Zengine Announces Alliance With Akamai for Streaming Media Delivery Services
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000--Zengine, Inc., the Internet subsidiary of MCSi, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCSI - news), announced today it has joined Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:AKAM - news) Alliance Partner Program. As an Akamai Alliance Partner, Zengine will recommend Akamai's streaming media services across all client platforms. Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media and applications.
``Our partnership with Akamai will enable us to offer our diverse client base a more reliable, high quality streaming media experience,'' noted Zengine President and CEO Joe Savarino. ``The combination of Zengine's and Akamai's services can be leveraged and utilized by any company looking for large-scale e-commerce solutions with streaming video capabilities,'' continued Savarino.
Zengine provides a comprehensive suite of technology-based solutions that enable businesses to quickly and cost-effectively create, maintain and enhance enterprise-wide commerce platforms. Zengine's integrated services for both B2B and B2C e-commerce include Website user interface design, product content and merchandising, personalization, customer relationship management, advertising and sponsorship management, custom order fulfillment, end-user customer service, platform hosting and reporting and analysis.
``Zengine's commitment to developing rich and engaging e-commerce sites is in line with Akamai's efforts to provide a compelling and efficient online experience for Internet users,'' said Bob Hughes, director of channel sales and programs, Akamai. ``We look forward to developing our relationship with Zengine to provide our mutual customers with a reliable and scalable infrastructure for e-business.''
Akamai's FreeFlow(SM) Streaming service utilizes Akamai's globally distributed network of servers to deliver multimedia content via the edges of the Internet, eliminating degradation in quality and reliability.
About Akamai
Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media and applications, serving over 2,100 customers. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media and applications delivery with more than 4,200 servers in 50 countries directly connected to 225 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool. biz.yahoo.com |
