Jan, 2002 : Apple and Akamai Deliver Record Business Streaming Event

📅 January 11, 2002 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (akamai.com) announced yesterdaythat the Webcast of the Macworld San Francisco keynote delivered by SteveJobs on Monday set new Internet records for a single, live corporatestreaming event. More than 11 terabytes of content were served during thetwo-hour Webcast, which attracted more than 160,000 unique Web visitors.During the peak of the Webcast, more than 16.5 Gigabits per second of videowere streamed at broadband rates to more than 81,000 simultaneous viewers.

During the keynote, Jobs unveiled Apple's new iMac, with its groundbreakingflat-panel design. The Webcast at apple.com delivered the equivalent of 8.26million minutes, or approximately 138,000 hours, of content. The keynote wasstreamed over Apple's QuickTime TV network managed by Akamai.
"This is a significant milestone for the streaming industry and forcorporations that are taking advantage of the Internet for delivery ofbusiness video," said Paul Sagan, president, Akamai. "A globally-distributedcomputing platform is critical to supporting the end-user demands placedupon the Internet for rich content. We believe it's a strong endorsement ofAkamai's technology platform and services that Apple continues to rely onAkamai to support its major corporate Web initiatives to provide the highestquality experience for customers worldwide."

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