CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, and Microsoft Corp. have announced
a partnership in which access to the Akamai CDN will be fully
integrated into Microsoft Azure. The forthcoming Azure CDN offering
is designed to optimize performance of content and applications
deployed and delivered on Azure.
As part of the companies' expanded relationship, Microsoft is
also bringing to market a series of first-party services that
include Akamai's market-leading CDN, acceleration and security
solutions. Microsoft enterprise customers will be able to purchase
any Akamai offering as "self-select" options through the Azure
portal or as part of their organization's Microsoft enterprise
agreement. In addition, customers will receive integrated, one-stop
service and support from Microsoft and Akamai.
"Through this strategic partnership, Microsoft and Akamai are
helping usher in the next generation of content delivery tailored
for cloud platform customers of all sizes," said Bill Staples, Corporate Vice President,
App Platform, Microsoft
Azure. "The Azure CDN combines the intelligent cloud services
of the Azure platform with the delivery advantages of Akamai's
world-class and massively-distributed CDN. Further, Azure customers
can leverage Akamai's unique CDN, acceleration and security product
portfolio that can be managed and purchased through a single
enterprise agreement."
The relationship between Microsoft and Akamai
is long-standing. Microsoft is one of the largest content
delivery consumers on the planet, with decades of experience in
delivering large software packages to big, globally dispersed
audiences. Akamai and Microsoft have also collaborated on
major software downloads as well as some of the world's largest,
highest-profile online events.
"We believe the power of the Azure platform combined with the
reach and scale of Akamai's CDN opens a wealth of new possibilities
for building and delivering highly-effective, cloud-based solutions
for a host of applications," said Tom
Leighton, CEO of Akamai. "From start-ups to established
enterprises, businesses need the assurance of scale, performance,
and security as more and more applications and workloads move to
the cloud. We look forward to collaborating with Microsoft
Azure and being a part of their open and flexible cloud
strategy."
Microsoft customers are expected to be able to purchase an Azure
CDN offering and deploy onto the Akamai Network architecture via
the Azure portal in early 2016. In addition, a managed roll-out of
Microsoft first-party services for CDN, acceleration and security
based on Akamai will be available to targeted enterprises next
month.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft)
is the leading platform and productivity company for the
mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower
every person and every organization on the planet to achieve
more.
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, the effects of any attempts
to intentionally disrupt Akamai's services or network or
Microsoft's platform by hackers or others, the inability of
Akamai's CDN and the Azure platform to operate together as expected
or to continue to be interoperable, inability of customers to
realize the expected benefits of the combined solutions, a failure
of Akamai's network infrastructure, unexpected delays in the timing
of releases of solutions 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:
Jeff Young
Media Relations for Akamai
jyoung@akamai.com
Alex Vaught
Media Relations for Microsoft
avaught@we-worldwide.com
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