Akamai Chief Scientist and Co-Founder Tom Leighton Outlines Company Position on Cloud Computing

`A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud` is first in a four-part series of
white papers on cloud computing to be published by Akamai
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media,
dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, is releasing today the
first in a four-part series of white papers offering perspective on cloud
computing.

Available for download at www.akamai.com/cloud, A Perspective from the Edge of
the Cloud provides a framework for evaluating the cloud computing marketplace by
exploring enabling technologies, current offerings, and challenges. The paper
also considers Akamai`s role as a provider of cloud optimization services that
are designed to help cloud computing fulfill its promise to deliver flexible,
efficient, business-critical infrastructure for the enterprise.

"Akamai is in a unique position to help enable enterprises to pursue their cloud
strategies," said Tom Leighton, chief scientist and co-founder, Akamai.
"Services for cloud optimization are a vital part of our total offering, and go
well beyond Content Delivery Network (CDN) cache-based technologies. Akamai
addresses the inefficiencies in application, transport, and routing layer
protocols, and offers products for enterprises designed to ensure the security
and continuity of their cloud-based strategies. This paper looks at enabling
technologies that reside at the edge of the cloud."

A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud examines the components of a cloud
computing model that include cloud virtualization technologies and cloud
optimization services, as well as the principal offerings from within the cloud
that are Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

Akamai believes that enterprises will use all aspects of this emerging cloud
model, and already sees established enterprises demonstrating a desire to
leverage the cloud in a modular way. The ability to migrate and run components
of Web applications across various cloud platforms - based on the business
requirements of the application - is expected to be a fundamental part of how
enterprises migrate to the cloud. A single site, for example, may use IaaS
offerings for storage overflow, PaaS for custom application modules, and
best-of-breed SaaS applications, along with on-premises origin systems. Some
enterprises have even established private clouds - creating a pool of
infrastructure resources, typically deployed within their own firewalls that can
be dynamically shared among different applications and functions within the
enterprise.

"Consider that the Internet is the common link between all these cloud computing
modules, with varying issues around performance, reliability, scalability, and
security," continued Leighton. "Enterprises are facing challenges presented by
multiple cloud offering integrations, as well as challenges inherent to the
`Internet` cloud itself."

To learn more about Akamai and cloud computing, as well as Akamai`s value for
enterprises adopting modular cloud strategies, please visit
www.akamai.com/cloud.

The Akamai Difference

Akamai® has built the world`s largest distributed cloud optimization network.
Having pioneered the content delivery market one decade ago, Akamai's services
have been adopted by the world's most recognized brands across diverse
industries. The alternative to centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai's global
network of tens of thousands of distributed servers provides the scale,
reliability, insight and performance for businesses to succeed online. Akamai
has transformed the Internet into a more viable place to inform, entertain,
advertise, interact, and collaborate. To experience The Akamai Difference, visit
www.akamai.com.

Akamai Technologies, Inc.
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