Novell and Akamai
NOVELL AND AKAMAI ENTER INTO BROAD STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO ACCELERATE
CONTENT DELIVERY ON THE WEB
- Companies to integrate Novell Internet Caching System and Novell
Content Exchange with the ability to dynamically Akamaize content
- Novell and Akamai to offer combined services to customer-base
Provo, UT and Cambridge, MA- October 9, 2000 - Novell, Inc., the leading
provider of Net services software, and Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AKAM), the foremost provider of global, high-performance
services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media, and
applications, today announced a broad strategic alliance to enhance the
delivery of Web content for mutual customers. As part of the agreement,
Novell will integrate AkamaizerSM functionality into the Novell Internet
Caching System (ICS) and Novell Content Exchange solutions. Leveraging
Akamai’s vast global content delivery network, Novell will provide Web
content acceleration through its best-of-breed caching solutions to
Akamai’s network of more than 4,200 servers worldwide. The combination
of Novell’s ability to accelerate web servers, with Akamai’s
acceleration of content to the end user, is expected to increase
adoption of the Akamai network for content delivery.
As part of the alliance, Novell will also offer Akamai’s FreeFlowSM and
FreeFlowSM Streaming services to its customers for the fast, reliable
delivery of rich, multimedia content, while Akamai will offer the
integrated Akamai/Novell solutions to its customers.
“By bringing our technology together with Akamai’s FreeFlow service, we
are offering a comprehensive and extremely efficient solution for
customers to adopt global content distribution,” said Eric Schmidt,
Chief Executive Officer, Novell. “This combined solution creates a
content acceleration network from the first foot to the edge of the
Internet.”
“The advantages of high-speed, reliable content delivery are critical
for enterprises seeking to increase customer satisfaction and
retention,” said George Conrades, Chief Executive Officer, Akamai. “With
its product and service offerings, Novell provides a compelling option
for content providers to leverage Akamai’s network. Through our
relationship, enterprises will be better equipped to realize the
potential of the Internet as a reliable, efficient eBusiness tool.”
Novell/Akamai Technologies – Improving the Speed and Efficiency with
Which Internet Content is Delivered
The Novell Internet Caching System is a scalable caching appliance that
improves the speed and efficiency with which Internet content is
delivered. Novell ICS, working with the Akamaizer software, will enhance
the process of transferring and delivering content via Akamai’s global
content delivery network. The Novell Internet Caching System is
distributed exclusively through Novell's OEM partners. For more
information regarding pricing and availability of OEM vendors’ Novell
ICS-based appliances, visit www.novell.com/products/ics/howtobuy.html.
In addition, Novell Content Exchange, a Web-server acceleration service,
will leverage the Akamaizer software to seamlessly direct traffic to
Akamai’s network for enhanced Web performance.
The Akamaizer software automates the process through which embedded URLs
(Uniform Resource Locators) are translated into ARLs (Akamai Resource
Locators). When a request for Web content is made, the “Akamaization”
process is triggered and the HTML content with embedded ARLs is
delivered. The Web browser then automatically requests the Akamaized
content and is dynamically directed to the optimal Akamai server.
Akamai's core technology analyzes real-time Internet conditions to
deliver all forms of content through the most efficient route on the
Internet, reaching end users with measurably greater speed 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.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL), is the leading provider of Net services
software that delivers services to secure and power all types of
networks - the Internet, intranets, and extranets; wired to wireless;
corporate and public - across leading operating systems. Novell's Net
services software provides the foundation for one Net - a single global
network that supports new applications and forms of business. Worldwide
channel, consulting, education and technical support programs, along
with strategic alliances, combine Novell Net services software with
third-party products and services to form complete Net solutions.
For information on Novell's complete range of products and services,
contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272), or
visit Novell's Web site at novell.com. Press may access
Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at
novell.com. In addition, detailed comparisons
between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are
available on the Web at novell.com.
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Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The 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, the
dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service, a failure of
its network infrastructure, the complexity of its service and the
networks on which the service is deployed, the failure to obtain access
to transmission capacity and other factors that are discussed in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents periodically
filed with the SEC.
Novell is a registered trademark and the Novell Internet Caching System
is a trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other
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