MONTREAL – December 8, 2005 – Fusepoint Managed Services, a leading provider of outsourced infrastructure and application management services, today announced an agreement with Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, to resell Akamai’s full range of business solutions that will significantly speed customer content delivery and business application performance over the Internet.
Fusepoint customers will now be able to benefit from Akamai’s content delivery services that enable enterprises to increase the global performance, reliability and scalability of all their Web-based content. In addition, Fusepoint will now be offering Akamai’s new application performance services which are designed to deliver significant Internet application performance gains to remote network users.
“We see great synergies between Akamai and Fusepoint’s application management services, and we fully expect this new relationship will translate into even greater business successes,” said Robert Hughes, executive vice president of Global Sales, Services and Marketing at Akamai. “Fusepoint brings coast-to-coast Canadian market coverage to Akamai, and their consultative sales expertise and approach to delivering true managed services is right in line with how we operate.”
“By aligning with Akamai and its innovative approaches to accelerating and maximizing the performance of online businesses, Fusepoint is even better positioned to deliver industry-leading managed services to market,” said George Kerns, president and CEO of Fusepoint Managed Services. “Customers such as Tourisme Montreal have become increasingly reliant on the Internet as a means to cost-effectively communicate with a global audience – and as their e-business needs evolve, so does their need for a high-availability content delivery solution.”
Business Performance Greatly Improved for Tourisme Montreal As a Fusepoint customer, Tourisme Montreal is a private, non-profit organization comprising 800 members of the tourism industry and partners that share a common objective of promoting Montreal as an incomparable travel destination. A key component of the organization’s marketing efforts revolve around its MontrealCam website (www.montrealcam.com) – an eight camera system that allows potential tourists to see Montreal by taking a live, virtual visit. Yet until recently, the MontrealCam was plagued by painfully slow speeds that greatly diminished its effectiveness outside of North America.
“The addition of new Fusepoint-Akamai services has dramatically changed the MontrealCam’s access speed, making it almost instantaneous from anywhere in the world,” said Yanick Bedard, IT advisor, Tourisme Montreal. “The reliability of the MontrealCam website has been dramatically improved. It’s great to know with 100 percent certainty that our content will always be viewable, and that our growing technology demands are being looked after.”
About Akamai
Akamai(r) is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. More than 1,800 organizations have formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenue and reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their online businesses. Leveraging the Akamai EdgePlatform, these organizations gain business advantage today, and have the foundation for the emerging Web solutions of tomorrow. Akamai is “The Trusted Choice for Online Business.” For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
About Fusepoint Managed Services
Fusepoint Managed Services is the leading provider of managed IT services and infrastructure for companies running mission-critical applications. Fusepoint’s technical experts and world-class data centres ensure the continuity of our clients’ businesses. We protect their networks, data and applications against unforeseen disasters and malicious threats while reducing their operational costs and safeguarding their corporate reputation.
Fusepoint’s range of services include managed hosting, managed application services, business continuity, security and professional consulting services.
Built on a foundation of unrivaled technical expertise and proven operational processes, Fusepoint’s managed IT solutions are SLA-guaranteed, scalable and designed to reduce IT costs while mitigating risk of service disruption. Picked as a “company to watch” by IDC Canada, Fusepoint maintains a national network of state-of-the-art data centres and offices strategically located in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City. For more information please visit