We want to introduce you to matthew prince, the owner of a Company Called cloudflare. What is cloudflare . Matthew if we had known what the internet was, we would have insight into how was working. Cloudflare runs a network that spans the globe, we have 7 million customers that range from tight Small Businesses up to fortune 50 companies and we ensure that they are fast, safe, always available no matter who is accessing them online, protecting them from hackers and making sure good guys get through. To do that, we run one of the Largest Networks in the world. We have data centers and 120 cities around the world. About 10 of all internet requests flow through our network. When we do our job right, you do not know we exist. Peter how do you do this . What technologies do you use . Matthew we have built all of our own software. We have equipment in those 120 cities. Oursan francisco nearest data center is in san jose. We have one outside washington, d. C. , in ashburn, virginia. You will
Im lauren finch, acting director of the museum. On behalf of all of my Library Foundation colleagues i thank you for coming this evening. And id like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. I would also like to acknowledge the deer support of our underwriters for the Kennedy Library for moms, bank of america, the Lowell Institute and our media sponsors, boxing glove, xfinity and wbr. Richard aldous agreed to sign books, our bookstore has copies of his books available for purchase. This year marks the centennial of the john f. Kennedys birth. As we honor his life and legacy during this centennial year, we cannot be more pleased to explore the life and the birth of our dear schlesinger junior in more detail tonight. I am delighted to introduce theparticipants in tonights program. We are pleased to welcome richard aldous, author of the new biography schlesinger, imperial historian. He is a professor of history at bard college and the author of 11 books includi