NetScaler, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, received $13 million in venture capital to support its web application control solutions for enterprises and service providers. NetScaler's web application traffic control systems provide network managers with a single point of control over their web infrastructure. The NetScaler product line uses a "Request Switching" technology that combines application-level security, protection, optimization and switching into a central point of web application control. The company said it has signed over 100 customers, including Yahoo!, 7-Eleven, WebEx Communications, MSN, MLB Advanced Media, United Online, Belo Interactive and GetThere, a Sabre Company. The funding round was led by new investor Sequoia Capital and included returning investors Goldman Sachs & Co., Bay Partners and Gabriel Venture Partners. Total funding to date now exceeds $60 million.
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- NetScaler platforms handle up to 4,400 new SSL sessions/sec and provide 450 Mbps encrypted throughput. The company's Request Switching technology offloads transport processing from servers and caches; analyzes and optimizes every server response; provides adaptive regulation of request flow without transaction loss; keeps client TCP connections alive to speed response times; and multiplexes and demultiplexes application level requests to maximize server efficiency.
NetScaler is headed by B.V. Jagadeesh. Before joining NetScaler, Jagadeesh was co-founder and CTO of Exodus Communications.
