Akamai Delivers for NetAid
According to Keynote Systems (NASDAQ: KEYN), an independent Internet performance measurement company, Akamai enabled the NetAid.org home page to be delivered 32% faster than the average download speed of the top Web sites evaluated in the Keynote Business 40 Internet Performance Index for the week prior to the event.
"This type of event would have taxed any network, but the NetAid site displayed incredible resiliency for maintaining high performance and reliability," said Gene Shklar, vice president of public services for Keynote. "We were eager to measure the performance of this Web endeavor due to its predicted hit count. Throughout the whole event, the NetAid Web site performed extremely well."
"The success of NetAid will be evaluated largely on the Web site's ability to bring people together from all over the globe to help donate time, resources and money to this important cause," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies. "Particularly on October 9th, when the concert broadcasts drove large crowds to the Web site, visitors needed to experience a fast and reliable site, and a message that would encourage them to take action. Akamai's technologies for delivering engaging content closer to the end user enables Internet events of this magnitude to become a reality."
Akamai's Role in NetAid
As a NetAid sponsor, Akamai has donated the use of its Internet content delivery service, FreeFlow, for delivering the www.netaid.org content. FreeFlow is a service that delivers Web site content with speed and reliability, enabling site designers to develop a more dynamic experience than possible via prior means. Akamai's service is based on the company's innovative technology that makes real-time routing decisions by evaluating current Internet conditions, server load, and the user's geographic location. FreeFlow operates on Akamai's global network of over 1,200 servers deployed across 40 different carrier networks in 24 countries. In addition to contributing its services for delivering the NetAid.org content, Akamai donated and deployed servers for use by Cisco and RealNetworks, who operated the live Webcast for the October 9th concerts.
Many network providers and ISPs on whose networks Akamai servers reside provided bandwidth in support the NetAid concerts. These network providers include: AboveNet, AUCS Communications Services, Cable & Wireless HKT, carrier1, City Telecom (HK) Limited, CLEARNet, connect.com.au, CTI, DACOM, Davnet Tel, Embratel, Exodus Communications, Freeserve, Global Crossing's Global Center division, GX Networks, Ltd., ICM, JARING, Knoware BV, Korea Telecom Hitel, Ltd., Level 3 Communications, M-Web, Netcom, PRIMUS Telecommunications Group, Inc., PSINet, Qwest Communications, SingNet, Soros Foundation Hungary - Center for Culture and Communication (C3), Splitrock, SwissCom, TeleDenmark, Telia,Telstra, and Verio.
As a long-term initiative, NetAid uses the unique networking capabilities of the Internet to promote development and alleviate extreme poverty across the world. The concerts, orchestrated simultaneously during the day on October 9th in Geneva, London and New Jersey, featured artists such as David Bowie, Bono, Jewel, Sting, and Wyclef Jean, and were viewed by millions via live broadcasts on BBC, MTV, and VH-1.
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Large-scale Internet event draws millions of Web site hits in fight against extreme poverty
CAMBRIDGE, MA, October 14, 1999 - Akamai Technologies, which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance, today announced that www.netaid.org, the Web site aimed at fighting world poverty, supported millions of Internet Web site hits during the recent October 9th NetAid concerts. NetAid, an initiative created by Cisco Systems and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to raise awareness about extreme poverty, is sponsored by Akamai and KPMG, and combines the respective forces of leading-edge technology and entertainment on a global scale.According to Keynote Systems (NASDAQ: KEYN), an independent Internet performance measurement company, Akamai enabled the NetAid.org home page to be delivered 32% faster than the average download speed of the top Web sites evaluated in the Keynote Business 40 Internet Performance Index for the week prior to the event.
"This type of event would have taxed any network, but the NetAid site displayed incredible resiliency for maintaining high performance and reliability," said Gene Shklar, vice president of public services for Keynote. "We were eager to measure the performance of this Web endeavor due to its predicted hit count. Throughout the whole event, the NetAid Web site performed extremely well."
"The success of NetAid will be evaluated largely on the Web site's ability to bring people together from all over the globe to help donate time, resources and money to this important cause," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies. "Particularly on October 9th, when the concert broadcasts drove large crowds to the Web site, visitors needed to experience a fast and reliable site, and a message that would encourage them to take action. Akamai's technologies for delivering engaging content closer to the end user enables Internet events of this magnitude to become a reality."
Akamai's Role in NetAid
As a NetAid sponsor, Akamai has donated the use of its Internet content delivery service, FreeFlow, for delivering the www.netaid.org content. FreeFlow is a service that delivers Web site content with speed and reliability, enabling site designers to develop a more dynamic experience than possible via prior means. Akamai's service is based on the company's innovative technology that makes real-time routing decisions by evaluating current Internet conditions, server load, and the user's geographic location. FreeFlow operates on Akamai's global network of over 1,200 servers deployed across 40 different carrier networks in 24 countries. In addition to contributing its services for delivering the NetAid.org content, Akamai donated and deployed servers for use by Cisco and RealNetworks, who operated the live Webcast for the October 9th concerts.
Many network providers and ISPs on whose networks Akamai servers reside provided bandwidth in support the NetAid concerts. These network providers include: AboveNet, AUCS Communications Services, Cable & Wireless HKT, carrier1, City Telecom (HK) Limited, CLEARNet, connect.com.au, CTI, DACOM, Davnet Tel, Embratel, Exodus Communications, Freeserve, Global Crossing's Global Center division, GX Networks, Ltd., ICM, JARING, Knoware BV, Korea Telecom Hitel, Ltd., Level 3 Communications, M-Web, Netcom, PRIMUS Telecommunications Group, Inc., PSINet, Qwest Communications, SingNet, Soros Foundation Hungary - Center for Culture and Communication (C3), Splitrock, SwissCom, TeleDenmark, Telia,Telstra, and Verio.
As a long-term initiative, NetAid uses the unique networking capabilities of the Internet to promote development and alleviate extreme poverty across the world. The concerts, orchestrated simultaneously during the day on October 9th in Geneva, London and New Jersey, featured artists such as David Bowie, Bono, Jewel, Sting, and Wyclef Jean, and were viewed by millions via live broadcasts on BBC, MTV, and VH-1.
