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Akama i i s  the c l ear l eader i n the expand i ng market for c ontent and app li c at i on de li very s erv i c e s … from ba s i c  ob j e c t de li very and s tream i ng ,  to more advan c ed EdgeSu i te c apab ili t i e s s u c h a s : 

• Who l e s i te de li very; 

• Se c ure c ontent de li very; 

• Den i a l  of s erv i c e m i t i gat i on; 

• Geograph i c c ontent and app li c at i on target i ng and report i ng; 

• P er s ona li zat i on of Web c ontent through dynam i c  page a ss emb l y; and 

• The ab ili ty to redu c e I nternet l aten c y to a c h i eve s i gn i f i c ant l y i mproved performan c e . 

We offer our c u s tomer s  unpre c edented v i s i b ili ty and management of the i r extended network s,  from the c orporate f i rewa ll ,  to the c r i t i c a l  end-u s er , i n c l ud i ng: 

• What type of traff i c  we are de li ver i ng and where; 

• Wh i c h c ontent i s  be i ng c on s umed and how; and 

• Where u s er s  are a cc e ss i ng c ontent and app li c at i on s. 

We a l s o a l ert c u s tomer s  to i ss ue s  on the i r extended network s,  wh il e he l p i ng to prote c t them from v i ru s e s  and den i a l  of s erv i c e atta c k s.  Throughout 2003 ,  we p l an to re l ea s e add i t i ona l c u s tomer management and c ontro l c apab ili t i e s, i n c l ud i ng a cc e ss  to data on the hea l th of the I nternet ,  the c apa c i ty and performan c e of the Akama i  network ,  and exten s i ve i nformat i on about a c u s tomer’ s extended enterpr i s e network . 

The s e c apab ili t i e s s et the s tage for bu il d i ng on our EdgeSu i te te c hno l ogy and tak i ng our c u s tomer va l ue propo s i t i o n to the next l eve l … EdgeComput i ng . 

EdgeComput i ng offer s F o rtune 500 and pub li c s e c tor enterpr i s e s  t he ab ili ty to extend and c ontro l  the i r e-bu s i ne ss i nfra s tru c ture and to pro c e ss  and de li ver app li c at i on s  anywhere on the g l obe ,  w i th an i nfr a s tru c ture that i s fa s t ,  re li ab l e , s c a l ab l e , s e c u re ,  and eff i c i ent . 

I n effe c t ,  EdgeComput i ng  mean s  g i v i ng our c u s tomer s  more c ontro l  o ver the I nternet — mak i ng the I nternet pred i c tab l e enough for m i ss i on- c r i t i c a l  app li c at i o n s,  and re li ab l e enough to be an exten s i o n of a c u s tomer’ s own c orporate network . 

One way to th i nk of th i s i s  that we are “v i rtua li z i ng the data c en t er” — an i mportant s tep i n enab li ng enterpr i s e s  to c on s ume c omput i ng a s  a ut ili ty ,  on demand .  A l ready we have been de s c r i bed a s  the f i r s t c ommer c i a l  examp l e of a n  on-demand , g l oba l c omput i ng ut ili ty . 

F or c u s tomer s,  th i s i s i mp o rtant ,  be c au s e i t mean s  that Akama i i s  bre a k i ng the app li c at i on dep l oyment bott l ene c k a n d enab li ng i mproved app li c at i on t i me-to-marke t and s c a l ab ili ty — app li c at i on s  that he l p the m c ompete — wh il e avo i d i ng the need for c o s t l y data c enter bu il d-out s. J u s t a s  Akama i  ha s  made the I nternet pred i c tab l e , s c a l a b l e and s e c ure for our c ontent de li very c u s to mer s,  we are now work i ng to do the s ame f or app li c at i on pro c e ss i ng and de li very . 

We’ve c ome a l ong way from the ear l y def i n i t i on of Content De li very Network s. F or Akama i ,  we s ee an expand i ng market opportun i ty that l ead s  from ba s i c  ob j e c t de li very and s tream i ng to extend i ng enterpr i s e and pub li c s e c tor e-bu s i ne ss i nfra s tru c ture s anywhere i n the wor l d ,  on demand ,  w i th v i s i b ili ty and c ontro l . 

We rema i n c omm i tted to th i s  v i s i on and to c on s tant i nnovat i on on beha l f of our c u s tomer s.  Serv i ng b illi on s  of reque s t s  ea c h and every day ,  be i ng dep l oyed i n over 1 , 000 network s  around the g l obe ,  and work i ng for c u s tomer s  who are expand i ng the way that bu s i ne ss e s  u s e the Web ,  g i ve s  u s  a tru l y un i que v i ew of how the I nternet i s  operat i ng , m i nute by m i nute .  The re s u l t i ng i n s i ght and know-how gu i de s  our te c hno l ogy deve l opment ,  often i n rea l -t i me re s pon s e to marketp l a c e requ i rement s. 

I  want to thank ea c h emp l oyee for prov i d i ng c ont i nued i nte ll e c tua l c ontr i but i on ,  energy and enthu s i a s m ,  and for a s teadfa s t c omm i tment to the s u cc e ss  of our c ompany . 

I  a l s o want to thank you ,  our s hareho l der s, for your c ont i nued s upport a s  we s tr i ve to a c h i eve our goa l s. 

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