THE PROJECT AKAMAI LOGO IS SYMBOLIC OF A BOLD VISION - A VISION TO BRIDGE TIME AND DISTANCE BARRIERS AND BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL CARE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE PACIFIC BASIN. THE BLACK BACKGROUND PORTRAYS AN OPEN UNCHARTED FRONTIER FILLED WITH CHALLENGE, MYSTERY, AND OPPORTUNITY. RED AND WHITE ARE FAMILIAR COLORS OF MEDICINE: RED SYMBOLIZES HUMAN LIFE AND THE BLOOD THAT BEATS THROUGH THE COMPASSIONATE HUMAN HEART; WHITE REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF PURITY AND SERVICE TO HUMANITY.
	THE CENTERPIECE OF THE AKAMAI LOGO IS THE HOKULEA CANOE - THE ARCHETYPE OF THE POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SPIRIT SYMBOLIZING OUR SPIRIT AS WE EXPLORE TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BRING HEALTH CARE TO THE FAR REACHES OF THE PACIFIC BASIN WHILE OVERCOMING CHALLENGES TO REACH OUR GOAL. THE CANOE IS RIDING THE LIGHTENING BOLT-SHAPED WAVE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DISCOVERY POWERED BY THE WINDS OF THE INFORMATION AGE.
THE STAR CLUSTER PLEIADES, IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IS SYMBOLIC OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE, WHOSE VISION HAS SHAPED THE PROJECT'S GOALS AND IDEALS. THE BIG DIPPER CONSTELLATION, IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, SYMBOLIZES ALASKA AND SENATOR TED STEVENS, WHOSE CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH SENATOR INOUYE, GUIDE AND ENABLE THE EFFORT TO MOVE FORWARD.
	THE PETROGLYPH-STYLE WRITING, TOGETHER WITH THE HOKULEA, REMINDS US OF OUR HAWAI'IAN HERITAGE - THE PLACE WHERE AKAMAI BEGAN.