Akamai Selected to Deliver Site of World Champion New England Patriots

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (www.akamai.com), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, today announced that the World Champion New England Patriots have chosen Akamai to ensure consistent availability and performance of its website, www.patriots.com.

On the road to the 2005 Super Bowl, the National Football League's New England Patriots expect record site traffic as sports enthusiasts from around the world log on to get the latest news and information.

By leveraging the globally distributed Akamai EdgeSuite® solution, popular online sports destinations can avoid costly infrastructure build out and maintenance to keep a website performing optimally. With Akamai, visitors to www.patriots.com will experience faster website performance, including delivery of scores, game recaps and photo galleries.

"We are fortunate to have gone to three Super Bowls nearly back-to-back. The experience has taught us the need for a reliable, fault-tolerant system that can handle an incredible surge in traffic," said J. Trent Adams, Chief Innovator for the Patriots.

"Over the past year we have seen a dramatic increase in sports fans going online to access up-to-the minute sports information," said Lisa Arthur, Chief Marketing Officer of Akamai.

The Akamai EdgeSuite solution enables the generation and delivery of dynamic content that can be targeted and delivered from locations optimized for each end user.

In addition to being a world championship NFL team, the New England Patriots, based in Foxborough, MA., help lead the league in new media development.

Akamai® is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. More than 1,200 organizations have formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenue and reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their online businesses.

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