When a company finds that Web site performance isnt meeting expectations, the typical response is to throw more hardware at the problem. But businesses can also turn to software accelerators that improve performance by caching requested content.
eWEEK Labs looked at accelerators from Warp Solutions Inc. and Stampede Technologies Inc.
Warps SpiderCache has steadily gotten better at improving the performance of dynamic content, one of the early weaknesses of Web acceleration products. SpiderCache Enterprise 4, available now and priced starting at $10,000, continues this march forward.
We liked SpiderCache Enterprise 4s ability to cluster SpiderCache implementations to improve performance and reliability, as well as the improved remote management options.
This type of server-based caching and acceleration can pay dividends that transcend Web servers and dynamic Web applications.
Stampedes TurboGold Enterprise Edition Release 2, available now, provides similar features to SpiderCaches on the Web side and improves performance for companies using IBMs Lotus Domino and Team Workplace.
With TurboGold Enterprise Edition Release 2, we could perform high-level, on-the-fly compression of attachments and content in Domino for performance gains and storage efficiencies.
Single-client licenses for TurboGold Enterprise Edition Release 2 start at $55, and server licenses start at $1,999 per CPU.
More information about SpiderCache is at www.www.warpsolutions.com”; for TurboGold, go to www.stampede.com.
Labs Director Jim Rapoza can be reached at jim_rapoza@ziffdavis. com.
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