“The next (really) big Internet idea”
July 5th, 2005
There’s also the problem of RSS overload.
If a million people subscribe to a data feed from The Boston Globe, their constant hits on the site could overwhelm our servers. What’s needed is a network of feed collectors that could spread the load over a larger number of computers, the way Akamai Technology in Cambridge smooths out spikes in Internet traffic for CNN and other big firms.