If you use the Internet for anything - to download music or software, check the headlines, book a flight - you've probably used Akamai's services without even knowing it. We play a critical role in getting content from providers to consumers.
Akamai has created a digital operating environment for the Web. Our global platform of thousands of specially-equipped servers helps the Internet withstand the crush of daily requests for rich, dynamic, and interactive content, transactions, and applications. When delivering on these requests, Akamai detects and avoids Internet problem spots and vulnerabilities, to ensure Websites perform optimally, media and software download flawlessly, and applications perform reliably.
Hundreds of enterprises worldwide use our global platform to sell, inform, entertain, market, advertise, deliver software, and conduct their business online. Through our EdgeControl they also gain insight into worldwide Internet conditions and access to tools to manage their online business. With Akamai's managed services there's no infrastructure to build or deploy. We can have you integrated on our platform in just a few days.
Today Akamai handles tens of billions of daily Web interactions for companies like Audi, NBC, and Fujitsu, and organizations like the U.S. Department of Defense and NASDAQ -- powering brand new business models that serve the changing online economy.
Akamai IP Application Accelerator(IPA) addresses core Internet weaknesses to optimize the performance, availability and real-time sensitivity associated with IP-enabled applications delivered over protocols such as SSL, IPSec, Citrix ICA, UDP and FTP. And because it's a managed service, your customer avoids a big infrastructure investment while enjoying a big payoff — higher application adoption rates and more productivity.

Web Application Accelerator(WAA) gives users worldwide a faster, more reliable application experience by applying acceleration and route optimization technologies of the Akamai platform. It's a convenient managed service that addresses core Internet issues that no hardware appliance can solve. With Akamai's Web Application Accelerator, you get the response times, security, and availability that drive application adoption and productivity — without a big IT investment.
Whether it's for enterprise software products such as SAP®, Oracle® or other B2B applications such as extranet portals, SaaS delivery, product lifecycle management, sales force automation, eCommerce, or any custom Web-based application — Web Application Accelerator can help your customer's business.
Resale of Akamai managed services provide unique recurring revenue opportunities for resellers whose product or service focus is that of assisting customers in managing the delivery of information and applications over the internet. For these resellers, Akamai has a comprehensive partner program aimed specifically at enabling the partner to efficiently sell and, support a portfolio of high margined Akamai products.
Akamai partner programs and incentives accommodate those reseller organizations who do not provide the first line of support while acknowledging the added value of those partners who do provide such service.
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