PARIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov.
20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
- Orange selects Akamai as a partner to develop a
comprehensive Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution.
- Orange and Akamai to jointly explore innovation in areas
such as content optimization and acceleration services for mobile.
Orange, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies,
and Akamai Technologies, Inc., one of the world's leading providers
of cloud infrastructure and CDN services, have announced today a
strategic alliance to address the growing needs of the enterprise
sector for improved content delivery. Orange has agreed to use
technology from Akamai's Aura Network Solutions to provide CDN
services to business customers. Upon deployment, the operator's
enterprise division Orange Business Services will market these
solutions initially in France. In
addition, the two groups have formed an innovation steering
committee to identify areas of innovation in the field of CDN
solutions.
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With best-of-breed content delivery network (CDN) solutions
based on Akamai technology, Orange will address the exponential
increase in web-based traffic, in particular HD video and
e-commerce services. CDN systems use a widely-distributed network
of servers to spread content that would otherwise be concentrated
in a few locations. The result is greater network efficiency and a
more secure system, as well as better service quality for end users
by improving uptime, and enabling faster access and download
speeds.
Through this partnership, Orange aims to meet its business
customers' needs, particularly in the media and e-commerce markets,
by providing cutting-edge video solutions and web-acceleration
services.
The partnership between the two companies is intended to provide
enterprises with access to Akamai's optimization and acceleration
technologies through Orange Business Services. By combining
Akamai's expertise in improving Internet performance for end users
across multiple devices with Orange's network, both companies look
to address the growing market demand for content delivery.
Today's news brings together two major players in their
respective industries with the aim of developing and offering
innovative solutions for optimizing online media, web-based
applications and mobile content. In addition, Akamai and Orange
will also jointly explore areas of innovation to bring new
solutions to market.
"We see great potential in this partnership with Akamai," said
Gilles Prunier, Senior Vice
President in charge of the Smart Networks program at Orange.
"Developing an Orange CDN service, powered by Akamai, will allow us
to enrich our existing BtoB services portfolio and to support our
customers' growth by providing them with new and differentiated web
features that improve the end-user experience and ultimately
increase customer loyalty."
"Akamai and Orange have a history of bringing unique and
innovative solutions to address enterprises' needs," said
Mark Vargo, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Akamai EMEA. "By combining the strengths of
two leading technology companies in a single partnership, we
believe we can provide enterprises in the French market with a
robust and comprehensive set of acceleration and optimization
offerings that will help address all aspects of their online
businesses."
The partnership, which reflects a binding Memorandum of
Understanding between the two companies, is subject to the
execution of one or more definitive agreements setting forth the
final terms and conditions for the companies' activities.
About Akamai
Akamai® (NASDAQ: AKAM) is the leading cloud platform
for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user
experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the
Company's solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ providing
extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security,
visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of
connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer
demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the
cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the
pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
About Orange
France Telecom-Orange is one of the world's leading
telecommunications operators with sales of 45.3 billion euros for 2011 and has 170,000
employees worldwide at 30 September
2012, including 105,000 employees in France. Present in 33 countries, the Group has
a total customer base of 227 million customers at 30 September 2012, including 169 million mobile
customers and 15 million broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers
worldwide. Orange is one of the main European operators for mobile
and broadband internet services and, under the brand Orange
Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing
telecommunication services to multinational companies.
With its industrial project, "conquests 2015", Orange is
simultaneously addressing its employees, customers and
shareholders, as well as the society in which the company operates,
through a concrete set of action plans. These commitments are
expressed through a new vision of human resources for employees;
through the deployment of a network infrastructure upon which the
Group will build its future growth; through the Group's ambition to
offer a superior customer experience thanks in particular to
improved quality of service; and through the acceleration of
international development.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris
(compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.
For more information (on the internet and on your mobile):
www.orange.com, www.orange-business.com,
www.orange-innovation.tv or to follow us on Twitter:
@presseorange.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included
in this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limited,
Orange France or France Telecom.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
This release contains information about future expectations, plans
and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute
forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by
these forward-looking statements as a result of various important
factors including, but not limited to, failure of Akamai and Orange
to enter into a definitive agreement setting forth the terms of the
partnership; failure of Orange and Akamai technologies to work
together or work together adequately to provide expected benefits
from the alliance; the effects of any attempts to intentionally
disrupt Akamai's services or network or Orange's network or
products by hackers or others, the failure of the CDN market to
develop as predicted, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure,
and other factors that are discussed in Akamai's Annual Report on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents
periodically filed with the SEC.
Contacts:
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Jeff
Young
Akamai Media Relations
617-444-3913
jyoung@akamai.com
Tom
Wright
Orange
Media Relations
+33 1 44 44 93 93
tom.wright@orange.com
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Natalie
Temple
Akamai Investor Relations
617-444-3635
ntemple@akamai.com
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SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc.