CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and
ROME, July
21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AKAM) and Telecom Italia today announced a partnership
agreement to offer Content Delivery Network and web optimization
services and solutions to Italian companies.
Driven by explosive growth in digital media, the initiative
includes Telecom Italia offering and marketing, within the Italian
market, of Akamai's suite of services (including web acceleration
and security) capable of providing optimum performance for the
distribution of high-quality video and Internet content.
The agreement also includes a direct connection between Telecom
Italia's IP network and the global Akamai Platform. It represents
an important step in how a Telco and a Content Delivery Network
provider can maximize Internet infrastructure assets, enhancing the
end user experience on premium content.
"Akamai, a leading global provider of Content Delivery Network
services, becomes another important partner along Telecom Italia's
path towards the future of the market and innovation," said
Simone Battiferri, Executive Vice President for Business Market
at Telecom Italia. "Akamai's technology together with Telecom
Italia's platforms and network, gives customers access to more
efficient solutions for the use of content. This is much more
important in a market like todays where multimedia services on the
Internet are used by a great variety of terminals and devices where
speed plays a key role."
Doug Tilford, Senior Vice
President & General Manager of Akamai EMEA added
that, "Italy is an important
and growing Internet market and provides significant opportunity
for the adoption of media and cloud services. The partnership
with Telecom Italia is an opportunity for the two companies to
bring new and innovative services to market, providing the support
and tools necessary to assist businesses inside the country and
within the region."
About Telecom Italia Group
Telecom Italia is the
main ICT group and the technology partner of Italy to embrace digital. Abroad its strength
is Brazil, where TIM Brasil, is a
major player on the market.
Innovation is at the heart of the Group's strategy and its
portfolio includes telecommunications, internet, digital contents,
cloud services, digital platforms, office and system solutions,
offering everyone – consumers, enterprises and institutions –
simple and safe tools for the new digital life.
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. 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, failure of Akamai and
Telecom Italia technologies to work together or work together
adequately to provide expected benefits from the partnership; the
effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt Akamai's services
or network or Telecom Italia's network or products by hackers
or others, the failure of the CDN market to develop as predicted, a
failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, and other factors that
are discussed in Akamai'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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Jeff Young
Akamai Media Relations
+1 617-444-3913
jyoung@akamai.com
Karine
Gourdon-Keller Akamai Media
Relations
+49 89 94006-312
kgourdon@akamai.com
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Telecom
Italia
Press
Office
+39 06 3688
2610
http://www.telecomitalia.com/media
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