Mirror Image Internet Announces Industry's First Open Two-Tiered Caching Solution.BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ISPCon '98--March 17, 1998-- Combines Centrally Located Cache Servers with Comprehensive Cache Management Service to Double Performance of Stand-Alone Caches Mirror Image Internet Inc. today announced the availability of the industry's most comprehensive Internet caching solution for Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs), large corporations and broadband operators. The company has deployed an international network of large centrally located caches and a unique Cache Management Service which together double the performance of most commercially available caches, including its own transparent cache A computer system or software within a computer system that determines if a requested page or file has already been stored in memory or on its hard disk. If it has not, the request is sent upstream to its normal destination. product. In the past nine months, the Mirror Image caching solution has been successfully deployed in production environments in more than ten countries including Australia, Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. and Sweden. "Mirror Image is addressing the increasing demand for speed among ISPs and corporations by delivering a comprehensive caching solution that significantly enhances network performance while reducing bandwidth needs by moving content closer to end users," said David Wu
David Wu (Traditional Chinese: 吳振偉; Pinyin: Wú Zhènwěi , president, Mirror Image Internet. "These types of companies can realize unprecedented performance and value from their caching investments with Mirror Image's unique solution that combines centralized caching and advanced cache management capabilities." Mirror Image offers an open solution, fully compliant with the industry-standard Internet Caching Protocol (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ). Hence, its central caches and Cache Management Service operate with all ICP-compliant caches including proxy servers. Mirror Image's comprehensive caching solution employs both central caches and a unique Cache Management Service to deliver caching performance far beyond that achievable with stand-alone caches. By deploying large centrally located cache servers at Internet exchange points such as MAE-East and MAE-West, Mirror Image has created regional Web Districts that enhance speed of access and quality of cached content. Participation in these Web Districts can double the hit rate of stand alone caching methods, yielding hit rates as high as 75 percent. "It takes more than just hardware and software to provide effective Web caching. Cache management is necessary to ensure the freshness of content and to optimize performance," said Marc Evans, chief technology officer, The Destek Group, Inc. "Mirror Image has been able to deliver a total cache management solution that has dramatically improved the responsiveness of our customer's Web interactions." Mirror Image's Cache Management Service optimizes the performance of participating caches and guarantees the "freshness" of cached content while reducing the costs associated with cache administration. Key to this value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. is Active File Verification File verification is the process of using an algorithm for verifying the integrity or authenticity of a computer file. This can be done by comparing two files bit-by-bit, but requires two copies of the same file, and may miss systematic corruptions which might occur to both files. -- a process that ensures that cached files are not discarded prematurely and that outdated files are not retained. Future performance features will include a number of additional service options such as pre-loading and filtering, further enhancing the value of the Mirror Image caching solution. "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study we recently conducted, the market for caching hardware and software will grow to more than $2.8 billion by the year 2001," stated John Katsaros, president, Collaborative Marketing, an independent Internet market research firm in Los Altos Los Altos (lôs ăl`tōs, lŏs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,303), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1952. There is diversified light manufacturing. , Calif. "As this rapidly growing -- and increasingly competitive -- market continues to heat up, Mirror Image has defined a particularly strong niche for itself by combining its hardware and software technology and infusing a cache management service that is as yet unmatched in the industry." About Mirror Image Internet Mirror Image Internet is a leading provider of comprehensive caching solutions with a differentiated service Differentiated Service is a design pattern for business services and software, in which the service varies automatically according to the identity of the consumer and/or the context in which the service is used. that doubles the performance of customers' existing cache investments. The company combines a unique two-tiered caching architecture with their Cache Management Service to increase the speed of Internet downloads, relieve bandwidth bottlenecks and ensure freshness of content for Internet Service Providers and corporations. Mirror Image Internet deploys large central caches that serve as community content servers to bypass congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , enabling subscribers to minimize dependence on highly congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. Internet backbones A group of communications networks managed by several commercial companies that provide the major high-speed links across the country. ISPs are either connected directly to these backbones or to a larger regional ISP that is connected to one. . Mirror Image's open caching solution works with caching platforms from numerous vendors. Founded in 1996, Mirror Image Internet, together with Vixie Enterprises, developed the Web Gateway Interceptor, the first universally transparent local cache that was successfully deployed in production networks. Based in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company serves customers worldwide with offices in London, Stockholm and Sydney. Further information on Mirror Image Internet can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.mirror-image.com. CONTACT: Miller/Shandwick Technologies Kim Burke/Liz Goodwill, 617/536-0470 kjburke@miller.shandwick.com lgoodwill@miller.shandwick.com |
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