<s>
aiScaler	B-Application
Ltd	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
multinational	O
software	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
develops	O
application	B-Protocol
delivery	I-Protocol
controllers	I-Protocol
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
dynamic	O
web	O
pages	O
to	O
scale	O
content	O
by	O
intelligently	O
caching	O
frequently	O
requested	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
websites	O
in	O
the	O
Alexa	O
top	O
1000	O
use	O
aiScaler	B-Application
to	O
manage	O
their	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aiScaler	B-Application
software	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
either	O
on	O
public	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
or	O
private	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aiScaler	B-Application
software	O
is	O
considered	O
an	O
edge	B-Device
device	I-Device
as	O
it	O
proxies	B-Application
traffic	O
,	O
augmenting	O
or	O
replacing	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
networks	I-Operating_System
endpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aiScaler	B-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
in	O
1994	O
by	O
the	O
web	O
development	O
company	O
WBS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
called	O
"	O
Jxel	O
"	O
,	O
short	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
Accelerator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
was	O
Java-based	O
and	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
sharing	O
the	O
same	O
computer	O
system	O
as	O
the	O
HTTP	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
software	O
was	O
rewritten	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	O
only	O
,	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
input/output	O
model	O
based	O
on	O
epoll	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
aiScaler	B-Application
Ltd	O
acquired	O
all	O
technology	O
of	O
WBS	O
for	O
$3.8	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2013	O
,	O
aiScaler	B-Application
was	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
aiCache	B-Application
"	O
,	O
producing	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
aiScaler	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
its	O
main	O
product	O
,	O
phasing	O
out	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
aiCache	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
aiCDN	O
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
Application	B-General_Concept
Delivery	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
that	O
allows	O
scaling	O
of	O
dynamic	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aiScaler	B-Application
and	O
Dell	O
offer	O
a	O
hardware	O
Application	B-Protocol
Delivery	I-Protocol
Controller	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
fits	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
rack	O
unit	O
server	O
rack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aiScaler	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
epoll	B-Application
technology	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
employ	O
a	O
right-threaded	O
(	O
only	O
the	O
specified	O
number	O
of	O
workers	O
process	O
requests	O
,	O
no	O
matter	O
how	O
many	O
clients	O
are	O
connected	O
)	O
,	O
non-blocking	O
,	O
multiplexed	O
IO	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
