- Strangeloop Networks
Infobox_Company
company_name = Strangeloop Networks Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2006
industry = Application Acceleration, Web Services Acceleration, Networking
location =Vancouver BC
products = AS1000 Application Scaling Appliance, WS1000 Web Services Accelerator
homepage = [http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/ www.strangeloopnetworks.com] |Strangeloop Networks Inc. is a networking appliances company headquartered in
Vancouver, BC . They develop and deliver a family of network appliances purpose-built to accelerate performance of dynamic web applications.Products
Strangeloop Networks has a variety of products in the network appliance space:
* AS1000 Application Scaling Appliance for
ASP.NET /AJAX applications
* WS1000 Web Services AcceleratorAS1000
Strangeloop's core product is the AS1000 Application Scaling appliance. It's a framework-specific network appliance designed to accelerate ASP.NET application performance for dynamic web applications. It works in real time without code or infrastructure changes. It lets enterprises scale Microsoft ASP.NET applications, including those that leverage AJAX, to thousands of concurrent users. The AS1000 sits in the data center, in-line behind the load balancer and in front of the web server farm running web applications developed using the Microsoft ASP.NET framework.
WS1000
The Strangeloop WS1000 Web Services Accelerator is a recent addition to the Strangeloop product lineup. It is the first appliance to improve enterprise application performance by accelerating web services. The WS1000 was designed specifically to address web service performance challenges. Located between the web services server and the consuming server (typically a web application), the WS1000 reduces the load on the servers and increases application performance.
Honours
* WS1000 won "Best of Tech*Ed 2008" in the Hardware, Networking and Storage category. [ [http://windowsitpro.com/awards/teched_itpros_winners_2008.html Best of TechEd 2008] ]
* Named a finalist in "Red Herring"'s "Top Tech Startups in North America". [ [http://www.herringevents.com/northamerica08/redherring100.html Red Herring 100] ]
* Named a "Cool Vendor" inGartner 's 2008 report. [ [http://dndj.sys-con.com/read/548869.htm Strangeloop Networks Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm] ]
* Appscaler called "Best Value in Hardware" in Redmondmag's 2008 Editor's Choice Awards. [ [http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2400 The 2008 Editors' Choice Awards] ]
* Featured in "What's Hot" column in "Windows IT Pro " [ [http://www.certtutor.net/article/articleid/98584/whats-hot.html What's Hot] ] as well as "Product Spotlight". [ [http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/97391/new--improved.html New & Improved] ]
* One of Branham Group's Canadian IT Top 25 "up-and-comers". [ [http://www.branhamgroup.com/branham300/index.php?year=2008&listing=3 Top 25 Canadian IT Up and Comers] ]
* Listed in Ready to Rocket's list of information technology companies with revenue potential. [ [http://www.readytorocket.com/lists/2008/readytorocket_list.html Ready to Rocket 2008 List] ]
* AS1000 won "Best of Tech*Ed 2007" in the Web Development category. [ [http://windowsitpro.com/awards/teched_winners_2007.html Best of TechEd 2007] ]References
External links
* [http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com Strangeloop home page]
* [http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27204 Network World: Strangeloop using Netforecasts's response time equation]
* [http://adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=22537 Application Development Trends article on Strangeloop]
* [http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/accel/2008/050508netop1.html Network World: Speeding web services]
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