AKAMAI TECHNOLOG : acquisition of Verivue

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06 déc. 2012 •20:27

CAMBRIDGE, MA – December 5, 2012 – Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Verivue, a privately-held company based in Westford, Massachusetts that provides licensed content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure solutions for network operators. On November 13, 2012, Akamai announced a definitive agreement between the parties pursuant to which Akamai would acquire Verivue in a cash transaction.

The combination of the two companies’ technologies and teams is expected to help Akamai accelerate market availability of a comprehensive portfolio of Operator CDN products.

“Network operators are turning to CDN technologies as a strategic and highly complementary way to offer new and differentiated content services, reduce network infrastructure costs, and ensure a quality experience for subscribers across a variety of IP-connected devices,” said Paul Sagan, President and CEO of Akamai. “Since the launch of our Aura Network Solutions earlier this year, Akamai has been meeting with network operators worldwide. With our acquisition of Verivue now complete, we believe we are well-positioned to offer network operators a more robust, operator CDN solution as well as federation with the world’s leading content delivery platform.”

The company does not expect the acquisition of Verivue to materially impact results of operations in the current quarter. Accordingly, Akamai will not be updating fourth quarter 2012 guidance as a result of this acquisition. The acquisition is expected to be slightly dilutive by approximately one cent on a normalized, diluted per share basis* in 2013.