Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is releasing the first in a four-part series of white papers offering perspective on cloud computing. Available for download at www.akamai.com/cloud, A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud provides a framework for evaluating the cloud computing marketplace by exploring enabling technologies, current offerings, and challenges. The paper also considers Akamai’s role as a provider of cloud optimization services that are designed to help cloud computing fulfill its promise to deliver flexible, efficient, business-critical infrastructure for the enterprise.

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