CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), one of the world's largest and
trusted cloud delivery platforms, today announced the release of
the new Akamai Connector for Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
Commerce Cloud enables brands to provide personalized experiences
for shoppers that span web, mobile, social and in-store. And
now, as part of the world's #1 CRM platform – Salesforce – brands
can deliver completely unified experiences for customers that
extend beyond commerce to include marketing, customer service and
more.
The integration of the new Akamai Connector with Salesforce
Commerce Cloud allows organizations to take advantage of Akamai's
Web Performance solutions. Salesforce customers can leverage
the new Akamai Connector to achieve end-to-end performance and
reliability, with the added benefit of the security protections
inherent in Akamai's globally distributed cloud delivery
platform. By using the Akamai Connector, Salesforce customers
gain a streamlined way to connect their storefronts to Akamai's
cloud security and web performance solutions, protecting sites,
mobile infrastructures and API-driven requests from malicious
attacks to help ensure experiences are both optimized and
secured.
In today's digital economy, consumers do not have the patience
for slow performance and will quickly seek out a competitor if the
site and app experience is sluggish or unreliable. Akamai
Connector is designed to help eCommerce businesses eliminate the
complexity and management overhead of layering an alternative
Content Delivery Network (CDN) on top of the Salesforce embedded
CDN. With improved performance, retailers can minimize the
risk of having poorly performing sites and maximize their ability
to maximize revenue by delivering the best customer experience
possible across the globe.
"We believe the Salesforce and Akamai collaboration opens a
wealth of possibility," said Craig
Adams, Vice President Product Management, Web Performance
Business Unit, Akamai Technologies. "We're excited to join forces
with Salesforce and offer customers an end-to-end experience with
the Akamai Connector to help them protect their business from
security threats, unpredictable performance and delivery challenges
for doing business online."
"Creating personalized, omnichannel experiences is now more
important than ever for brands," said Mike
Wolff, SVP, ISV Sales, Salesforce. "By leveraging the power
of Commerce Cloud and the new Akamai Connector, customers can
optimize web and mobile app performance and deliver the best
experience to their customers as their business grows."
About Salesforce Commerce Cloud
The Salesforce
Commerce Cloud empowers retailers to unify customer experiences
across all points of commerce, including web, social, mobile and
store. From shopping to fulfillment to customer service, the
Commerce Cloud delivers 1-to-1 shopping experiences that
consistently delight customers, driving increased engagement,
loyalty and conversion. With embedded predictive intelligence and a
robust partner ecosystem, the Commerce Cloud helps retailers
deliver superior customer experiences for retailers, from planning
to launch and beyond.
Additional Resources
- Like Salesforce Commerce Cloud on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/CommerceCloud/
- Follow Salesforce Commerce Cloud on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/commercecloud
- Become a fan of Akamai Technologies:
https://www.facebook.com/AkamaiTechnologies/
- Follow Akamai Technologies on Twitter: @Akamai,
https://twitter.com/Akamai
Salesforce, Commerce Cloud and others are trademarks of
salesforce.com, inc.
About Akamai
As the world's largest and most trusted
cloud delivery platform, Akamai makes it easier for its customers
to provide the best and most secure digital experiences on any
device, anytime, anywhere. Akamai's massively distributed platform
is unparalleled in scale with over 240,000 servers across 130
countries, giving customers superior performance and threat
protection. Akamai's portfolio of web and mobile performance, cloud
security, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions are
supported by exceptional customer service and 24/7 monitoring. To
learn why the top financial institutions, e-commerce leaders, media
& entertainment providers, and government organizations trust
Akamai please visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or
@Akamai on Twitter.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
This release contains information about future expectations, plans
and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute
forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including statements about future business plans and
opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of
various important factors including, but not limited to, a failure
of Akamai's offerings or functionalities to operate as expected,
failure of the parties' respective solutions to interoperate as
intended, unexpected termination of the parties' relationship, a
lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and
functionalities, and other factors that are discussed in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-
Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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