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Benefits of Akamai Connector and Salesforce Commerce Cloud Integration

The integration of the new Akamai Connector with Salesforce Commerce Cloud allows organizations to take advantage of Akamai’s Web Performance solutions. Salesforce customers can leverage the new Akamai Connector to achieve end-to-end performance and reliability, with the added benefit of the security protections inherent in Akamai’s globally distributed cloud delivery platform. By using the Akamai Connector, Salesforce customers gain a streamlined way to connect their storefronts to Akamai’s cloud security and web performance solutions, protecting sites, mobile infrastructures, and API-driven requests from malicious attacks to help ensure that customer experiences are both optimized and secured.

Salesforce and Akamai Collaboration Opens a Wealth of Possibilities

Craig Adams, Vice President, Product Management, Web Performance Business Unit at Akamai, stated that the Company believes that the Salesforce and Akamai collaboration opens a wealth of possibilities. Adams added that Akamai is happy to join forces with Salesforce and offer customers an end-to-end experience with the Akamai Connector to help them protect their business from security threats, unpredictable performance, and delivery challenges for doing business online.

Akamai Connector is designed to help ecommerce businesses eliminate the complexity and management overhead of layering an alternative Content Delivery Network (CDN) on top of the Salesforce embedded CDN.

Akamai Won Eight Awards for its Cloud Security Solutions in 14th Annual 2018 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards

On April 17, 2018, the Company announced that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, named Akamai cloud security solutions as winners in eight different categories at the 14th Annual 2018 Global Excellence Awards ceremony held in San Francisco. Akamai cloud security solutions were recognized with the following awards: Gold Winner for Best Security Product/Solution for Finance and Banking; Gold Winner for Best Security Product/Solution for Online and Ecommerce; Silver Winner for Most Innovative Security Service of the Year; Silver Winner for Best Managed Security Service; Bronze Winner for Best Security Service; Silver Winner for Best Innovation in Cloud Security; Silver Winner for Best Website and Web Application Security; and Bronze Winner for Best Access Management Solution.

About Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Salesforce Commerce Cloud empowers retailers to unify customer experiences across all points of commerce, including web, social, mobile, and store. With embedded predictive intelligence and a robust partner ecosystem, the Commerce Cloud helps retailers deliver superior customer experiences for retailers, from planning to launch, and even beyond.

About Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai is the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, making the Internet fast, reliable, and secure for its customers. The Company’s advanced web performance, mobile performance, cloud security, and media delivery solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer, enterprise, and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.

Stock Performance Snapshot

May 18, 2018 – At Friday’s closing bell, Akamai Technologies’ stock slightly dropped 0.99%, ending the trading session at $75.34.

Volume traded for the day: 1.38 million shares.

Stock performance in the last month – up 3.97%; previous three-month period – up 12.63%; past twelve-month period – up 60.30%; and year-to-date – up 15.84%

After last Friday’s close, Akamai Technologies’ market cap was at $12.98 billion.

Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio was at 59.70.

The stock is part of the Technology sector, categorized under the Internet Information Providers industry.

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