For Immediate Release:
Mirror Image Partners with WARP Solutions to Deliver New Dynamic Application Acceleration Service Based on WARP 2063e Appliance
WARP 2063e to Power Mirror Image’s New instaContent Dynamic Service Targeting E-Retailers
NEW YORK (April 8, 2003) – WARP Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of WARP Technology Holdings (OTC BB: WRPT) and a leading provider of Internet application acceleration solutions, today announced a partnership with Mirror Image® Internet, an innovative global e-Business provider of managed content delivery, e-Commerce and Web services, and a subsidiary of Xcelera Inc. (AMEX: XLA).
Under the agreement, Mirror Image has selected the WARP 2063e edge appliance to launch a new service, instaContent® Dynamic. This new service extends Mirror Image’s global Content Access Point® (CAP) network, providing e-retail customers and enterprise organizations with a cost-effective solution to improve performance, reliability and scalability of dynamic content and transaction-based applications delivered across IP-based networks.
“The WARP 2063e is ideal for e-retail and other high-volume sites that deliver dynamic content over the Internet,” explained Bob Hammond, CTO of Mirror Image, Inc. “We considered several caching technologies, most of which offered simple HTML page building functionality. As a non-intrusive edge appliance, the WARP 2063e offers a cost-effective way to offload dynamic content, and provide customers with a reliable solution to manage large-scale traffic and transactions.”
The WARP 2063e is a non-intrusive appliance that sits at the network’s edge to off-load high-volume traffic, and serve end-user requests from the closest node resource. Mirror Image will deploy the WARP 2063e across its CAP infrastructure, which will power its new instaContent Dynamic service. The WARP 2063e can dramatically increase an origin site’s capacity and performance, while also moving application delivery closer to customers and end-users in any geographic location – reducing latency, speeding transmission times, and optimizing network performance.
“Mirror Image is clearly an innovator of content delivery network services,” explained Karl Douglas, CEO of WARP Solutions, Inc. “We see many technology synergies between our application acceleration appliances and their CAP network infrastructure. Moreover, we believe the pervasive nature of Web services will continue to drive the need for application acceleration and dynamic content solutions. Mirror Image’s instaContent Dynamic service, powered by the WARP 2063e appliance, offers a new way to deploy such strategic applications.”
The WARP 2063e is part of WARP’s GTEN (Global Transaction Enabled Network) architecture, which includes a series of products designed to significantly improve network and server performance, and enables distributed application acceleration on a global scale. As an edge appliance, the WARP 2063e is independent of the technology installed within an organization’s origin site, and can be added to existing Internet infrastructures without requiring any changes, software, or plug-ins. The plug-and-play appliance offers fast, simple implementation with immediate results, serving over 800 dynamic pages per second.
Douglas added, “WARP’s innovative solutions are increasingly gaining popularity because our scalable technologies significantly improve customer service with faster response time and less system failure, which is critical for Web business survival. In addition, our solutions dramatically reduce IT costs for website operators and provide ROI within two months of implementation. To remain competitive, it is estimated that more than 55% of Fortune 1000 companies will move their key corporate applications to the Internet over the next two years. And given the high costs and limited scalability of current server technology, application acceleration is forecast to become a $500 million market by 2006.”
About Mirror Image Internet
Mirror Image Internet, an innovative global e-Business provider of managed content delivery, e-Commerce and Web services, increases the speed, performance and reliability of content, application and transaction delivery. With an enterprise-class infrastructure that combines an optimal mix of connectivity, processing power and storage, Mirror Image helps organizations efficiently serve users by utilizing the power of the Web to increase revenue opportunities, reduce infrastructure costs and improve customer satisfaction. Principally owned by Xcelera Inc. (AMEX: XLA), Mirror Image serves Global 2000 enterprises, service and hosting providers, publishers and e-businesses worldwide through its corporate headquarters in Woburn, Massachusetts. For additional information, please visit http://www.mirror-image.com. |
