Akamai Strengthens Public Sector Initiatives with Leadership Appointments and Move to New Operations Center

-- Former Department of Defense official to lead Akamai Public Sector team

-- Former Chief Information Officer of White House Communications Agency joins as Akamai Director of Operations and Delivery

-- New facility in Reston, Virginia to feature Network Operations Command Center for monitoring global Internet traffic on behalf of government customers

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading globalservice provider for accelerating content and business processesonline, announced today key leadership appointments to its publicsector organization based in Reston, Virginia. Spurred by continuedgrowth in its federal, state, and local government agency customerbase, Akamai also announced today that it has more than doubled thesize of its public sector operations center, moving to a new locationin Reston. The Company's new public sector offices will feature astate-of-the-art Network Operations Command Center (NOCC) to monitorInternet traffic patterns, congestion points, and potential maliciousactivity in support of its government customers.

Leadership Appointments

Betsy Appleby, who joined Akamai at the beginning of 2005, hasbeen promoted to the role of Vice President, Akamai Public Sector. Inher new role, Ms. Appleby will run Akamai's public sector salesorganization and oversee all public sector operations. Ms. Applebybrings more than 15 years of public service experience and leadershipat the Department of Defense (DoD) in IT acquisition and programmanagement. Ms. Appleby reports directly to Robert Hughes, executivevice president of Global Sales, Services and Marketing at Akamai.

"We are very excited to have Betsy lead our efforts in the publicsector," said Hughes. "She has made a significant impact on oursuccess over the last year, and has earned the respect of our entirepublic sector organization. Betsy brings to Akamai an extensivebackground in working successfully for and with government agencies,including her experience in leading large teams and complex programsin the Department of Defense. Her career has been marked by leadingchange through innovation and agility."

Before joining Akamai, Ms. Appleby served as the DoD ProgramManager for NetCentric Enterprise Services (NCES), focusing onenabling network-centric operations and warfare. Ms. Appleby was alsoresponsible for the design and award of a commercially managed servicepilot for Next Generation Collaboration Services, an initiative thatwas unprecedented in the DoD for maximizing the capabilities ofnetwork technologies while reducing the footprint and administrationof local resources. Prior to these roles, Ms. Appleby led Public KeyEnabling efforts for the DoD, where she successfully developed andleveraged enterprise solutions to meet the information assurancerequirements within the Combatant Commands, Services, and Agencies.

Also new to Akamai's Public Sector team is Fran Trentley, whojoins as Director of Operations and Delivery. Mr. Trentley, a retiredArmy Lieutenant Colonel, most recently served at the White HouseCommunications Agency as Chief Information Officer where he ledefforts to modernize communications technology in support ofPresidential travel missions. As Director of Operations and Deliveryfor Akamai Public Sector he will be responsible for overseeingAkamai's managed services offerings within the government.

"Betsy and Fran bring strengthened leadership, energy, andrelevant government experience to our public sector efforts,"continued Hughes. "In 2006, we will continue to invest in theexpansion of our public sector team commensurate with our growingfederal, state and local government client base."

Akamai Expands Presence in Public Sector

With a doubling in size of its new Reston-based operations center,Akamai's re-location reflects the Company's success in providing ondemand managed services for government agencies to ensure theircontinuity of operations (COOP).

"As federal, state and local agencies leverage Internet Protocoltechnologies to transform their operations, demand for Akamai's securee-government infrastructure services has been dramaticallyincreasing," said Betsy Appleby, vice president, Public Sector,Akamai. "Our office expansion and development of a command center toclosely monitor Internet traffic reflects our commitment to provideworld-class support and operations for government missions."

Modeled after Akamai's main NOCC at its Cambridge, Massachusettsheadquarters, the extension of similar monitoring capabilities in itspublic sector office will provide unique insight into overall Internetactivity, demonstrating the value of Akamai's global platform toensure superior content and application delivery and security, whilesimplifying e-government infrastructure management.

Government agencies that currently rely on Akamai's content andapplication delivery services include the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S.Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Food andDrug Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey's EarthquakeHazards Program, among others.

About Akamai

Akamai(R) is the leading global service provider for acceleratingcontent and business processes online. More than 1,900 organizationshave formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenueand reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their onlinebusinesses. Leveraging the Akamai EdgePlatform, these organizationsgain business advantage today, and have the foundation for theemerging Web solutions of tomorrow. Akamai is "The Trusted Choice forOnline Business." For more information, visit www.akamai.com.

The release contains information about future expectations, plansand prospects of Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s management thatconstitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harborprovisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by theseforward-looking statements as a result of various important factorsincluding, but not limited to, the effects of any attempts tointentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users orothers, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, afailure of Akamai's network infrastructure and other factors that arediscussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterlyreports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with theSEC.