Ramesh Sitaraman (IMAGE) University of Massachusetts Amherst Caption Ramesh Sitaraman and colleagues are credited with building the Akamai content delivery network (CDN), the world's first major CDN and now one of the largest ever built, and for pioneering the concept of Internet content delivery. Credit UMass Amherst Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.