Akamai Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Tom Leighton, To Keynote eTail West Conference 2013

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today announced that CEO, Dr. Tom Leighton, will speak at the eTail West Conference in Palm Springs, California on February 26, 2013. Dr. Leighton will deliver a keynote presentation titled, "Transforming Experiences Across the Omnichannel."

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Details on the presentation are as follows:

    When:                   Tuesday, February 26, 2013
                            10:20 - 10:55 a.m. (PT)

    Where:                  JW Marriot Desert Springs
                            74855 Country Club Drive
                            Palm Desert, CA 92260

    What:                    Dr. Tom Leighton will explain
                             the challenges of providing
                             frictionless experiences
                             across all devices and
                             channels.  He will also share
                             near term and long term
                             strategies for helping to
                             ensure rapid response times -
                             regardless of whether a
                             shopper is engaging on a
                             smartphone or an iPad, using a
                             mobile connection, or
                             competing for Wi-Fi in the
                             store.

For more information about the eTail West Conference, please visit http://www.wbresearch.com/etailusawest/

About Akamai

Akamai® is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the Company's solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform(TM) providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.

    Contacts:
    Helen Yang                                      Natalie Temple
    Media Relations                                 Investor Relations
    858-404-1436                                    617-444-3635
    hyang@akamai.com                                ntemple@akamai.com

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