Lewin & Leighton begin DARPA research at MIT

Daniel Lewin and F. Thomson Leighton initiated research at MIT for a DARPA challenge to develop methods for alleviating web congestion, laying the theoretical groundwork for CDNs.

Significance

This academic endeavor provided the foundational algorithms and conceptual framework that would soon become Akamai Technologies.

Key facts

Date
1997-01-01
Type
research
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA