XO Communications, Inc., (Nasdaq:XOXO), a provider of broadband communications services, and Akamai Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq:AKAM), a Content Delivery Service Provider (CDSP), announced the companies have entered into strategic agreements to enhance Web site performance for customers.
As part of the alliance, XO will provide Akamai with interconnection bandwidth related services based on SONET architecture transmitting data at speeds of OC-3 (155 Mbps) and OC-12 (622 Mbps). In addition, XO will provide co-location space in its data centers for the deployment of additional Akamai servers.
XO's interconnection bandwidth related services and hosting capabilities help Akamai to expand its reach to enable users to benefit from improved performance and accelerated delivery of the Web's streaming media, software applications and content served on Akamai's globally distributed network.
Under a separate agreement, XO will provide value-added Internet services for customers by offering Akamai's content delivery services, including EdgeSuite, Akamai's service that includes the dynamic assembly of complete Web pages on its distributed computing platform.
By offering Akamai's services, XO customers will be able to realize the cost-saving benefits of increased scalability and consistent Web site availability via Akamai's globally distributed network.
XO will offer content delivery services through its 1,100+ person direct and national sales channels and will engage in a variety of co-marketing activities with Akamai. The addition of content delivery services is another step in the expansion of the high-end data products and services offered by XO.
In the past six months, XO has introduced high-capacity access solutions including Gigabit Ethernet and Metro Wavelength Services and has watched its revenue per subscriber grow by more than 40 percent over the past year.
Akamai's EdgeSuite is an integrated suite of services that allows Web sites to reap the performance, scalability, and reliability benefits of content delivery across an entire site, including static and dynamic content, embedded objects, streaming media, and HTML.
About Akamai:
Akamai is a Content Delivery Service Provider, serving customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
About XO Communications:
XO Communications is provides broadband communications services offering local and long distance voice communication services, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) access, Web hosting and e-commerce service, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), dedicated access, global transit and application infrastructure services for delivering applications over the Internet or a VPN. For more information, visit www.xo.com.