Akamai and Macromedia announce availability of Flash

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, and Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of Akamai Streaming for use with Macromedia Flash. Akamai customers can now take advantage of the on-demand Flash streaming media service, delivered over Akamai’s globally distributed platform to Macromedia Flash Player, the most ubiquitous rich Internet client. By leveraging the Macromedia Flash Communication Server and the Akamai EdgePlatform, customers will benefit from massive scalability, increased reliability and capacity, and a fast and flawless delivery to viewers. For more information, visit http://www.akamai.com/en/html/services/streaming.html.

This service allows companies to deliver integrated, interactive Flash video experiences, including movies, TV shows, broadcast media, product demonstrations, corporate announcements, sales training, and other major events to end users flawlessly every time. By using Flash Player, end users are able to instantly view video with no waiting and no need to download a player. Publishers are able to lower their development, quality assurance, and customer support costs because Flash eliminates the hassles of deploying video on-demand applications across multiple platforms and browsers.

Akamai already serves several gigabits per second of downloadable Flash content, including several hundreds of megabits per second of Flash video traffic. This partnership allows Akamai to deliver more Flash video content leveraging Macromedia’s streaming solution, with better quality and availability using Akamai’s globally distributed platform.

“Akamai Streaming combined with Macromedia Flash fundamentally changes the way video is deployed and used on the Internet today,” said Chris Hock, director of product management, Macromedia. “We’re excited to work with Akamai, as their global reach and leadership in the industry will give content providers the ability to deliver the best Flash video experiences to the widest possible audience worldwide.”

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