WARP's Internet Application Acceleration Technology Selected by AMP.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2003 WARP Technology Holdings, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: WRPT WRPT Wisconsin Railway Preservation Trust ) a leading developer of application acceleration solutions for distributed Web applications, today announced that AMP, a leading financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. company, selected the WARP 2063e Edge Application Pre-Processor for deployment by Estafet, a leading integrator specializing in caching and application performance acceleration solutions. WARP 2063e, an application acceleration appliance, is being deployed within AMP's intranet to optimize delivery of dynamic intranet content to the 5000 UK-based users of the AMP intranet launched earlier this year. As a result of the WARP 2063e deployment, AMP was able to reduce frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. traffic related to dynamic data requests by over 90%, obviating ob·vi·ate tr.v. ob·vi·at·ed, ob·vi·at·ing, ob·vi·ates To anticipate and dispose of effectively; render unnecessary. See Synonyms at prevent. the need for a costly frame relay upgrade. Additionally, server overhead was dramatically reduced, eliminating the need for a costly application server and database server upgrade. The WARP 2063e is an essential technology for scaling high volume transactional web applications. The product is a multi-function network appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything that combines best of breed techniques, such as TCPIP See TCP/IP. TCPIP - Normally written "TCP/IP". session offloading and SSL acceleration SSL acceleration is a method of offloading the processor-intensive public key encryption algorithms involved in SSL transactions to a hardware accelerator. Typically, this is a separate card that plugs into a PCI slot in a computer that contains one or more co-processors able to with caching and dynamic caching techniques, to optimize real-time transactional web applications by offloading repeat requests for dynamic content. Steve Tuppen, AMP's UK Intranet Manager, said, "A static cache solution could not satisfy the demands of our most recent version of the AMP Intranet, which is highly sophisticated and dynamic. By deploying the WARP 2063e, we can now offer 5000 UK AMP employees fast access to up-to-date information, news, share price, products and press releases with lightning fast response times and little to no effect on our Australian system." WARP 2063e can be deployed at the edge of the Internet. A sister product, the 2063 Application Pre-processor, is typically installed behind the Web server farm, in front of the application server layer, or within an Intranet. It intelligently intercepts 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. requests to serve repeat requests for dynamic content. Application server resources are only used when the content is brought to the WARP 2063e for the first time or has to be refreshed. This application acceleration strategy limits the processing capacity consumption of both the application server software and the database server, sparing application servers from unnecessary database retrievals and content generation. Additionally, the WARP 2063e can be used to keep dynamic content requests off of wide area networks, such as frame relay, which is particularly beneficial where bandwidth is constrained or expensive. Adrian Wright Adrian Wright (born 1947 in Maidenhead, England) is an actor remembered for his role in the 1970s children's television series Freewheelers. He subsequently moved to Australia where he continued his career. , Estafet's Sales Director, said, "With the WARP 2063e Edge appliance, Internet and Intranet managers can dramatically increase their site's performance by caching dynamic content. The Warp 2063e has a powerful rules engine that enables previously uncachable content to be cached through analysis of HTTP requests. Estafet has found that the Warp 2063e saved our customers hundreds of thousands of pounds in infrastructure savings and communication costs while increasing service levels of their sites. Moreover, the performance improvement is profound, and the ease of setup and installation has quickly positioned this product as our de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. solution for quickly eliminating performance problems at the application layer, the server layer and the network layer." In addition to the WARP 2063e, WARP offers the 2063 Application Pre-Processor, which accelerates back-end web applications, enabling fast end-user access to a site's most current dynamic content. WARP 2063 interoperates seamlessly with any web server and monitors all traffic passing through to the site's database servers. Furthermore, WARP 2063 reduces server loads and can increase throughput by 600%. Together, the two solutions comprise the Company's GTEN GTEN Government Technology Executive News (Global Transaction Enriched Network), which offers user TCPIP session acceleration, compression, SSL acceleration, dynamic caching and object caching to increase the speed and reduce the deployment costs of complex data driven applications. WARP 2063 was recently reviewed by Info World magazine: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/07/06apwarp_1.html and Internet'com's ServerWatch: http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/2117111. "Industry giant AMP's selection of our solution clearly demonstrates the increasing recognition of and need for WARP's acceleration technology," stated Karl Douglas, 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. of WARP Technology Holdings, Inc. (the parent company of Warp Solutions). "Companies in a broad range of industries are challenged with application performance problems, and our WARP 2063e and WARP 2063 appliances are providing cost-effective technology solutions to address this need. We look forward to building on our relationship with Estafet as a partner, and "wowing" AMP with our solutions. We believe our solutions are the natural progression of technology that will become necessary for companies worldwide to remain competitive." AMP is a leading financial services company, focused on wealth management. AMP has strong positions in its three home markets of Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and the United Kingdom, and is a global asset manager with more than $265 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. . AMP is among the top 30 global public life insurers, although less than 10% of AMP's annual cash inflows now come from life insurance. With a presence in more than 20 countries around the world, AMP's core businesses include retirement savings and income, investments, financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against , insurance and banking. Through financial advisers and direct, AMP helps more than 8 million customers manage their wealth, serving 1 in 5 Australians, 1 in 6 New Zealanders and 1 in 10 United Kingdom adults. AMP also assists blue-chip organizations with pension and investment advice and services. Estafet is a Caching and Messaging (JMS (Java Messaging Service) A programming interface (API) from Sun for connecting Java programs to messaging middleware such as IBM's MQSeries and TIBCO's Rendezvous. JMS is part of Sun's J2EE platform. See J2EE. JMS - Java Message Service , SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) company providing solutions that: 1. Cache Dynamic Content for sophisticated & complex Internet & Intranet Applications reducing Hardware and Software license costs and increasing the performance of sophisticated and complex Internet and Intranet Systems; 2. Enables SMS conversations between Companies, their customers & employees, and; 3. Integrate Applications using Java Technologies. Estafet is a privatly owned company based in Richmond, Surrey, UK. For further information please visit our website www.estafet.com or call us on +44 (0)20 8940 7525. A subsidiary of WARP Technology Holdings, WARP Solutions, Inc. develops technology solutions for distributed application acceleration. The company's Global Transaction Enabled Network (GTEN) architecture provides a framework for organizations to extend the performance, reliability, and scalability of current Web architectures, optimizing investments in existing IT infrastructures while significantly reducing costs. WARP's GTEN architecture is designed to improve network and server performance significantly, and enable accelerated delivery of critical business applications and content across IP-based networks while maintaining high levels of speed, performance, and availability. WARP 2063e, a part of WARP's GTEN architecture, is a nonintrusive appliance that sits at the network's edge to off-load high-volume traffic, and serve enduser requests from the closest node resource. Customers adopting WARP's technology as a crucial and cost-effective component to managing network infrastructure include EDGAR Edgar or Eadgar (both: ĕd`gər), 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother Edwy and chose Edgar as their king. Online, Forbes.com and Fortune 500 companies handling high-volume dynamic content and transaction processing. For information, contact 877-688-9277 or visit http://www.warpsolutions.com. Statements contained herein, which are not historical information, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including the level of acceptance of WARP products by the marketplace, the ability of the products to achieve the results for which they are designed, effectiveness of marketing programs, competition from other approaches to application acceleration and network architecture, and other risks described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements. |
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