University of Wisconsin-Madison Deploys CacheFlow cIQ Server Accelerators to Increase Capacity for Rare Titan Arum Blooming.Business/Technology Editors & Lifestyle Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2001 CacheFlow Solution Provides Instant Scalability to Address Traffic Increase of 2000% CacheFlow(R) Inc. (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 : CFLO CFLO Central Florida Lyric Opera ), the leading provider of content-smart networking solutions, today announced that the University of Wisconsin-Madison “University of Wisconsin” redirects here. For other uses, see University of Wisconsin (disambiguation). A public, land-grant institution, UW-Madison offers a wide spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs, and student activities. has implemented CacheFlow cIQ Server Accelerators to scale site capacity in anticipation of increased site traffic for the upcoming blooming of the Titan Arum arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones. at the UW-Madison Botany Greenhouse. Site administrators who expect images of the rare bloom will attract 40 Million or more page hits per day, have chosen to deploy CacheFlow cIQ Server Accelerators to ensure uptime, reduce page response time, increase end-user Quality of Experience, and provide the capacity necessary to handle demand of peak crowds generated by the event. Live images of the growing plant at The University of Wisconsin-Madison are available from http://arum.doit.wisc.edu/. A 1999 Titan Arum blooming at the Huntington Botanical Gardens A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education. in California drew 76,000 physical visitors. In contrast, as of June 6, the UW-Madison web site was serving approximately 2 million page views per day. As the plant blooms, UW-Madison administrators are expecting traffic to skyrocket to 40 million page views or more. "We wanted share the blooming of the Titan Arum at UW-Madison with as wide an audience as possible. But based on the scale and timing of the event, we couldn't afford to wait to increase site capacity," said Robert Lee Robert Lee is the name of several people and could refer to:
"Ensuring high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and fast response for visitors is essential for any web site. When unexpected events, like the Titan Arum blooming, drive extreme spikes in demand, the ability to instantly scale site capacity is critical," said Frank Cabri, Director of Marketing at CacheFlow "Because CacheFlow appliances can be deployed quickly and simply, they offer a great way to scale a web site for such peak traffic events." The CacheFlow cIQ Server Accelerator series is the industry's first family of products specifically engineered for accelerating and scaling high-traffic Web sites. CacheFlow cIQ Server Accelerators are designed to seamlessly integrate with a site's existing systems and networks, delivering an immediate performance improvement for static, secure, and dynamic content. CacheFlow Server Accelerators can offload up to 95% of web content requests from existing server farms. This can reduce download times by as much as 80%. About the Titan Arum First discovered by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian naturalist perhaps best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878. in Sumatra in 1878, the Titan Arum, or Amorphophallus titanum, is a member of the Family Araceae, the Aroids or Arum plants. Members of this family include the Calla Lily calla lily see zantedeschia aethiopica. , Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Anthuriums, Dieffenbachia Dieffenbachia a genus of the plant family Araceae; contains insoluble raphide oxalate crystals, and possibly other toxins, which cause severe irritation of the oral mucosa, especially swelling of the tongue. Includes D. maculata, D. picta, D. seguinae. and Philodendrons. A related species in the family is the Giant Arum, Dracontium gigas, which is also blooming UW-Botany greenhouses. The first bloom of a Titan Arum in cultivation occurred in 1889 at the Royal Botanic Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens may refer to:
The nascent Titan Arum bloom at UW-Madison is the first in Wisconsin and may be only the twelfth recorded bloom in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . As of June 8, the plant had reached 8 feet, 5 inches tall, tying the record for the tallest Titan Arum ever grown in cultivation. After opening on Thursday and going through its female stage, the flower closed back up overnight. It is currently in a resting period as the male flowers develop. The spathe should open up again today or into tomorrow as the plant goes through its male stage. Live images of the bloom and more information on the Titan Arum are available at http://arum.doit.wisc.edu/ About the UW-Madison Botany Greenhouse The Botany Greenhouse has served as a laboratory of learning and oasis of tranquility for generations of University of Wisconsin-Madison students. The eight rooms, encompassing 8,000 square feet, located north of University Avenue and bounded by Chamberlain, Lathrop and Birge Halls, features more than 1,000 species comprising distinct aquatic, desert and tropical communities. About CacheFlow Inc. CacheFlow is focused on content-smart networking -- a new layer of infrastructure for intelligently accelerating, delivering, and managing static, streaming, and dynamic content. CacheFlow's market-leading appliances and innovative content delivery technologies enable enterprises, service providers and content delivery network providers to deliver the right content to the right place at the right time. Based in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , CacheFlow can be contacted via telephone at (408) 220-2200, fax at (408) 220-2250 or email at info@cacheflow.com. Forward-Looking Statements The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding CacheFlow's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to CacheFlow as of the date hereof, and CacheFlow assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These and other risks relating to CacheFlow's business are set forth in CacheFlow's Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended January 31, 2001, Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended April 30, 2000, and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: CacheFlow is a registered trademark of CacheFlow Inc. in the U.S. and worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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