IntraLinks Enhances Customer Experience as Global User Base Expands

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Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:24am EDT

Akamai Helps Accelerate Performance through Its Globally-Distributed and
Scalable Platform

NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- IntraLinks(R), the leading provider of
critical information exchange solutions, today announced that the company will
accelerate its mission-critical business application using Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), a company that powers rich media, dynamic
transactions and enterprise applications online.  IntraLinks will increase
productivity and speed for its customers around the world leveraging Akamai's
Web Application Accelerator and IP Application Accelerator.  Both solutions
are delivered through Akamai's globally distributed and highly-scalable
platform of more than 48,000 deployed servers in 70 countries. 

"As our global client base continues to grow, we need to ensure that all
users, whether in the Americas, EMEA or Asia-Pacific, experience the highest
level of service in terms of availability and speed," said John Landy, chief
technology officer for IntraLinks. "We are using Akamai's global network
routing and application acceleration services to reduce standard network
latency over the Internet, giving our customers the feeling that our
application is running within their data center.  We anticipate that users
outside the U.S. will now be able to access our platform at nearly twice the
speed they could previously."  

"Software as a service companies recognize the importance of fast and reliable
performance of their applications as end users demand consistent and
high-performance business solutions," said Willie Tejada, vice president,
Application and Site Acceleration, Akamai.  "Akamai's Web Application
Accelerator and IP Application Accelerator are designed to accelerate these
mission-critical business solutions to global end users.  With Akamai's help,
IntraLinks will be able to deliver their applications to its growing global
customer base in a fast and reliable manner."

About IntraLinks
IntraLinks provides on-demand solutions for businesses to securely
collaborate, communicate and exchange critical information inside and outside
the enterprise. For more than a decade, 750,000 professionals from more than
90,000 organizations have relied on IntraLinks to accelerate workflow,
optimize business processes and realize new profit potential. IntraLinks
counts 800 of the Fortune 1000 as clients, including AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and the FDIC. For more
information, visit www.intralinks.com. 

About Akamai
Akamai(R) provides market-leading managed services for powering rich media,
dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online. 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, interact, and
collaborate. To experience The Akamai Difference, visit www.akamai.com.

SOURCE  IntraLinks

Shelley Pfaendler, +1-212-896-1248, spfaendler@kcsa.com, or Dani Ruest,
+1-212-896-1251, druest@kcsa.com, both of KCSA Strategic Communications
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