Akamai Technologies said today it saw a record spike in online traffic during the Inauguration of President Barack Obama.As the largest day ever for the delivery of concurrent live streaming over the Akamai network, the company reported it reached a peak of over 7 million active simultaneous streams (the majority live streams) at around 12:15 p.m. today.Total traffic on the network surpassed a rate of more than 2 terabits per second and the company also delivered over 12,000,000 requests per second at the same time.
Akamai: US Home To Attacks, Slow Internet
The content delivery network tapped its resources to produce the first of what will be an ongoing look at the Internet on a quarterly basis.
Akamai As Proof Of A Non-Neutral Net?
An interesting Net Neutrality micro-debate has surfaced surrounding Akamai and whether Akamai’s services are a violation of Net Neutrality principles. This argument, produced by an influential Internet law professor, was used to illustrate that the Internet has never been neutral.
Akamai Visualizes The Internet
The company unveiled a new website that shows how data travels across the Internet, and how certain events impact that flow.
Akamai To Acquire Speedera
Akamai Technologies and Speedera Networks have signed a definitive agreement for Akamai to acquire Speedera in a stock-for-stock merger transaction.