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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
Akamai Technologies (Akamai or "the company") provides content delivery and cloud infrastructure
services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the internet.
Its solutions are designed to help companies, government agencies and other enterprises enhance
revenue streams and reduce costs by maximizing the consistency, performance and security of their
Internet-facing operations.
The company operates in one industry segment: providing services for accelerating and improving
delivery of content and applications over the internet. Its core solutions include application and cloud
performance services, video and software solutions, website optimization services, security and
protection solutions, network operator solutions, mobile device solutions, advertising decision solutions
and site intelligence offerings.
Akamai's application and cloud performance solutions are designed to improve the operation of
highly dynamic applications used by enterprises to connect with their employees, suppliers and
customers. The application and cloud performance solutions provided by the company include web
application accelerator and IP application accelerator. The web application accelerator service is
designed to improve the performance of web-based applications through a combination of dynamic
caching, routing and connection optimization, dynamic caching and compression of content. Akamai's
IP application accelerator solution is designed to optimize the performance, availability and real-time
sensitivity associated with IP-enabled applications delivered over Internet-related protocols such as
SSL, IPSec, UDP and FTP.
The company’s video and software solutions are designed to enable enterprises to execute their
large file management and distribution strategies by improving the end-user experience, enhancing
reliability and scalability and reducing the cost of Internet-related infrastructure. Akamai’s video...