Akamai Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Dr. Tom Leighton to Keynote J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Internet Roundtable.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Dr. Tom Leighton, co-founder and chief scientist for Akamai Technologies Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is a company that provides a distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. , Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. (stock abbreviation) AKAM Automated Key Access Machine ), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, will deliver the keynote presentation on the 'Future of the Internet' at next week's Automotive Internet Roundtable, hosted by J.D. Power and Associates. J.D. Power and Associates will be joined by leading retailers, OEMs, agencies and automotive Web sites at the Bellagio Resort in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , October 7-9, as industry experts and thought leaders discuss how you can leverage the Internet to market and sell more cars. To learn more, please visit: http://corp.jdpower.com/irt/internet08. Details on Dr. Leighton's keynote are as follows: [TABLE OMITTED] As one of the world's preeminent authorities on algorithms for network applications, Dr. Leighton's work behind establishing Akamai was based on recognizing that Web congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. could be eased through applied mathematics and algorithms. Akamai has demonstrated this through the creation of the world's largest distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. platform, which dynamically routes content and applications across a network of more than 36,000 servers. Dr. Leighton's technology achievements have earned him recognition as one of the Top 10 Technology Innovators in U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. . The Akamai Difference Akamai([R]) provides market-leading managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality for powering rich media, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online. Having pioneered the content delivery market one decade ago, Akamai's services have been adopted by the world's most recognized brands across diverse industries. The alternative to centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai's global network of tens of thousands of distributed servers provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance for businesses to succeed online. Akamai has transformed the Internet into a more viable place to inform, entertain, interact, and collaborate. To experience The Akamai Difference, visit www.akamai.com. |
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