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To: elmatador who wrote (28921)	11/1/1999 11:37:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 77400

Here's more on this topic of making the web a faster and better experience for end-users: Caching and object routing (networks) are going to take the place of layer 3 switches as the buzzwords of 2000. - Caching Gets A Boost Inktomi Inc., which sells high-end caching software to Internet service providers and telcos, today will introduce caching products for corporate intranets and Web-server farms. And Cisco Systems Inc. this week will unveil a plan to embed caching and other performance-optimizing functions into its switches and routers, following its acquisition last week of Tasmania Network Systems Inc., a startup that develops network caching technology. Meanwhile, Digital Island Inc. last week said it is merging with caching service provider SandPiper Networks Inc., in a deal worth about $645 million, to offer as large a caching network as possible. And Exodus Communications Inc. is buying for $280 million Service Metrics Inc., a Web-site performance monitoring company whose infrastructure Exodus will use to extend the reach of its ReadyCache service. Caching is a key technology for improving Web-site performance. It's most effective when used with load- balancing software, application-aware switching, and policy- based networking. Analysis firm NSS Group's benchmarks show that without caching, it takes an average of nearly 14 seconds to get an object over a 64-Kbps connection. That's reduced to less than seven seconds the first time the object is retrieved and put in cache. Once stored, retrieval takes as little as 0.64 seconds. Says Joel Yaffe, an analyst at Giga Information Group: "These services are addressing a big point of pain for companies that are struggling to manage their Web servers as the number of hits increases and as performance becomes an important differentiator."