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Obama inauguration triggers historic peak in live streams at Akamai
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 19:17 IST |
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Bangalore: On the eve of the inauguration of the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. based web application developer Akamai witnessed a historic peak in the delivery of concurrent live streaming over Akamai EdgePlatform. Over seven million active simultaneous streams streamed into the platform at approximately 12:15 p.m.
"In addition to the historic nature of the Inauguration, it is now clear that this event has driven unprecedented demand from a global online audience," said Robert Hughes, Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Services and Marketing, Akamai. It also represented a single-day peak on the Akamai EdgePlatform for concurrent live streams utilizing Adobe Flash technology, serving over 800 Gbps of Flash streaming.
"With so many viewers eager to see the ceremonies and hear the first words of our 44th President, we knew the combination of Adobe Flash technology and Akamai would bring this inauguration to the broadest possible online audience," said Jim Guerard, Vice President and General Manager of Dynamic Media at Adobe. Total traffic on the Akamai network surpassed a rate of more than two terabits per second at approximately 12:15 p.m. Akamai also delivered over 12,000,000 requests per second at the same time.