March 9, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Content delivery operator Akamai Technologies (akamai.com) announced on Wednesday that online entertainment company Turbine Inc. has selected Akamai Media Delivery for delivery of its online assets, which include games, patches, content updates and online promotional streaming trailers.
“By leveraging the Akamai platform, Turbine can offer its customers a great experience through fast, reliable delivery of the content they need,” says Kris Alexander, senior media and entertainment solution manager for Akamai. “Providing a great online experience is important for ensuring customer satisfaction and growing a customer base. Akamai helps ensure this with a proven platform designed to enable storage and global delivery of games and other media assets online.”
Turbine customers download large and graphic-intensive files that typically require long download times. According to Akamai, Turbine required a scalable and reliable solution to deliver all its content and avoid the frequent failures that are more common with traditional delivery options.
