• 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.

    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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