New features of MARA Systems' cache proxy provide more benefit for ISPs

Today, Internet Service Providers have to adapt themselves at a very fast pace and scale their network infrastructure in order to provide high quality services to their clients. Web 2.0 applications like video portals and content delivery networks (CDNs) are causing massive amounts of traffic on the part of the ISP, as well as steadily growing user numbers are to be supplied with broadband internet connections.

Mara Systems is now offering a cache proxy that is specially tailored to the needs of ISPs. CacheMARA ISP provides local caching of not only static, but also dynamic web content from youtube and other CDNs to enable ISPs to accelerate downloads of their customers and save valuable traffic by optimizing the utilized bandwidth.

Furthermore, CacheMARA ISP's unique clustering feature insures advanced load balancing to serve considerably more requests as well as increased reliability compared to single boxes. Instead of buying an expensive bandwidth upgrade, the ISP can easily and gradually incorporate CacheMARA ISP into its network infrastructure to fully exploit its potential. read more »