CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies,
Inc., (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network
(CDN) services, today announced that media coverage of last night's
U.S. Presidential Election was the largest single news event the
Company has ever helped its customers deliver. Live video streaming
traffic specific to the election peaked at 7.5 Tbps on the Akamai
Platform shortly before midnight Eastern
Time on Tuesday, November
8th, eclipsing previous news events, and placing
it among the highest video traffic peaks for any individual event
delivered by Akamai.
"In what has already been a record-setting year for live
streaming with the European soccer finals, Rio and the recent
Presidential debates, Akamai has again helped our customers deliver
unprecedented levels of online video with last night's election
coverage," said Bill Wheaton,
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Media at Akamai.
"Not only are more people watching online in general, they're
watching at higher quality, which contributes to the increasingly
higher peaks in traffic that we're observing."
Yesterday also marked the inauguration of Akamai's Broadcast
Operations Control Center (BOCC) in a Presidential election.
Numerous customers took advantage of the dedicated facility,
technical staff and services for real-time support and deep
operational insight that is critical to successfully delivering
live events.
From an historical perspective, Election
Day traffic on Akamai in 2004 peaked at a relatively modest
21 Gbps. The 2009 Obama inauguration reached 1.1 Tbps and the Royal
Wedding in 2011 hit 1.3 Tbps. More recently, the first 2016
Presidential debate peaked at 4.4 Tbps in September.
Learn more about Akamai's live video streaming services and the
Elections at this link.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit
www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on
Twitter.
Contacts:
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Chris Nicholson
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Tom Barth
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Media Relations
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Investor Relations
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617-444-2987
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617-274-7130
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cnichols@akamai.com
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tbarth@akamai.com
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