IP: more on: WEB-PAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM COULD UNCLOG INTERNET TRAFFICJAMS

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:10:56 -0700
>From: "David A. Farber" <dave@sandpiper.net>
>Organization: Sandpiper Networks, Inc.
>
>
>Inktomi offers a caching product, normally deployed by ISPs for their clients only.  
>Caches are also sometimes deployed by some large web sites (possibly via hosting ISPs) 
>to increase server speed; this is "reverse" caching.
>
>Sandpiper provides a turnkey service for web publishers which allows them to 
>reverse-cache their content at many sites worldwide.  Sandpiper deploys and manages 
>systems (called "content distributors") at many ISP locations, which serve content 
>for all of Sandpipers' customers.  Content distributors have a cache at the center, 
>but Sandpiper's technology includes a number of capabilities that go beyond caches, 
>such as:
>
>   - sending users to the best site (avoiding congestiong *between* networks)
>   - letting web publishers invalidate content on demand
>   - providing collated logs back to web publishers
>   - managing shared resources on behalf of multiple publishers
>   - coupling with traditional caches to extend reach on freshness and log info
>   - other services at web sites
>
>
>Dave Farber wrote:
> > 
> > >Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:12:45 -0400
> > >From: David Rosensweig <dlrosens@sas.upenn.edu>
> > >Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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> > >To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
> > >Subject: Re: IP: WEB-PAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM COULD UNCLOG INTERNET TRAFFICJAMS
> > >
> > >i wonder if anyone on IP knows more about how sandpiper differs from Inktomi products, 
> > >or if they're competitors.  from the general product overviews on the sandpiper and 
> > >inktomi websites they seem to
> > >compete for the same type of business.
> > >
> > >> that are spread out across the Internet. Sandpiper this week is
> > >> expected to announce that America Online has made an investment
> > >> in the company and will user Sandpiper technology in its network.
> > >
> > >i also thought that AOL used inktomi products, which would indicate that sandpiper 
> > is more different than it seems.
> > >
> > >thanks,
> > >david