The company helps systems integrators, application and infrastructure service providers, and technology partners to address the challenges of doing business in the cloud.
Akamai has announced its NetAlliance Partner Program for global IT solution providers. This program will help partners to integrate Akamai services into their offerings, and to pass the value of Akamai’s globally-distributed platform on to customers. With this program, Akamai is recruiting partners across platforms to help its customers leverage the Cloud for business success.
The Akamai NetAlliance partner program is designed to enable new members to:
- Leverage integrated solutions with leaders in the public, private and hybrid-cloud markets
- Add and scale revenue streams to their business with Akamai solutions that have a low barrier-to-entry
- Help customers reduce costs and improve efficiencies in their datacenter consolidation by off-loading traffic to Akamai
- Integrate a secure Internet platform to their cloud offerings by providing unmatched quality and performance
- Increase global reach through Akamai’s global Internet platform
- Access robust market development funds and Akamai training/certification programs
Having built global alliances with IT leaders including HP, Jive Software, Rackspace® Hosting, Telefónica and Verizon, Akamai has also established partnerships with leading regional technology providers and integrators around the world to collaborate on solutions for today’s enterprise.
Some of those existing alliances across Asia Pacific Japan; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and South America, include 77 Agency, Arturai, Boreus, DMX Technologies Sdn. Bhd, Exceda, Kinmax Technology Inc., and Mikotek International Corporation, among others.
“2011 is a big year for extending Akamai’s channel as we made significant global investments to help our partners scale their business with our NetAlliance Partner Program,” said Martin Häring, vice president of International Marketing and Channels at Akamai. “Our partners leverage Akamai’s innovative services to overcome inefficiencies inherent across the Internet. In collaboration with NetAlliance partners, Akamai is transforming the Internet into a reliable, high-performance platform for cloud services or any other Internet-based enterprise application.”