Entropia Selects Akamai to Advance Internet Computing Speed and Reliability - Brief Article

ISP Business, Sept, 2000

Entropia Inc., the company creating the world's largest Internet computing service, has selected Akamai Technologies Inc.'s FreeFlow service to accelerate the global delivery of Entropia's Internet computing software to its members worldwide.

Entropia chose Akamai, a provider of global, high-performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media, and applications, because of its ability to enhance Web performance with outstanding reliability and scalability.

Entropia's virtual computer, already processing more than one Teraflop (million million computations per second), grows every time people download the company's free softwarM. With personal computers in 83 countries participating in its Internet computing grid, Entropia creates new communities and unites people in their desire to accelerate important progress in the fields of medicine, science, research, finance, and digital entertainment.

Akamai's FreeFlow service will accelerate the downloading of Entropia's software, the process by which people begin their effortless participation in meaningful projects. The scalability provided by Akamai's FreeFlow service improves Entropia's reach to support its worldwide member base.