AKAMAI AND APPLE TO CONTINUE DELIVERY OF INDUSTRY LEADING INTERNET STREAMING VIDEO AND AUDIO
Akamai`s EdgeSuite technology to support worldwide delivery of Apple.com
content, Apple software downloads and QuickTime TV streaming
CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 23, 2001 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) and
Apple today announced that they will continue to work together to deliver
high quality streaming video and audio over the Internet. Akamai`s
EdgeSuite Service will provide the worldwide infrastructure to support
content delivery for Apple.com and Apple`s software downloads, and will
continue to serve as the worldwide backbone for QuickTime TV (QTV).
"We`re thrilled to continue working with Apple, one of Akamai`s charter
customers, to support Apple`s worldwide content delivery needs," said Akamai
Chairman and CEO George Conrades. "Apple uses the Web to drive their
business, and has developed the Internet as an information and entertainment
medium with QTV, and our technologies and services help bring the
performance of those products to a new level."
"Apple and Akamai have consistently delivered the highest performance,
highest quality streaming video and audio over the Internet," said Philip
Schiller, Apple`s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Apple`s
customers depend on the quality and reliability they receive from our
Akamai-powered Apple.com website and QTV."
Apple and Akamai have been working together since 1999 to optimize the
quality of streaming video and audio over the Internet, including the
record-setting webcasts of Steve Jobs` Macworld Expo keynote presentations.
At Macworld Expo San Francisco 2001, the keynote webcast set Internet
records for streaming media on the Web, with more than 250,000 people
watching various parts of the keynote, and more than 35,500 simultaneous
viewers generating 5.3 gigabits of peak streaming traffic.
About Apple
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to
students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world
through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving thousands
of customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for
content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 9,700
servers in 56 countries directly connected within over 650 different
telecommunications networks.
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Akamai Contact:
Caryn Converse
Media Relations
617-444-4661
converse@akamai.com
Apple Contact:
Alicia Awbrey
Media Relations
408-974-0922
awbrey@apple.com
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