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