Strangeloop Networks has announced the general availability of its Strangeloop AS1000 Application Scaling Appliance that accelerates dynamic Web applications and Web services based on Microsoft’s ASP.NET Framework. The Strangeloop AS1000 appliance is designed to enhance scalability and performance for rich, interactive Web applications, typical of today’s SOA deployments.

“The groundswell of enterprises using dynamic languages and SOAs to build Web 2.0 applications face a challenge,” said Rebecca Wetzel, an associate with NetForcast. “How can they deliver dynamic ASP.NET and AJAX content and services with the performance that users want? It is good to see the introduction of solutions like Strangeloop’s AS1000 to help enterprises meet that challenge.”

The Strangeloop AS1000 Application Scaling Appliance sits in-line between the IIS Web servers and the network, and automatically optimizes ASP.NET and AJAX traffic, without requiring changes to the code, the datacenter or the network infrastructure. The Strangeloop AS1000 appliance also offers a new automated Web services caching feature that discovers cacheable Web service responses and caches them, accelerating XML and JSON-based Web services requests. The AS1000 appliance dynamically addresses critical performance factors such as payload, roundtrips, and browser and server compute times resulting in decreased bandwidth requirements, increased transaction capabilities and enhanced user experience.

The Strangeloop AS1000 appliance performance analytics give network managers visibility of the performance their customers are experiencing and the tools to proactively find and resolve performance bottlenecks. Developers therefore spend less time optimizing code, and can focus on building new, feature-rich, value-added applications. Enterprises can reduce the time and cost to deliver ASP.NET applications, avoid trading off features for performance and realize the business and competitive advantages of getting new features and applications to market quickly.