CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a leading provider of cloud
services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and
business applications, today announced a partnership with Solid
State Networks, a leading provider of game deployment solutions and
resources that provide game developers and publishers with a
platform to quickly and reliably deploy, deliver and manage online
games.
Solid State Networks and Akamai will work together with the goal
of accelerating game downloads, updates and player interactions.
The integration is intended to enhance speed and security across
cloud, web and online platforms, including mobile devices. It also
pairs a flexible and reliable global infrastructure with the
business intelligence companies leverage to cost-effectively
deliver the ultimate online gaming experiences while driving uptake
and reducing abandonment.
"The online game industry is a continuously evolving and highly
competitive market, and our mission is to provide developers and
publishers everything they need to get their online game ready to
play," said Rick Buonincontri, CEO
at Solid State. "By partnering with Akamai, we are leveraging an
unmatched capacity, scale, and geographic reach to further reduce
friction that can negatively impact player acquisition and
retention. We expect our customers to benefit from a fully
optimized and integrated workflow deployment solution that delivers
on today's gamers' expectations, so they can focus on making great
games."
Thanks to the partnership, game studios are afforded the
opportunity to incorporate Akamai during the early stages of
development and take advantage of those benefits throughout the
entire game lifecycle. This can help smaller and independent
studios more easily scale to support their success.
"Game files are getting bigger and being released more
frequently than ever. Launches, updates and patches all pose unique
delivery and security challenges for game developers and
publishers," said Kris Alexander,
chief strategist, connected devices and gaming, at Akamai. "We
believe that the Solid State Networks DIRECT solution, when coupled
with Akamai's Intelligent Platform, will allow developers and
publishers of all types and sizes to deploy their games globally
with confidence and deliver at the speed of player
demand."
As part of the arrangement, Solid State joins Akamai's
NetAlliance Program. The program extends the existing capabilities
of Akamai's content delivery solutions and includes best-of-breed
partners that provide robust and superior workflow solutions to
customers worldwide. By partnering with Akamai, Solid State gains
access to the Akamai Intelligent Platform, a distributed network of
more than 170,000 servers and software across 102 countries within
more than 1,300 networks.
Akamai will be exhibiting in Game Developers Conference booth
2310, March 4-6, at the Moscone
Center in San Francisco.
About Akamai
Akamai® is a leading provider
of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online
content and business applications. At the core of the Company's
solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ providing extensive
reach, coupled with first class reliability, security, visibility
and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the
increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and
enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more
about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a
hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com or
blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
About Solid State Networks
Solid State Networks
is the developer of the industry leading game deployment solution
DIRECT. Solid State Networks has worked with the
leading game studios and publishers to facilitate the digital
deployment of online content-driven games to players
worldwide. For more information about Solid State Networks
and how DIRECT can optimize the deployment of your online games,
visit www.solidstatenetworks.com, you can also follow
@SolidStateNet 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 SNN's
services or products by hackers or others, the inability of Akamai
and SNN technology or systems to operate together as expected or to
continue to be interoperable, 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.
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