<s>
ApplianSys	B-Application
,	O
founded	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
venture	O
capital-backed	O
technology	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Coventry	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
designs	O
,	O
builds	O
and	O
markets	O
Internet	O
server	B-Architecture
appliances	I-Architecture
that	O
are	O
deployed	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
150	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forrester	O
Research	O
have	O
listed	O
ApplianSys	B-Application
as	O
being	O
a	O
key	O
vendor	O
in	O
the	O
worldwide	O
IP	B-Protocol
Address	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
market	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
DNS	B-Protocol
engine	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
third	O
of	O
all	O
GPRS	B-General_Concept
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ApplianSys	B-Application
 '	O
portfolio	O
of	O
appliances	O
include	O
more	O
than	O
20	O
models	O
split	O
across	O
a	O
range	O
including	O
DNSBOX	O
(	O
DNS	B-Protocol
,	O
DHCP	B-Protocol
and	O
IP	B-Protocol
Address	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
CACHEBOX	O
(	O
Web	B-Protocol
cache	I-Protocol
,	O
Proxy	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
WAN	B-Protocol
Optimization	I-Protocol
and	O
Content	B-Protocol
Filtering	I-Protocol
)	O
and	O
EDUGATEBOX	O
(	O
Gateway	B-Application
(	O
telecommunications	O
)	O
appliance	O
for	O
schools	O
that	O
are	O
connecting	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
appliances	O
use	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
proprietary	O
software	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
ApplianSys	B-Application
and	O
Nixu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
IDC	O
's	O
2007	O
IPAM	B-Protocol
report	O
the	O
average	O
DNSBOX	O
customer	O
manages	O
15,000	O
IP	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CACHEBOX	O
is	O
a	O
dedicated	O
web	B-Protocol
caching	I-Protocol
proxy	O
appliance	O
with	O
software	O
editions	O
targeted	O
at	O
Education	O
,	O
SME	O
,	O
Corporate/Governmental	O
and	O
ISP	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
employ	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
Solid	B-Device
State	I-Device
Drives	I-Device
to	O
support	O
more	O
than	O
2,500	O
HTTP	O
requests	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
devices	O
can	O
be	O
clustered	O
together	O
(	O
using	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
Cisco	O
's	O
WCCP	B-Protocol
)	O
for	O
high	O
availability	O
and	O
scalability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CACHEBOX	O
's	O
caching	O
engine	O
employs	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
Squid	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISP	O
:	O
Through	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
NetApp	O
's	O
NetCache	B-Protocol
in	O
2006	O
and	O
Packeteer	O
's	O
product	O
line	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Blue	O
Coat	O
's	O
ProxySG	O
is	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
cache	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
UTM	O
,	O
P2P	O
control	O
and	O
WAN	O
acceleration	O
appliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Education	O
:	O
Through	O
strategic	O
partnerships	O
with	O
content	O
providers	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Pearson	O
)	O
,	O
LEA	O
and	O
Regional	O
Broadband	O
Consortia	O
ApplianSys	B-Application
holds	O
a	O
large	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
education	O
caching	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
it	O
launched	O
the	O
Becta	O
approved	O
Protex	O
content	B-Protocol
filtering	I-Protocol
service	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
East	O
of	O
England	O
Broadband	O
Network	O
,	O
who	O
represent	O
more	O
than	O
2800	O
schools	O
across	O
10	O
authorities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ApplianSys	B-Application
maintains	O
its	O
own	O
hardened	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
with	O
appliance	O
use	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
products	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
industrial	O
grade	O
CFast	O
that	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
stores	O
both	O
the	O
OS	O
and	O
configuration	O
files	O
,	O
minimising	O
or	O
removing	O
reliance	O
on	O
non	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
storage	I-Device
for	O
reasons	O
of	O
both	O
performance	O
and	O
reliability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
initial	O
deployment	O
using	O
a	O
VGA	B-Protocol
or	O
serial	B-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
all	O
configuration	O
of	O
ApplianSys	B-Application
products	O
is	O
performed	O
via	O
a	O
secure	O
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
