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Speeding Up the Internet: Algorithms Guru and Akamai Founder Tom Leighton (Part 6)

Posted on Monday, Oct 22nd

SM: So, you are saying that centralized data centers have higher latency, and thus lower throughput, and that prevents TV quality video or higher, making the video-on-demand experience unsatisfactory. Is there an example of this you could give? I think it would be helpful to illustrate the point. TL: We have a great case study

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Speeding Up the Internet: Algorithms Guru and Akamai Founder Tom Leighton (Part 3)

Posted on Friday, Oct 19th

SM: Let me ask you a couple of detailed questions on that framework. You have servers inside of various ISPs. The intelligence in that server is your technology and that is how you route traffic. Is that fair to say? TL: At a very high level that is correct. There is a lot of detail

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Level 3’s Impact on Akamai?

Posted on Friday, Oct 5th

I wrote about Akamai earlier this week, and thought it would be a good idea to add this short post about Level 3’s price cuts. The Level 3 announcement that they would be offering CDN services at the same rate as normal bandwidth has thrown a lot of confusion in the market. Mostly, it is

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Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Aug 23rd

SM: You were at Zilog, but their focus was not on networking. EB: Right. We attempted to build a business out of the networking developments. When I say we, I say a few friends who all ended up being significant contributors to the networking industry. They are people like Judy Estrin, Joe Kennedy, Bill Carico,

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 15)

Posted on Friday, Mar 23rd

I conclude my conversation with Raj discussing some theoretical benefits of his plan to take high speed network access to the villages. Additionally, Raj explains what he feels is necessary for this vision to come to reality. SM: Anything that improves or provides their livelihood can be the killer app. RR: Yes, that is the

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 12)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 20th

After having dealt so much with education, we also examine some of the other issues which are of interest and importance to Raj. SM: We have spent a good amount of time addressing education. What other issues are on the top of your mind at this point? RR: The big picture where education comes in,

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