Stampede Technologies Announces New Acceleration Family for Enterprise, AJAX and XML Applications; The Next Generation of Acceleration Provides Tangible Benefits and Flexible Deployment Options.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. (R) Technologies, Inc. (www.stampede.com), a leading provider of enterprise acceleration solutions, announced today the release of the Stampede Application Acceleration Series(TM), a family of solutions for accelerating and optimizing the performance of complex HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. , SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. , AJAX and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. applications. The Stampede Application Acceleration Series is an evolutionary replacement for Stampede's successful WebRider(R) product that was originally introduced in 2004. As new HTTP, SSL, AJAX and XML applications are deployed, unprecedented demands are put on the data center and network infrastructures. The Stampede Application Acceleration Series is specifically designed to accelerate and secure this new breed of network-intrusive applications. "We have evolved our acceleration technology into its logical next generation," said Gordon Dorworth, Stampede Technologies' President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "By making architectural improvements to our core technology, we are now able to introduce new product families that converge functionality into a single strategic enterprise platform." Built upon Stampede's visionary approach for maximizing application acceleration, the Stampede Application Acceleration Series solves bandwidth and latency issues by combining a hardware appliance A device that is dedicated to a specific function in contrast to a general-purpose computer. The hardware comes pre-installed with its operating system and application. Many consider the router to be the first network appliance. with client software, resulting in: --Improved Response Time --Reduced Bandwidth Utilization --Reduced Data Loads --Optimized Transaction Flows --Improved End-user Productivity While the Stampede Application Acceleration Series can function as a single-sided solution to front-end Web application servers, the full potential of bi-directional acceleration is achieved with the two-sided implementation using client software. As a single-sided solution, the Stampede Application Acceleration Series appliance provides: --Application Firewalling functionality to protect the enterprise from attacks --Load Balancing to efficiently distribute the transaction workload across all Web application servers --Connection Management to offload To remove work from one computer and do it on another. See cooperative processing. the Web servers from the burden of establishing and terminating TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. sessions --SSL Offloading to eliminate SSL key and encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. processing on the Web servers --Image Reduction to automatically reduce the size of images to minimize bandwidth consumption --Static Caching of routinely accessed data --Support for GZIP (GNU ZIP) A popular compression program in the Unix world that has also been ported to DOS/Windows and the Mac. Providing greater compression than the Unix compress command, gzip generates files with a .gz extension. Compression to reduce the amount of data sent to industry standard browsers When client technology is added, the Stampede Application Acceleration Series adds industry leading acceleration technology in the form of: --Cache Differencing which maintains a coherent copy of the browser's cache at the appliance and browser, and only transmits the dynamic changes in data --Bi-directional Compression to greatly reduce the amount of data on the network --Multiplexing of Large Compressed or Encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science data objects (TurboStreaming(TM)), which improves performance up to 5 times --SSL Client-side Termination which terminates the SSL session at the client and enables the secure acceleration for these transactions Users of the Stampede Application Acceleration Series have choices for deploying the client software. The basic Layer 7 HTTP/HTTPS client supports browser-based applications as a transparent Proxy Server Also called a "proxy," it is a computer system or router that breaks the connection between sender and receiver. Functioning as a relay between client and server, proxy servers are used to help prevent an attacker from invading the private network. on the client. The advanced Layer 5 Winsock client A Windows program that communicates to a TCP/IP-based communications network, such as Unix or the Internet. adds acceleration support for traditional TCP applications that use the Winsock interface. Users can also deploy the newly announced Acceleration On-Demand technology that automatically injects acceleration into a Web page based upon application policies. The Stampede Application Acceleration Series appliances use industry-standard hardware and software platforms, exploiting the full power of Linux and 64-bit hardware. The various client technology options leverage the full Win32 environment to optimize XML, Ajax, HTTP, HTTPS (1) (HyperText Transport Protocol Secure) The protocol for accessing a secure Web server. Using HTTPS in the URL instead of HTTP directs the message to a secure port number rather than the default Web port number of 80. and .NET applications; introducing significant financial savings, while at the same time increasing performance, response times and scalability of enterprise servers. Availability The Stampede Application Acceleration Series is available now. Appliance pricing starts at $35,000 and Client licensing starts at $35 for a single license. Stampede customers who have already deployed an acceleration solution with WebRider can easily upgrade their system for the latest functionality offered by the Stampede Application Acceleration Series and upgraded client technology. Those customers on a yearly subscription service have their investment protected and receive free access to all improvements. The Stampede Application Acceleration Series, along with other new product announcements, will be exhibited at Interop 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 30 - May 5, 2006 at Stampede booth #459 and Tarari booth #575. About Stampede Technologies, Inc. Stampede Technologies is a pioneering innovator of Internet acceleration systems and enterprise network performance solutions. The new Stampede Application Acceleration Series(TM) combines Stampede's decade of experience in accelerating network-intrusive IP-based applications with Stampede's unique Acceleration On-Demand(TM) optimization injection technology and the ground-breaking Stampede Web 2.0 Performance Series to dramatically elevate our customers' online productivity and enhance how they use the Internet to communicate and interact with their employees, partners and customers. When your enterprise applications are operating at top speed, maximum performance and total business value, it's a Stampede! For more information on Stampede Technologies, visit http://www.stampede.com. Stampede and WebRider are registered trademarks and Stampede Application Acceleration Series is a trademark of Stampede Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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