* Netli service offloads customers’ static content to its servers
IP service provider Netli’s latest service will help offload static content and reduce its impact on other traffic, the company says.
The new service, called NetliOffload, uses Netli’s Application Delivery Network available though its core offering, NetLightning, which uses a proprietary protocol to speed traffic across long stretches of the Internet.
NetLightning is designed to reduce network response time to less than 1 second by using Netli points of presence connected by Layer 4 trunks, created with a replacement for TCP that the company says is more efficient. Once customers sign up for the service, they redirect traffic to the nearest Netli POP and the traffic is carried over Netli virtual trunks to the POP nearest the destination address.
Hardware vendors such as Expand and Peribit accelerate traffic point-to-point, but Netli’s service is meant for high-volume sites tapped by users whose locations are unpredictable. An example is a customer service site to which customers can come from any Internet-connected machine.
With NetliOffload, organizations offload static content, such as customer support files, software upgrades or design documents to Netli’s servers, eliminating infrastructure costs traditionally required to handle additional content or surges in traffic. When an end user requests the offloaded file from the organization’s site, they are intelligently directed to the appropriate Netli offload facility. Once the end-user request is received, Netli’s acceleration technology speeds the delivery of the file through its rapid-start and congestion-management techniques.
The company says this approach enables Netli to provide LAN-like response times to end users around the world via a very efficient network infrastructure. Customers will be able to manage their content, billing, reporting and end user usage through a single management console.
Netli is including NetliOffload at no cost for any customer that selects Netli to optimize the delivery of one of its dynamic Web applications.
