[thelist] Akamai

Cheryl Amato wrote:

>I was reading an article the other day that mentioned Akamai content
>delivery network & it's ability to ensure that files are delivered during
>peak traffic hours - can someone please explain what Akamai is?
>
>

Wired Magazine has a 1999 article on Akamai:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.08/akamai.html
Google also came up with this:
http://www.siam.org/siamnews/12-99/akamai.pdf

Hope this helps,

Naju