| 词条 | Red Swoosh |
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Red Swoosh was a peer-to-peer file sharing company founded by Travis Kalanick and Michael Todd in 2001 and acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2007. The Red Swoosh technology included a centralized directory that indexed online clients and caches. The Red Swoosh client is a peer to peer networking client from Akamai Technologies that downloads and sideloads video multicasts from websites that support the Red Swoosh technology. The Red Swoosh peercasting tool is a browser extension that caches data, reflecting and sharing files delivered through the "Swoosh network" or Distributed Network. Red Swoosh utilizes a proprietary, peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol, designed for bandwidth efficiency in the transfer of large media files. The company offers a software development kit (SDK) for third-party development. This includes support for predelivery, RSS feeds, web widgets, and JavaScript applications. There is also a forum and a wiki available for the developer community. AcquisitionOn April 12, 2007, Red Swoosh was acquired in an all-stock transaction by Akamai Technologies. The acquisition was valued at approximately $19 million (not including earn-outs). [1][2][3]See also
References1. ^GigaOm article on acquisition {{network-software-stub}}2. ^[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086222/000119312507177435/d10q.htm SEC filing on Akamai acquisition] 3. ^Akamai press release on acquisition 6 : Digital audio|File sharing|Peercasting|Defunct software companies|Defunct computer companies of the United States|Companies established in 2001 |
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