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Clinton, Mandela and Blair Make First Hits on NetAid Web Site
Created by Cisco Systems and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), NetAid brings together for the first time the energy and impact of world-renowned artists, the global reach of television and radio, and the vast potential of the Internet to help more than one billion people who live on less than one dollar per day. Its goal is to generate one billion hits against extreme poverty that will lead to millions of concrete actions including donations of time, expertise, goods or money.
Three overlapping NetAid concerts will be held October 9 at Giants Stadium in New York, Wembley Stadium in London and the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Each of the artists scheduled to appear will play a set. The artists by venue include:
Jewel also has confirmed but not for a specific venue. Tickets for the Giants stadium concert go on sale Friday at 9am at all New York and New Jersey Ticketmaster outlets. Wembley tickets are already on sale. The Geneva show is by invitation only.
"This incredible lineup of talent continues a great legacy of creative artists who have stepped up to help people most in need, and there is no more serious problem today than widespread extreme poverty," said Quincy Jones, a spokesman for NetAid. "The difference this time is that the Internet enables people to take action over and over again, and do much more than contribute money one time." Jones promised that the artists involvement in NetAid will be "the magnet that will draw people in, the sizzle that will excite folks to act, and the spirit that will bring people together as a community to take lasting action to fight extreme poverty."
The web site launched with the help of world leaders today is the largest in the world in terms of scale. It will have capacity to handle 125,000 simultaneous streams and one million hits per minute, about tenfold increases over existing sites. The web site has four major areas of content, providing information on NetAid, the concerts, what works (five pillars a
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
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| Jeff Young Akamai Technologies 617-250-3913 jyoung@akamai.com |
--or-- | Sheri Singer NetAid, Wash., D.C. 202-289-5900 |
| Djibril Diallo UNDP 212-906-5300 |
--or-- | Jeanette Gibson Cisco Systems, Inc. 408-525-8965 |
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Secretary General Annan and Cisco Systems' Chambers Urge People To Hit The World's Most Powerful Web Site To Fight Extreme Poverty
Created by Cisco Systems and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), NetAid brings together for the first time the energy and impact of world-renowned artists, the global reach of television and radio, and the vast potential of the Internet to help more than one billion people who live on less than one dollar per day. Its goal is to generate one billion hits against extreme poverty that will lead to millions of concrete actions including donations of time, expertise, goods or money.
Three overlapping NetAid concerts will be held October 9 at Giants Stadium in New York, Wembley Stadium in London and the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Each of the artists scheduled to appear will play a set. The artists by venue include:
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Jewel also has confirmed but not for a specific venue. Tickets for the Giants stadium concert go on sale Friday at 9am at all New York and New Jersey Ticketmaster outlets. Wembley tickets are already on sale. The Geneva show is by invitation only.
"This incredible lineup of talent continues a great legacy of creative artists who have stepped up to help people most in need, and there is no more serious problem today than widespread extreme poverty," said Quincy Jones, a spokesman for NetAid. "The difference this time is that the Internet enables people to take action over and over again, and do much more than contribute money one time." Jones promised that the artists involvement in NetAid will be "the magnet that will draw people in, the sizzle that will excite folks to act, and the spirit that will bring people together as a community to take lasting action to fight extreme poverty."
The web site launched with the help of world leaders today is the largest in the world in terms of scale. It will have capacity to handle 125,000 simultaneous streams and one million hits per minute, about tenfold increases over existing sites. The web site has four major areas of content, providing information on NetAid, the concerts, what works (five pillars a
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
