The biggest network in the world
Google and Akamai: Cult of Secrecy vs. Kingdom of Openness is an interesting article on these two companies that run massive distributed networks of computers. Perhaps the most interesting bits of information is the speculation on the size of Google’s network. For example, “The facts may be seeping out. Last Thanksgiving, the New York Times reported that Google had crossed the 100,000-server mark. If true, that means Google is operating perhaps the largest grid of computers on the planet. “
