Riverbed Stingray Aptimizer

Riverbed Stingray Aptimizer automates website performance tuning by dynamically optimising web pages for performance at runtime, just before a page is sent from web server to browser. Acting as an ISAPI filter for Microsoft IIS, or a Daemon module for Linux Apache, Stingray Aptimizer can make your website, intranet or web application work up to 75% faster!

Why is Website Speed important?

• People stay on your website longer and view more pages
• People perceive your business to be more trustworthy
• Significantly decreased visitor frustration levels
• Higher conversion rate

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What Speed Bottlenecks Does Stingray Aptimizer Free?

• Web Page Complexity
  Since 2003, the average number of page objects i.e. images, scripts, and styles more than doubled from 26 to 65. This means that an average of 65 server roundtrips are needed before a page loads in the browser of a visitor. More roundtrips means slower websites. Stingray Aptimizer automatically decreases the roundtrips between browser and server, reducing page load times dramatically.

• Web Page Size
  Since 2003, the average web page has quintupled in size from 94K to over 507K. Web page dimensions have also increased from 800x600 to 1024x768, web designers now design for a larger canvas contributing to 'heavier' web pages and increased page load. Stingray Aptimizer automatically applies a number of smart reduction and compression algorithms that reduce page load by optimising each page request based on web platform, browser type, and page structure.

• Repeat Visits
  We all have websites that we return to regularly yet most websites require the browser to waste time either rechecking versions of the content or downloading content again. Stingray Aptimizer applies advanced techniques to ensure repeat visitors content is always kept up to date without rechecking or downloading the content again, this creates a significantly faster experience. When content changes on the server the browser is automatically refreshed.

• Browser Diversity
  The proliferation of browsers and browser versions provides a challenge for all websites. Each browser has its own preferences for serving web pages and websites must manage page resources to suit these in order to ensure its web pages are served correctly and quickly. Optimising web pages for browsers and browser versions is time consuming and labour intensive. Stingray Aptimizer automatically recognises browser types and optimises page resources without impacting the functionality of the page.

What Else Can You Achieve With Stingray Aptimizer?

• Increase Website & Intranet Speed
  People on the web are task focused. They aren't there to hang out and the quicker they can achieve their goals, the more likely they will stick around longer to do so.
• Increase Search Engine Ranking
  Google have introduced a new ranking factor into its search algorithm – website speed. A fast website will be rewarded in the search results with better ranking.
• People View/Do More On Your Website
  The web is speeding up. The introduction of fast, simple web applications has raised the bar for speedy browsing. If you don't keep up (or push the boundaries), your website will become irrelevant.
• Reduce Data Traffic Costs
  Reducing the number of server requests reduces the amount of energy and space your server uses. It may seem insignificant, but data transfer costs reduce when using Stingray Aptimizer.
• Increase YSlow Grade
  YSlow grades web pages based on one of three predefined rulesets or a user-defined ruleset. It offers suggestions for improving the page's performance, summarises the page's components and displays statistics about the page.
• Improve Productivity: Tasks Completed Faster
  Business is moving more of its core systems to the web. From intranets to billing systems, project management to payroll. Making these web applications faster means your employees can be more productive.
• Deliver Speed For Impatient Social Media Users
  The way people browse sites changes depending on how speedily they anticipate reaching their goals. If your website is faster, people will spend more time browsing through it - which means they will view more pages and complete more actions.

Stingray Aptimizer Requirements

• Supported Websites: Microsoft SharePoint 2003/2007/2010. Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0+, ASP Classic, DotNetNuke, or any Microsoft IIS based intranet or website. e.g. EPiServer, DotNetNuke, Sitefinity.
• IIS Versions: 6, 7 and 7.5
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server, Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7.
• Hardware Specifications: x86 or x64 processor 1GHz or better, 256MB free memory, 100MB free disk space.
• Server Environment: Supports both single server and load balanced server environments.
• SSL Support: Supports SSL and non-SSL web pages.

• Supported Websites: Static HTML, PHP, e.g. Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, SilverStripe, Invision Power Board, Liferay, Magento.
• Apache Versions: 2.0 and above
• Operating System: Debian 4+, CentOS 5+, Ubuntu 7.04+, RHEL 5+, Glibc 2.5+, Fedora 5+.
• Hardware Specifications: 32/64 bit supported, 256MB RAM, 100MB free disk space.
• Server Environment: Supports both single server and load balanced environments on a per-VirtualHost basis.
• SSL Support: Supports SSL & non-SSL web pages.