Monday, November 15, 2010

STREAMING or DREAMING? ~ Akamai Technologies Inc. $AKAM


Media & Entertainment
  • Serves content for 5 of the top 6 online music sites, 29 of the top 30 media/entertainment companies
Business Services
  • Leaders in information services like Thomson Reuters, and comScore rely on Akamai to provide customers with reliable access.
Financial Services
  • Protects and enables transactions for Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Easy-Forex and other top institutions.
Gaming
  • Enables delivery of gaming content for next-generation consoles from Nintendo, and helps many other companies to meet gamers.
Hotel & Travel
  • Handles online bookings for world’s largest hotel firm & big brands like Expedia, Marriott, & Travelocity.
Insurance
  • Six of the top ten US insurance companies rely on Akamai.
Health Care & Life Sciences
  • Leading life sciences companies like Merck, Phase Forward and Medidata rely on Akamai to reach clinicians and patients worldwide.
Manufacturing & Automotive
  • Trusted by all of the top auto makers – Toyota, GM, Audi, BMW, and more.
Public Sector
  • Enables online operations for 10 of the world’s governments, all branches of the US Military, and many other agencies
Retail and Consumer Goods
  • Enables $100 billion in annual e-commerce revenue; used by over 85% of the top online retailers.
Software and Technology
  • Used by all of the top 5 anti-virus companies to distribute software online. 


LONGS: AAPL, AKAM, MSFT, FCX, IR, CX, HK, FISV and HOV.

3 comments:

BUY ON THE DIP said...

NFLX is less than 1% of AKAM business.

sell off over done.

BOTD!

BUY ON THE DIP said...

AHEAD OF THE UPGRADE:

Maxim Group upgraded from Hold to Buy on Wednesday, November 17th


47.68
+1.05 (2.25%)

BUY ON THE DIP said...

48.98
+1.30 (2.73%)

AKAM, raise stop. winner