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AiScaler

Multinational software company

Multinational software company

FieldValue
nameaiScaler Ltd
typeLimited company
key_peopleJonathon Erington, Mericot Jennings
foundation2008
locationDublin, Ireland
industryApplication Delivery Controller
productsProxy Server, HTTP accelerator, Web cache, DDoS mitigation
homepage[aiscaler.com](http://aiscaler.com)

name = aiScaler Ltd | type = Limited company| key_people = Jonathon Erington, Mericot Jennings location = Dublin, Ireland| industry = Application Delivery Controller| products = Proxy Server, HTTP accelerator, Web cache, DDoS mitigation| homepage = aiscaler.com |

aiScaler Ltd. is a multinational software company founded in 2008. It develops application delivery controllers designed to allow dynamic web pages to scale content by intelligently caching frequently requested content. A number of websites in the Alexa top 1,000 use aiScaler to manage their traffic.

aiScaler software can be deployed either on public cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services or private virtual environments. aiScaler software is considered an edge device as it proxies traffic, augmenting or replacing content delivery networks endpoints.

History

aiScaler started as a project in 1994 by the web development company WBS. The project was called "Jxel", short for Java Accelerator. The technology was Java-based and intended to be run on a Java Virtual Machine sharing the same computer system as the HTTP server. It was re-written in 2009 using the C computer language, occupying its own dedicated server. The new software was rewritten to run on Linux only, taking advantage of changes in the input/output model based on epoll. In July 2008, aiScaler Ltd acquired all technology of WBS for $3.8 million.

Until 2013, aiScaler was known as "aiCache", producing a product called aiScaler. The company took over the name of its main product, phasing out the brand name aiCache.

Products

All aiScaler products can be categorized as Application Delivery Controllers

  • aiScaler is an HTTP accelerator that provides application delivery control, in addition to scaling and acceleration of content delivery
  • aiProtect offers protection against DDoS attacks and SQL injections
  • aiMobile is a Mobile content management system
  • aiCDN is a cloud-based Application Delivery Network that allows scaling of dynamic web applications.
  • aiScaler and Dell offer a hardware Application Delivery Controller, which fits in a standard rack unit server rack.

aiScaler is based on epoll technology allowing it to employ a right-threaded (only the specified number of workers process requests, no matter how many clients are connected), non-blocking, multiplexed IO design.

References

References

  1. "AICACHE AND WOOT.COM".
  2. "AWS Marketplace: AiScaler Dynamic Site Acceleration & Traffic Manager".
  3. "About Us".
  4. "Performance reports".
  5. "aiScaler website".
  6. "Dell Hardware Application Delivery Controller".
  7. ""aiScaler Admin Guide", Jan. 14, 2011".
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