The American Cancer Society broke ground on the Hope Lodge in Salt Lake City Wednesday afternoon. The lodge provides a supportive environment to cancer patients and their caregivers at no cost. It’s the first one in the Intermountain West.
The Salt Lake City Hope Lodge will be the 32nd of its kind in the country, but the first west of the Mississippi River and the second largest in size, at an anticipated 63,000 square feet.
Officials broke ground on the Hope Lodge Wednesday, which will make it the 32nd Hope Lodge in the country. These lodges provide no-cost housing for thousands of cancer patients and their caregivers who normally would have to commute daily to receive treatment.
A 2.2-acre piece of land at the corner of 100 South and 400 East was occupied by an LDS meetinghouse for about 63 years. On Wednesday, that junction took on a more holistic purpose.
The American Cancer Society proudly broke ground today to begin the construction phase of building a Hope Lodge in Utah, the first lodge of its kind to serve the Intermountain West.
Verizon’s acquisition of content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast is just one of several developments that will shake up the CDN sector, according to Heavy Reading research. That’s significant for an industry that has long been dominated by Akamai.
Verizon’s acquisition of content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast is just one of several developments that will shake up the CDN sector, which has long been dominated by Akamai Technologies, according to a report from Heavy Reading Insider.
“Business on the internet is complicated,†said Chris Carey, chief product officer for Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS). Carey delivered the first keynote address at today’s 2014 Content Delivery Summit, taking place at the New York Hilton Midtown. “Verizon, perhaps just a few years ago, may not have had a part in this conference,â€
I’m pleased to announce that Bob Toohey, President of Verizon Digital Media Services and Jason Burgess Software and Systems Architect at Comcast, will both keynote next week’s Content Delivery Summit.
