Accelerating Innovation in a Hyperconnected World - Akamai at TiECON East
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Accelerating Innovation in a Hyperconnected World Tom Leighton, Chief Executive Officer, Akamai Technologies
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Tom Leighton, the Chief Executive Officer of Akamai Technologies gave this presentation on Accelerating Innovation in a Hyperconnected World at TiECON East in May 2013. TiECON East brings together entrepreneurs in Technology, Life Sciences, Education, Clean Tech and Startups to learn about the latest industry trends, get advice from entrepreneurs, and network with professionals. The presentation gives viewers an overview of what is required to manage a state of the art web presence, an overview of Akamai, as well as the four megatrends in Akamai's current market. The presentation concludes with Tom Leighton's advice for new entrepreneurs. Learn more about TiECON East: http://www.tieconeast.org/2013/ Learn more about Akamai: http://www.akamai.com/
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Accelerating Innovation in a Hyperconnected World
Tom Leighton, Chief Executive Officer, Akamai Technologies
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• Web servers• Local load balancers• Application servers• SSL and authentication servers• Video streaming infrastructure• Managing third party content• Compression & connection
management servers• IDS & IPS servers• DNSSec & IPv6 support• Mobile app infrastructure• Redundant data centers & failover
Managing a State of the Art Web Presence
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End-Users
Internet
The Web: Simple on the Outside…
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X
(Cloud) Datacenters
End-Users
12,000 networks connected by peering points
X
…but Problematic on the Inside
AT&T
Level 3
Cogent
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(Cloud) Datacenters
X
X
End-Users
AkamaiServer
The Akamai Solution
AT&T
Level 3
Cogent
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Evolution from Theory to Practice
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 20122011
Fall 1997 – Spring 1998: $50K Competition
1995 – 1998: Academic Research at MIT
Fall 1998: Incorporation
Spring 1999: Akamai Goes Live
1999 – 2001: Bubble Mania
2001 – 2003: The Bubble Burst
2004 Onward: Growing a Profitable Company
2010:$1B Milestone
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013+
Road to $5BInnovation &
Global Expansion
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The Akamai Cloud Today
Accelerating Daily Traffic of:• 10+ terabits per second • 20+ million hits per second• 1.5+ trillion deliveries/day• 50+ petabytes/day• 10+ million concurrent streams
15–30+% of Web Traffic
Delivering 250,000+ Domains
• All top 60 eCommerce sites• All top 30 M&E companies • 9 of the top 10 banks• All branches of the U.S. military
• 130,000+ Servers• 1,100+ Networks• 650+ Cities• 86 Countries
A Global Platform:
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Let’s see it live!
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Media over IPOver 90% of IP traffic will be video by 20151
Cloud AdoptionNearly 2/3 of application
workloads will be cloud-based by 20161
Megatrends Driving the Market
The Challenge:Quality at Scale
Sources: 1-Cisco, 2-Ericsson 3-McAfee
The Challenge:Performance & Cost
Mobile50 Billion connected
devices by 20202
The Challenge:Performance & Capacity
Cyber AttacksCyber attacks
have increased >50X since 20093
The Challenge:Availability & Data Integrity
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You Can Start a Successful Company
• Don’t be afraid to make mistakes…but correct them quickly!
• Expect to work 18 x 7 x 365 x years
• You’ve got to move fast…operate with a sense of urgency!
• Be “tenacious as Hell”
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