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Date9/99

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Websiteakamai.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone(877) 4-AKAMAI
Employees1,000
Founded8/98

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Cambridge, USA
8 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA, 02142
USA

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President and CEO
Executive Chairman
Chief Technology Officer
VP and General Counsel
VP of Sales, Service and Marketing
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Board
Chief Financial Officer
VP of Business Development
VP of Engineering
Dir, Sales

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Total$110M
acerno, 10/08 $95M
Red Swoosh, 4/07 $15M

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Akamai

Akamai is a leading web services provider based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the primary player in content delivery expediting space. It was started in 1998 to use advanced computing techniques to delivery a streamlined web experience to the end user. Its first customer was Yahoo.

Since 1998 Akamai has retained content delivery as its core business, but has also branched out with two tiers of professional Internet consulting services along with related digital media and site delivery solutions. These businesses target firms seeking to deliver a rich user experience quickly and consistently.

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Bengt Nilsen - December 10, 2008 at 10:18am
Would be careful with a company that fires employees that criticizing certain aspects of media, based on sponsors meaning. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/02/akamai-fires-engineer-who-spoke-out-against-music-tax/
JasonM - November 17, 2007 at 3:53pm
I have used Akamai in the past for our content delivery and they certainly know there stuff.

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  1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Payday for Red Swoosh 15 million from Akamai/ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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