MovingIMAGE24 and Akamai Intensify Partnership
Berlin, October 21, 2013: The US-based global player Akamai and the German provider for video cloud solutions MovingIMAGE24 announce a strategic partnership based on the NetAlliance Partner Program.
Berlin, Germany(21 Oct 2013)
Unknowingly, users already benefit from MovingIMAGE24’s and Akamai’s joint services ? for example when watching or downloading videos on websites of leading companies like Henkel, Bayer or Johnson & Johnson. The German company offers an enterprise-grade video asset management solution ? called VideoManager. Its domain is hosting, organizing and publishing video content whereas Akamai Technologies takes care of fast and secure online delivery. The latter operates the leading cloud platform for enterprises that ensures a secure, high-performance user experience on any device, anywhere.
For instance, users of the following websites are able to enjoy videos in the optimal resolution completely without buffering, on any device: http://footage.henkel.com, www.video-center.bayer.com/. The videos are stored in German data centers.
MovingIMAGE24’s customers benefit from Akamai’s 137,000 servers around the globe that provide the highest quality and availability of video streams at affordable prices. As the leading cloud platform Akamai delivers 15 to 30 percent of the total web traffic. Both companies can now offer their customers prime services and support in the areas of video technology and security.
The connection between the two companies was established in early 2013. It is now brought to the next level with joint go-to-market activities through Akamai’s NetAlliance Partner Program. The partnership’s strategic focus is the integration of Akamai’s streaming technology with the MovingIMAGE24 video cloud platform.
“With Akamai as an exclusive partner we are able to provide first-class content delivery solutions to our customers. Hence, we can help enterprises to keep a slim server architecture and benefit from Akamai’s worldwide distributed platform at the same time”, Dr. Rainer Zugehör, CEO of MovingIMAGE24 states. “Together with Akamai, we now are also able to advise our customers on web security, especially concerning their videos.”
Michael Heuer, Regional Vice President Central Europe of Akamai, adds: “When using videos, companies should not leave the streaming to chance. Forgoing a professional video management system is like buying an engine without a car. We are excited to have a capable specialist like MovingIMAGE24 in our partner program.”
About Akamai:
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