TORONTO, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
- Company opens sales and services office in Toronto
- Akamai Intelligent Platform directly deployed within
45 networks in 26 cities across nine of Canada's ten provinces
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in
Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, today announced the
opening of its Toronto sales and
services office. The new office at 901 King Street West will
support employees focused on sales, services, engineering, and
security, and will complement Akamai's existing Ontario location in Ottawa.
Akamai's growth in Canada has
expanded in the areas of financial services, media &
entertainment, manufacturing, health care, public sector, and
commerce, with Ontario being the
province with the Company's largest customer base. Akamai is
hiring in both Toronto and
Ottawa for engineering roles in
the areas of Web Performance and Enterprise solutions.
Canada boasts 33 million
Internet users, with nearly 95 percent of its total population
being Internet-connected. 1 Over the last five
years, the country's high broadband (connections greater than 10
Mbps) adoption rate has increased by 589 percent.
2 During that same period, Canada's 4K readiness rate (connections
greater than 15 Mbps) has increased by 710 percent.
3
"The addition of our Toronto
office is an important step as we seek to nurture and grow our
customer base across Canada," said
Jim Ebzery, Senior Vice President
and General Manager of the Americas. "By expanding our local
operations, we are in a position to better address the needs of the
market and our customer base in the areas of cloud security, web
and mobile performance, and media delivery in Canada and the region, both directly and in
collaboration with our local partners."
Akamai is currently serving and protecting the online presence
for the six largest banks in Canada, many of Canada's most successful retailers, and has
served as a force behind major online events for several of the
national media broadcasters such as CBC/Radio-Canada during the
Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, and for the upcoming
2015 Pan Am games in Toronto.
SHOP.CA is becoming Canada's leader in online shopping, providing
a unique Canadian experience that combines an authoritative
selection of products, unparalleled service and a social loyalty
program that rewards members on every purchase. Launched in
July 2012, SHOP.CA has become the fastest growing retail
site in Canada and a top 10
most-visited, Canadian-owned ecommerce site.
"At SHOP.CA, we rely on Akamai's advanced technologies to power
critical parts of our infrastructure," said Gary Black, CTO of SHOP.CA. "Akamai
provides site acceleration, content delivery, mobile optimization
and cloud-based security solutions that have underpinned SHOP.CA
since the very beginning. We have a great working
relationship with Akamai and are excited at their announcement to
open a Toronto office which will
provide us with even greater access to their services and
capabilities. We've recently extended our relationship with
Akamai to deploy their Ion service for greater site performance
improvements."
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.
Contacts:
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Jeff Young
Media Relations
617-444-3913
jyoung@akamai.com
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Tom Barth
Investor Relations
617-274-7130 tbarth@akamai.com
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1 Source:
Internet World Stats
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2 Source:
Akamai State of the Internet report
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3 Source:
Akamai State of the Internet report
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SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc.