Web Caching in the News -- 1998

• 21 December 1998
  EE Times: Sun, M'soft back Web-caching spec
  InternetNews.com: Concentric Offers Traffic Peak Insurance

• 17 December 1998
  Wired News: Web Caching Standard Proposed
  Inter@ctiveWeek: Software Vendors Back Caching Protocol

• 10 December 1998
  InternetNews.com: MatchLogic Offers Bandwidth Adaptive Ad Technology

• 7 December 1998
  InternetWeek: Alteon Helps Biggest Sites Distribute Workload

• 1 December 1998
  Network Computing: IBM Corp. Web Cache Manager

• December 1998
  NetworkMagazine.com: A Little Cache Goes a Long Way

• 30 November 1998
  Computer Reseller News: Cisco Licenses Web Protocol

• 26 November 1998
  TechWeb: Israeli Start-Up Speeds Web Browsing

• 25 November 1998
  Inter@ctiveWeek: HTTP 1.1, Next-Gen Plans Under Way
  Network Week: Cobalt releases thrifty Web cache

• 23 November 1998
  Internet World: Combining Cache and Compression Boosts Low-Bandwidth Connections

• 19 November 1998
  PC World: Internet Toolbox: A Mixed Bag for Dial-Up Surfing

• 16 November 1998
  Network World: Cache beats back bandwidth blues
  PC Computing: Speed Up Your Browsing
  Internet World: Balancing Web Traffic Gets Dicier

• 9 November 1998
  Network World: Enterprise caching: Smart or smoke?

• 2 November 1998
  EE Times: Startup InfoLibria aims to cache in with new tool

• 28 October 1998
  Red Herring: Sandpiper Networks Gets the News Out Fast

• 27 October 1998
  Wired News: Counting the cache

• 26 October 1998
  VARBusiness: Catch On To Web Caching -- VARs and ISPs reap opportunities from a promising new market

• 21 October 1998
  WebTools: Discover how Web pages are cached and how caching affects traffic logs.

• 19 October 1998
  Network World: A market ready to cache fire?

• 7 October 1998
  Inter@ctive Week: Health-Care Company Speeds Up The Process
  Network Week: Trials and tribulations in the age of mature cache

• 5 October 1998
  InternetWeek: ISPs Gain New Weapons For Service Portfolios
  Inter@ctive Week: For Many Internet Providers, Cache Isn't King
  Inter@ctive Week: Sandpiper Puts Footprint Where No One Has Stepped Before

• 1 October 1998
  Internet World: Digex Deploys Inktomi's Traffic Server

• 29 September 1998
  InternetWeek: Caching for ISPs and Enterprise Users
  InternetNews.com: Web Publishing Distribution Service Launches

• 28 September 1998
  InternetWeek: Caching Diverts Web Overflow
  InternetWeek: Ensuring A Smart, Speedy Web
  InternetNews.com: Web Publishing Distribution Service Launches

• 23 September 1998
  PCWeek Online: Inktomi caches in again

• 22 September 1998
  DevHead: Watching the Gate: One Cache, Many Servers

• 17 September 1998
  InternetNews.com: EagleWatch Version 2.0 Launched

• 15 September 1998
  ComputerShopper: Accelerators Improve Browsing Speed

• 14 September 1998
  InformationWeek: Interceptor Offers Firewall Flexibility -- Product Offers Low-Priced Security
  Forbes: The Caching Game

• 11 September 1998
  Wired News: Net Survives Starr Supernova

• 8 September 1998
  InternetNews.com: IntelSat Partners With Others to Test Internet Multicasting

• 7 September 1998
  Computer ResellerNews: Teamed Up With IBM, Digi, Novell To Offer Integrated Caching Solution -- Tech Data banking on need for cache

• 2 September 1998
  TechWeb News: Vendors Warned About Cache Setup

• 31 August 1998
  InformationWeek: Switched-On Appliance -- As IT's Demand For Data Storage Capacity Skyrockets, Network Appliance, A Provider Of Data-Access Services, Should Continue Growing Rapidly

• 24 August 1998
  Internet World: Hardware Cache Can Shorten World Wide Wait: CacheFlow 1000
  Internet World: Inktomi and RealNetworks To Develop Media Cache Server

• 17 August 1998
  Los Angeles Times: Future Internet Will be Faster, More Versatile

• 11 August 1998
  Wired: Keeping Streams Closer to Home

• 10 August 1998
  InternetWeek: Cache as Cache Can
  Internet World: Adding Intelligence to Net Is Inktomi's Game Plan
  Internet World: Review: WinProxy 2.1d from Ositis Software

  CNET News.com: Firms partner to cache streams

• 5 August 1998
  PC Magazine: Is the Web Too Slow?

• 3 August 1998
  InternetWeek: Satellite Web Service Improves Int'l Access

  InformationWeek: Inktomi Isn't Just Hype -- Inktomi's distinctive feature: It focuses more on technology and applications, and less on branding its own name

  Computer ResellerNews: SkyCache Seeks to Break Web LogJam

• 2 August 1998
  ZD Network News: Inktomi Out to Build a Better Spider

• 1 August 1998
  Windows Magazine: Make Quick Work of Surfing

• 29 July 1998
  PC World: @Home Network Caching Speeds Net Cruising

• 27 July 1998
  Internet World: Inktomi Licenses Search and Cache Technology to @Home

• 22 July 1998
  TechWeb: Project Sends Web Content To Remote Sites
  ZD Network News: @Home buys into Inktomi's caching technology
  Red Herring: What Can Inktomi Do For An Encore?

• 20 July 1998
  InternetWeek: Balancing Internet Server Traffic

  EE Times: Designs cover data caching on Web

  EE Times: New servers center on Internet

• 14 July 1998
  PC World: Cache in Navigator 4

• 9 July 1998
  Internet World: Users Can Surf, Search With New Surf Express Deluxe

• 1 July 1998
  MacWeek: ClearWay plug-in speeds Web servers

• July 1998
  Windows Sources: Need for Speed: Better Browsing

• 30 June 1998
  Wired: Cache Confusion Shuts Down Site

• 29 June 1998
  InformationWeek: Meet Net Demands -- RND tests Cache Server Director to free Web bandwidth
  Network World: Caching wards off Web access worries
  Internet World: Proxy Servers That Focus on Needs of Small Businesses

• 22 June 1998
  Internet Computing: FastLane Speeds Downloads for Dial-up Users

• 16 June 1998
  PCWEEK Online: IBM Performance Pack tackles Web site traffic bottlenecks

• 15 June 1998
  Inter@ctive Week: Inktomi Stock IPO Keeps Hope Alive
  Internet Computing: Accelerate your Browser Speeds with NetSonic
  Network Computing: Problem Solving With Web Proxy Servers
  Internet World: Caching Appliance Vendors Count On a Growing Market

• 12 June 1998
  Inter@ctive Week: SkyCache Raises $6M in Venture Financing

• 11 June 1998
  San Francisco Chronicle: Inktomi Doubles In IPO: Internet firms back in vogue

• 8 June 1998
  LanTimes: Single unit offers Internet security -- Hardware-based firewall includes VPN, Web-caching, and URL blocking capabilities
  Internet World: When Breaking the News Imperils a Site's Servers

• 3 June 1998
  Industry Standard: Counting the Cost Of All That Cache

• 1 June 1998
  Computer ResellerNews: Cold, Hard Cache Speeds Up Web Page Network Access

• June 1998
  SunWorld: Caching to relieve bandwidth congestion

• 27 May 1998
  PCWEEK Online: Creating an express line for downloads

• 26 May 1998
  PC Magazine Online: Industrial-Strength Proxy

• 25 May 1998
  PCWEEK Online: CSM proxy server scales up

• 20 May 1998
  PCWEEK Online: Caching in extensibility for speed

• 15 May 1998
  Internet World: PeakSoft Upgrades PeakJet With Java Technology

• 11 May 1998
  Internet World: ISPs Turning to Caching To Save on Bandwidth

• 7 May 1998
  TechWeb: Bandwidth-Starved Europe Gets Caching Software Early

• 4 May 1998
  InternetWeek: Distributing The Caching Workload

• May 1998
  LAN Times: Web servers become a cache cow
  Web Techniques: Load Balancing Your Web Site: Practical Approaches for Distributing HTTP Traffic

• 27 April 1998
  Internet Computing: Download Speeds Sizzle with Caching Technique

• 20 April 1998
  PCWEEK: Caching in on the Internet Gold Rush
  Internet World: Cache-Maker Inktomi Plans Public Offering

• 1 April 1998
  BoardWatch: Web Proxy Caches and Satellite-Based Bandwidth Augmentation

• 30 March 1998
  Computer ResellerNews: Vendors cache bandwidth needs -- Resellers have more options

• 24 March 1998
  PC Magazine: Speed Up Browsing

• 19 March 1998
  Wired: Can Caching Tame the Web?

• 11 March 1998
  CNET News.com: Alteon, Inktomi cozy on caching

• 9 March 1998
  PCWEEK: Alteon, Inktomi to strengthen Web caching efforts
  Internet World: Promising Satellite Services Emerge As Alternative to Earthbound Lines
  Internet World: Companies Introduce New Load-Balancing Products

• 2 March 1998
  CNET News.com: Inktomi expands to Europe
  Inter@ctive Week: Caching Onto Satellite Service

• 18 February 1998
  CNET News.com: Optimized switch evens Web load

• 16 February 1998
  InternetWeek: IBM Adds Web Caching -- New storage, ADSM updates also debut

• 9 February 1998
  Computer RetailWeek: Surf Express Provides Faster, Smoother Ride
  Internet World: TECH ABC: A Look at Speeding Up

• 23 January 1998
  Web Review: Cache and Carry It Away

• 22 January 1998
  CNET News.com: Caching comes at a price

• 19 January 1998
  Inter@ctive Week: Active Cache Speeds Up Web Performance

  InformationWeek: Access Web Pages Faster -- Startup's standalone caching system promises better way to bypass WAN links

  CNET News.com: Web caching system launches

For more caching news, see our 1997 archives.