• Akamai Technologies is a company which provides its services as a distributed computed platform for delivery of global internet contents. Akamai has created a digital operating environment for web through which requests for rich, dynamic, and interactive content, transactions, and applications are made possible.

• Fast Facts

  1. Stock symbol: NASDAQ: AKAM
  2. Annual revenue (2007): $636.41 million US
  3. Founder(s): Daniel Lewin, Tom Leighton, Jonathan Seelig and Preetish Nijhawan
  4. Year Established: 1998
  5. Industry: Internet Hosting Services
  6. Sales Phone: 877.4AKAMAI
  7. Support Phone: (877)4-AKATEC
  8. HQ: Cambridge, Massachusetts
  9. President and CEO: Paul L. Sagan
  10. Staff: 1,058 (2006)
  11. Other key people: George H. Conrades
  12. Products: Content Delivery

• Key Dates

  1. 1998: Akamai Technologies Founded
  2. 2001: Daniel Lewis killed on American Airlines flight 11 on September 11
  3. March 28, 2003: Al-Jazeera became a customer
  4. April 3, 2008: Al-Jazeera ends relatonship
  5. 2005: Acquired Speedera Networks
  6. 2007: Acquired Red Swoosh

• Partial Customer List

  1. AirTran
  2. Airbus
  3. Amazon
  4. Best Buy
  5. Cabela's
  6. Friendster
  7. General Motors
  8. PC World
  9. Red Hat
  10. Tagged

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