| Caching products/services | ||
| The caching universe has a wide and ever-growing number of players. Here is a scorecard to identify which companies are offering which products and service types. | ||
| Company Name | Product/Service | Type |
| Adero Inc. | AderoWorld | Service |
| Akamai Technologies Inc. | FreeFlow | Service |
| CacheFlow Inc. | CacheFlow series | Appliance |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | Cache Engine 500 series | Appliance |
| Cobalt Networks Inc. | Cache Cube | Packaged Server |
| Compaq Computer Corp. | TaskSmart | Appliance Novell Inc. |
| Digital Island Inc./Sandpiper Netowrks Inc. | Global Cache | Service |
| Entera Corp. | TeraNode | Packaged Server |
| Eolian Inc. | InfoStorm | Packaged Server |
| Foundry Networks Inc. | ServerIron | Prepackaged Server |
| InfoLibria Inc. | DynaCache | Appliance |
| Inktomi Corp. | Traffic Server | Software |
| Lucent Technologies | IPWorX WebCache | Appliance |
| Microbits (Australia) | Intelli-App | Appliance Novell Inc. |
| Microsoft Corp. | Proxy Server | Software |
| Mirror Image Internet Inc. | Proxy Server | Service |
| Netscape Communications Corp. | Proxy Server 3.5 | Software |
| Network Appliance Inc. | NetCache | Packaged Server |
| Novell Inc. | Internet Caching System | Software |
| Pionex Technologies Inc. | Elite PCA | Appliance Novell Inc. |
| Quantex Microsystems Inc. | WebXL | Appliance Novell Inc. |
| Sandpiper Networks Inc./Digital Island Inc. | Footprint | Service |
| SkyCache Inc. | SkyCache | Service |
| Solid Data Systems Inc. | Excellerator 600 and Excellerator Ultra Family | Appliance |
| Squid | Squid | Software |
| WebSpective Software/Inktomi Corp. | WebSpective | Software |
| Workfire.com | Workfire server | Software |
| General caching information can be found at the following Web sites: | ||
| Brian Davison's caching resources and product comparisons | ||
| Collaborative Research's Internet Caching Center | ||
| Note: Internet Caching Protocol/Squid is designed for caches to pass objects amongst themselves while the Cache Interface Protocol/Akamai is designed to report back hit statistics between cache objects and host/origin servers. | ||
| Source: David Strom and vendor Web sites. | ||
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