Akamai and Cisco Develop Standard for Cache Interoperability.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 22, 1999-- First deliverable of strategic technology collaboration will enhance interoperability between caches and enable enhanced content routing Akamai Technologies Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is a company that provides a distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. , which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance, announced today the development of standards-based solutions that will facilitate communications and interoperability between third-party caches. The first effort of the initiative will be the Cache Interface Protocol --- a protocol being co-developed by Akamai and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. that will be made available to interested parties for no charge. Cisco (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) will be among the first vendors to adopt the jointly developed Cache Interface Protocol in the Cisco Cache Engine 500 Series. Last month, Akamai and Cisco announced their collaboration to create a content routing architecture with the goal of enhancing the content awareness and efficiency of Cisco's end-to-end network infrastructure. The Cache Interface Protocol is part of this initiative and delivers on the effort to create open protocols that optimize cache content freshness, localize lo·cal·ize v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. 2. cache traffic, and maximize cache efficiency. Enabling Interoperability The new protocol will enable third-party caches to store content currently carried on the Akamai network and report on their performance - such as the number of hits served - to Web site owners, through Akamai's content delivery services See CDN. . This development will expand the level of functionality in the caching market, long-awaited by ISPs and Web site owners. Caches using the protocol will be able to operate more efficiently while keeping content fresh and close to users. Without disturbing existing caching techniques, the protocol will improve content delivery and the utilization of network resources. Cisco will be among the industry's first vendors to adopt the jointly developed Cache Interface Protocol in the Cisco Cache Engine 500 Series, a solution that performs content caching and retrieval using highly optimized algorithms. When deployed alongside Akamai's servers, network providers worldwide will be able to deliver additional content-based differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. in a cost-effective manner. "This joint development is evidence of Cisco's desire to drive cache technology innovation and add value to the Cisco IOS Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is the software used on the vast majority of Cisco Systems routers and all current Cisco network switches. IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions tightly integrated with a infrastructure while supporting standards," said Krish Ramakrishnan, general manager, Content Services Business Unit, Cisco Systems. "This is a win for Cisco as well as for service providers who are eager to enhance cache efficiency. Together, Akamai and Cisco are helping third-parties to optimize the widespread use of caches through interoperability." "Together with Cisco, Akamai is proud to deliver this protocol to the industry with the goal of enabling cache interoperability," said Daniel Lewin, chief technology officer, Akamai. "This integration of technologies will create a content-intelligent network, relieving service providers of the need to develop this capability on their own. We look forward to working with vendors industry-wide to further optimize the use of Internet resources." About Akamai Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Akamai provides a global Internet content delivery service that improves Web site speed and reliability and protects against Web site crashes due to demand overloads. Currently, Akamai has 900 servers deployed in 15 countries across 25 telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. , providing Akamai's customers with guaranteed global Internet content delivery service. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool. 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