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Teneo Launches Web Application Accelerator from Akamai for Accelerating Content and Business Processes Online

Berkshire, UK - 8th October 2007 - Teneo Ltd, the specialist provider of network management and application performance optimization solutions, has launched an application performance service from Akamai for accelerating content and business processes online.

With IT performance intrinsically linked to user productivity, providing fast and responsive applications for users is imperative. Whilst Teneo already provides solutions for improving performance of networked applications such as MS Office and Exchange, web based applications that rely on the fabric of the internet present a different set of challenges.

Akamai's Web Application Accelerator gives users worldwide a faster, more reliable application experience by applying acceleration and route optimization technologies on the Akamai platform. It's a convenient managed service that addresses core Internet issues that no hardware appliance can solve. With Akamai's Web Application Accelerator, you get the response times, security, and availability that drive application adoption and productivity - without a big IT investment. Akamai offers an alternative to infrastructure build out allowing IT functions to adopt a more centralized approach to their IT strategy and delivery.

Akamai Web Application Accelerator speeds performance of dynamic, interactive Web applications without requiring additional infrastructure by taking a fundamentally different approach to application delivery, employing techniques such as dynamic mapping and routing, along with caching and connection optimization.

How Akamai's Web Application Accelerator Works

Requests and application responses between users and your origin server are sent over the Akamai platform. It's the world's largest fault-tolerant network, comprising of 25,000 servers in 69 countries spanning 1100 plus networks. When a user requests an application, dynamic mapping technology directs the request to the closest Akamai server. Using route optimization, Akamai identify the fastest, most reliable path back to the server over the internet to retrieve the application content, and employ connection techniques to optimize communication between servers, improving performance and reliability of both retrieval and delivery. Access control features ensure application security is maintained throughout the process.

Why accelerate Web applications?

Akamai's Web Application Accelerator can be used for a variety of applications, including customer-facing portals, collaboration platforms, e-learning environments and business-to-business commerce applications. Akamai already accelerate a number of applications globally spanning all business functions and process including BI, ERP, CRM, DRM, CMS, SCM, PLM to name a few.

Piers Carey, CEO from Teneo commented
"Akamai's Web Application Accelerator (WAA) is an exciting new offering that will help our customers maximize the performance of their online business and experience greater performance and improved reporting for their mission-critical Web-based applications. This is a cost effective solution that gives the response times, security, and availability that drive application adoption and productivity without the huge IT investment!"

About Akamai

"Akamai® is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and applications online. Thousands of organizations have formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenue and reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their online businesses. Leveraging the Akamai Edge Platform, 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 Teneo Ltd

Teneo is a specialist Application Performance Management solution provider, with offices in the UK and US. Our solutions help customers:

Our focus is to understand customer goals and provide products and services that allow them to be achieved. Teneo has 800 customers across 40 countries, and provides a full range of pre and post sales customer care services.

Press Contacts:
James Hall, Marketing Director, Teneo Ltd, Tel: 0118 970 3923, email james.hall@teneo.co.uk
Rebecca Brown, Marketing Executive, Teneo Ltd, Tel: 0118 970 3900, email rbrown@teneo.co.uk

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