balancing * Method and system for delivering and monitoring an on-demand playlist over a network using a template * Scalable domain name system with persistence and load balancing * Content delivery and global traffic management network system * Performance computer network method * User device and system for traffic management and content distribution over a worldwide area network * Integrated point of presence server network Company Notable events Speedera hosted some of the largest trafficked events on the Internet in its time including NASA's twin Mars Rover mission, and China's annual Spring Festival. The company also created SpeedRank, an Internet Performance Index that compared performance and availability of the world's best and least performing web sites, which included download summaries, details and errors. Speedera launched a number of technology firsts in the Content Delivery Network market category including: Site Analyzer, Whole Site Delivery, Secure Streaming, Secure Flash, Failover, Traffic Balancer, Origin Site Integration, SpeedEye Access Manager, Smart Storage Manager and SinoCDN (a joint CDN with China). Speedera's category-defining set of services included: The world's first and highest-rated performance service-based global traffic management The world's fastest content delivery network (as rated by Keynote Systems) The world's largest streaming edge network The world's first failover service Ease and speed of implementation which set the industry standard As a reward for performance, the entire staff of Speedera was flown to Hawaii in 2003. In 2005, the entire staff and their families, based in Bangalore and Silicon Valley, were also flown to Hawaii. In February 2002, Akamai Technologies filed a lawsuit claiming that Speedera's content delivery network services infringed on Akamai patents. In June 2002, Speedera's three co-founders received covering the global traffic management and content delivery technologies of its network. In March 2005, Speedera Networks was acquired by Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) for a stock transaction worth about $130 million. The acquisition was completed in June 2005. Investors Speedera Networks was a privately held company funded by leading Silicon Valley companies, venture capitalists, a world-class university and others including: Banc of America Securities Hewlett-Packard Deutsche Bank AG Continuum Group Oracle Corporation ABS Ventures Stanford University Trinity Ventures Palo Alto Investors Industry Ventures Awards Deloitte & Touche Top 50 Private Companies of North America (2004) PricewaterhouseCoopers: Top Ten Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley (2003 and 2004) Speedera Named to Silicon India 100 for 2003: Top Hundred Companies Founded & Managed by Indians Streaming Magazine