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SkyCache and Cobalt Networks Partner to Revolutionize Internet Caching

Strategic Insights

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SkyCache Inc., the nation's premier high-speed datacasting company, has welcomed Cobalt Networks' CacheQube into the growing number of "SkyCache Compatible" open standards caching solutions. This partnership enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to offer improved web access through a simple and cost-effective solution. The combined service allows ISPs to maximize bandwidth usage while providing faster web access to end-users, reducing bandwidth demand by as much as 60 percent and minimizing high bandwidth costs.

Key Takeaways:

  • SkyCache, in partnership with Cobalt Networks, offers a cost-effective solution for ISPs to improve web access and reduce bandwidth demand.
  • The SkyCache/Cobalt Solution can be installed in less than 15 minutes, immediately eliminating redundant Web and FTP traffic on the wide area network.
  • The solution can reduce bandwidth demand by up to 60 percent, increasing the Internet's responsiveness to local users.
  • The Cobalt CacheQube appliance is a fraction of the cost of alternative appliances and imposes none of the administrative burdens required of traditional proxy caching solutions.
  • SkyCache uses satellite broadcast technology to constantly load the most often requested Internet Web pages directly into customer-side ICP-compliant caches.
  • The SkyCache service enables ISPs to add on more customers with existing leased line capacity and deliver substantially faster web page response times.
  • The partnership between SkyCache and Cobalt Networks aims to provide a cost-effective solution for ISPs and enterprises to reduce bandwidth and communications costs, while increasing response times.

Statistics:

  • Bandwidth demand reduction: up to 60 percent
  • Installation time: less than 15 minutes
  • Cost of alternative appliances: significantly higher than the Cobalt CacheQube
  • Number of "SkyCache Compatible" open standards caching solutions: growing number
  • Time required to refresh cache community: constant and direct refresh with satellite broadcast technology
  • Snapshots of updates and communication: no need for caching systems to consume internal leased line bandwidth

Sources:

  • PR Newswire: "SkyCache Inc. and Cobalt Networks, Inc. Partner to Bring Next-Generation Internet Caching Solutions to the Market" (Aug. 17, 1998)
  • SkyCache Inc.: "About SkyCache" (no date)
  • Cobalt Networks, Inc.: "About Cobalt Networks, Inc." (no date)

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