Slipstream Technology is the clear winner.
The SlipStream Acceleration Engine uses adaptive data compression and network optimization techniques to accelerate Internet data. It accelerates all Internet content, from Web (including text as HTML, XML, JavaScript and graphics in JPEG, GIF and other formats) to file retrieval (FTP) and e-mail (SMTP, POP3, IMAP and MAPI) plus secure connectivity (HTTPS and VPN).
SlipStream Acceleration Engine 4.0 leads the way in lossless compression
At the core of SlipStream solutions is the SlipStream Acceleration Engine, powered by the world’s best online, lossless data compression algorithm. Pioneered by leading information theorists, SlipStream’s compression solutions use a groundbreaking source coding theory to construct online, context-dependent compression algorithms.
The SlipStream Acceleration Engine improves page retrieval times using the following two critical processes: 1) Applying the best available compression technology to accelerate text and graphics retrieval and 2) Caching objects that are in high demand.
With the SlipStream Acceleration Engine’s leading technology, text-based files such as HTML can be compressed as much as 40 times smaller than their original size, or 7 times smaller than with commonly used compression algorithms such as Lempel-Ziv (LZ). In an independent analysis, the SlipStream Engine completed the first load of a Web page 7.33 times faster than traditional dial access.
The SlipStream Acceleration Engine can achieve astounding compression ratios with text-based, lossless file formats, such as HTML and e-mail. But when downloading graphic-rich content such as Web pages, image compression becomes just as important.
Graphic formats, such as JPEG and GIF, are already compressed, so further acceleration typically results in loss of image quality. But unlike competitors, the SlipStream Acceleration Engine uses proprietary industry-leading image compression algorithms to further reduce files by up to 20% without image quality loss.
Because the SlipStream Acceleration Engine works at the application level instead of the network level, it can use compression techniques tailored to specific applications or protocols.
Improving the Internet experience with SlipStream acceleration
