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aiScaler Ltd
Company typeLimited company
IndustryApplication Delivery Controller
Founded2008
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Key people
Jonathon Erington, Mericot Jennings
ProductsProxy Server, HTTP accelerator, Web cache, DDoS mitigation
Websiteaiscaler.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 1000 use aiScaler to manage their traffic.[1]

aiScaler software can be deployed either on public cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services[2] or private virtual environments. aiScaler software is considered an edge device as it proxies traffic, augmenting or replacing content delivery networks endpoints.

History

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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.[citation needed]

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.[3]

Products

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All aiScaler products can be categorized as Application Delivery Controllers

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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "AICACHE AND WOOT.COM". Foetron: IT Product & Security reseller. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ "AWS Marketplace: AiScaler Dynamic Site Acceleration & Traffic Manager".
  3. ^ "About Us".
  4. ^ "Performance reports". aiscaler.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ "aiScaler website". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Dell Hardware Application Delivery Controller".
  7. ^ ""aiScaler Admin Guide", Jan. 14, 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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