Akamai Company Description
Akamai Technologies offers an accelerated course on Internet delivery. The company's technology enables companies and government agencies to deliver Web content and applications, such as ads, business transaction tools, streaming video, and Web sites. Through its network of some 30,000 servers in about 70 countries, Akamai analyzes and manages Web traffic, transmitting content from the server geographically closest to the end user. The company's customers include Airbus, Apple, Best Buy, FedEx, Microsoft, MTV Networks, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Labor, Victoria's Secret, and XM Satellite Radio.
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