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Bangalore, India – June 14, 2006 – Akamai Technologies,
Inc., the leading global service provider for accelerating content
and business processes online, announced today its position as a
strong leader in rich media content delivery as evaluated by Forrester
Research. Akamai was among six companies that Forrester invited
to participate in its June 9th Forrester WaveTM analysis entitled
Rich Media Content Delivery, Q2 2006, by Brian Haven (available
for Forrester subscribers at www.forrester.com). Akamai leads in
Forrester’s services evaluation, and is the only reviewed company
listed as a leader.
Forrester’s analysis states, “Akamai leads with experience”
referring to the Company’s “impressive client base in
terms of size and stature.”
“Its unmatched global network, media and entertainment expertise
and financial resources make it the clear Leader in rich media delivery,”
continues the report.
Forrester’s evaluation criteria included measuring each company
participating in the analysis based on 70 individual metrics within
three high-level categories: current offerings, strategy and market
presence. Akamai led in all three high-level categories.
In addition, the Forrester Wave analysis also recognized Akamai
with top marks (5.0 out of 5.0) in the following sub-categories:
network presence and service (related to current offering), and
revenue, services, and employees (related to market presence).
“The continued adoption of broadband and the increased consumer
demand for rich online content is helping to fuel Akamai’s
success,” said Robert Hughes, executive vice president, Global
Sales, Services and Marketing, Akamai. “We’re very pleased
to be recognized by Forrester as a leader in this booming market.
Akamai is enabling many of the largest online companies to monetize,
deliver, control and analyze their media assets, while providing
a dramatically better digital media experience for their audiences
anywhere in the world.”
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