improve performance for Akamai
customers taking advantage of Google Cloud Platform.
Akamai's participation as a Google Cloud Platform CDN
Interconnect Provider is intended to ensure that the Google Cloud
Platform serves all in region traffic destined for the Akamai
Intelligent Platform™ via a direct interconnect. Customers are
expected to benefit from performance improvements and save up to 66
percent on Google Cloud Platform egress costs.
"As more and more enterprises come to rely on cloud-based
computing and storage resources to drive their businesses, it's
critically important that performance is maximized and cost
effectiveness is maintained," explained Bill Wheaton, executive vice president and
general manager, Media Products Division, Akamai. "As the operator
of the world's largest distributed CDN platform, we're
collaborating with Google Cloud Platform to ensure that our joint
customers can pass traffic directly from Google Cloud Platform to
the Akamai CDN, empowering them to take full advantage of their
cloud investments."
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
This 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, including statements about future business plans and
opportunities. 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, a failure
of Akamai's offerings or functionalities to operate as expected, a
lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and
functionalities, 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.
Contacts:
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Rob Morton
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Tom Barth
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Media
Relations
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Investor
Relations
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617-444-3641
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617-274-7130
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rmorton@akamai.com
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tbarth@akamai.com
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