Interwoven adds ESI, leverages Akamai's EdgeSuite
 
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Enterprises using Interwoven's TeamSite content infrastructure software will soon be able create and deploy content that can be delivered either from in-house servers or from the edge of the network - with no changes in code.
Interwoven Friday became the latest vendor to announce it would integrate its software with Akamai Technologies' EdgeSuite service, which assembles dynamic content at the edge of the network. Earlier this month application vendors BEA Systems and IBM announced their application servers would seamlessly move content to Akamai's network of nearly 13,000 edge caching servers in 1,000 networks in 63 countries.
The interoperability of those products with Akamai's service is thanks to a new HTML-like markup language called Edge Side Includes (ESI), which defines fragments of a Web page that can then be assembled and updated at the network's edge. The language was developed by Akamai and Oracle and unveiled this spring; Oracle currently incorporates the language in its 9i application server.
Interwoven's decision to incorporate ESI into its product is the final step in creating a streamlined architecture for leveraging the power of edge servers, Akamai executives say. "This becomes the first time that all of the elements that make up a Web infrastructure solution - content infrastructure, application serving and content delivery - can communicate through a unified layer of technology," the company said in a statement.
With ESI, Interwoven's customers can use TeamSite's XML-based publishing templates to create and test all aspects of their Web sites and then move portions out to the edge without having to recode.
Interwoven is expected to include ESI in TeamSite later this quarter.
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