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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Date of report: &nbsp;<U>March&nbsp;23, 2004</U><BR>
(Date of earliest event reported)

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <U>(617)&nbsp;444-3000</U>



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;23, 2004, Akamai Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a
press release in which the Company announced that Michael Ruffolo had resigned
as its Chief Operating Officer and was leaving the Company. The full text of
the press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">99.1
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press release dated March&nbsp;23, 2004 issued by Akamai Technologies, Inc.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;March 23, 2004</TD>
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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</TD>
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/s/ Melanie Haratunian<BR>
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Melanie Haratunian<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Exhibit&nbsp;Index</U></B>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">99.1
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press release dated March&nbsp;23, 2004 issued by Akamai Technologies, Inc.

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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Contacts:</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeff Young<BR>
Media Relations<BR>
617-444-3913<BR>
jyoung@akamai.com
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sandy Smith<BR>
Investor Relations<BR>
617-444-2804<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AKAMAI ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGE</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CAMBRIDGE, MA &#150; March&nbsp;23, 2004 &#150; </B>Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the
global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, today announced
that Michael A. Ruffolo, the company&#146;s Chief Operating Officer, will be leaving
Akamai, effective April 9th. No replacement will be named, and members of
Akamai&#146;s senior management team, including George H. Conrades, Chairman and
CEO, Paul Sagan, President, and Robert Hughes, Vice President of Global Sales
and Services, will assume Ruffolo&#146;s responsibilities.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In addition to remaining very active on technology company boards, Ruffolo will
focus on investing in early stage companies and provide consulting for
companies that need turnaround and restructuring expertise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;While we are sorry to see Mike go, we are deeply grateful for his strong
leadership and operational skills during a very critical business
transformation at Akamai,&#148; Conrades said. &#147;Akamai is well-positioned for
success and we appreciate Mike&#146;s many contributions. We wish him well in his
new endeavors and thank him for helping establish Akamai as a market-driven,
technology leader.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;Akamai is a strong company getting stronger every day,&#148; Ruffolo said. &#147;I am
proud of our tremendous progress over the past three years and leave confident
about the company&#146;s future prospects.&#148;



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>About Akamai</I></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Akamai&#174; is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services,
making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable
e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend
their Web operations &#150; with full control &#150; anywhere, anytime, without the cost
of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Akamai serves hundreds of today&#146;s most successful enterprises and government
agencies around the globe. Akamai is <I>The Business Internet</I>. For more
information, visit www.akamai.com.



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